Shapeaway documentation
Shapeaway is digital clay. You push, pull, carve and paint a lump of virtual clay with a mouse or a pen tablet, and the surface never tears. These pages teach you the whole app, from the first stroke to a multi-colour print.
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Pick a learning path
Section titled “Pick a learning path”I'm new to 3DInstall, take the tour, then sculpt a duck in ten minutes.
I'm coming from Blender or ZBrushWhat's the same, what's different, and the shortcut map.
I just want to 3D printFrom a sculpt or a download to a watertight STL or 3MF.
TutorialsTen step-by-step projects, from a duck to a dragon head.
Where things are
Section titled “Where things are”| Section | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Getting started | Installing, the interface, moving the view, tablets, the samples and the tour |
| Sculpting | How the clay works, brush settings, stroke modes, symmetry, masking, transform, undo |
| Brushes | One page per brush, with its shortcut and settings |
| Detail | Detail levels, detail meshes, sharp edges, baking maps |
| Objects and scenes | Several objects in one sculpt, combining, limits |
| Colour, materials and rendering | Paint, clay looks, the realistic view, finishes, lighting, stills and turntables |
| Hair | Grooming strands: beards, brows, stubble |
| Reference images and photos | Reference images, photo matching and photo projection |
| 3D printing | Print report, splitting, bases, 3MF, slicers, troubleshooting |
| Import and export | Mesh import, scans, export formats, the .shapeaway file |
| Reference | Every keyboard shortcut, settings, glossary |
| Troubleshooting | Autosave and recovery, performance, tablets, reporting a bug |