Installing and updating

Shapeaway installs from a single file, ShapeawaySetup-<version>.exe, from the download page.

Install

1. Run the installer. It installs for your user only, so it doesn’t ask for an administrator password.
2. Choose whether you want a desktop shortcut. A Start-menu entry is always added.
3. Finish, and Shapeaway opens on the welcome card.

The installer also makes .shapeaway files open in Shapeaway when you double-click them.

If Windows SmartScreen warns you

The first time you run a new version, Windows may say “Windows protected your PC”. It means Windows hasn’t seen this file often yet; it isn’t a virus warning.

1. Choose More info.
2. Check the app name is ShapeawaySetup-<version>.exe.
3. Choose Run anyway.

Why it happens, how to check the file’s fingerprint, and what to do if there’s no Run anyway button: Windows SmartScreen warning. Steam installs don’t see it.

Demo or full version

Without a licence key, Shapeaway runs as the free demo: everything except exporting models. To unlock it, paste your key into Settings › Licence. See Demo and full version.

Update

Run the newer installer. It upgrades the installed version in place and keeps your settings, autosaves, matcaps, stamps, sculpts and licence key. After a feature update, the welcome card appears once to say what’s new.

Files and versions

Every version opens every earlier file. A new major version (2.0, 3.0, 4.0) means its new files can’t be opened by older copies, so update everyone you share files with.

Uninstall

Open Windows Settings › Apps, find Shapeaway and choose Uninstall. Your sculpts are wherever you saved them and are not removed.

Where Shapeaway keeps things

What	Where
Settings (settings.json)	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Shapeaway\Shapeaway
Autosaves (the newest three)	…\Shapeaway\Shapeaway\Autosave
Your sculpts	Wherever you save them

Settings has buttons to open the autosave and log folders.