The new features are here!
Dear ShapeLab community,
The new features are finally here! We are very grateful that you have been part of our journey so far and we hope you’ll enjoy this new version of ShapeLab. Please take some time to try it, and let us know what you like, what you dislike, and if you encounter any bugs!
Please note that this is the first phase of implementing multi-object handling capabilities in the app, and we will continue working on improving the functionality of it (e.g. we have plans to introduce multi-select and parenting – organizing objects in a hierarchical manner – in a later phase).
The update consists of the following features:
1. New editing tools
Paint brush
2. New brush modifiers
Cube and Capsule cursor shapes
3. Introducing Scene mode and multi-object handling (phase 1)
4. Flip/mirror objects on their X,Y,Z axes
5. New supported file formats
6. Custom alphas and updated default alphas
7. New materials
8. New environments
9. UX/UI improvements and changes
The new features are finally here! We are very grateful that you have been part of our journey so far and we hope you’ll enjoy this new version of ShapeLab. Please take some time to try it, and let us know what you like, what you dislike, and if you encounter any bugs!
Please note that this is the first phase of implementing multi-object handling capabilities in the app, and we will continue working on improving the functionality of it (e.g. we have plans to introduce multi-select and parenting – organizing objects in a hierarchical manner – in a later phase).
The update consists of the following features:
1. New editing tools
Paint brush
- A quite straightforward paint brush tool using vertex painting technology. It operates specifically to vertex data rather than texture maps.
- Use the color picker tool to select colors from objects or reference images.
- Brush-specific settings and options:
I. Airbrush mode: Use this mode to build up multiple paint layers in one long and contiguous stroke, like if you were using a paint spray gun. - You can use alphas and patterns for your paint brush as well.
- Use this tool if you wish to replace the color of your entire object or specific regions of your object.
- Use the color picker tool to select colors from objects or reference images.
- Tool-specific settings and options:
I. Threshold: It defines the acceptable range of colors that can be filled.
II. Contiguous:Starting from the selected point, the tool fills adjacent vertices that have the same color as the selected vertex (plus vertices that have similar colors within the threshold value).
III. Global fill: Starting from the selected point, the tool fills all vertices that have the same color as the selected vertex (plus vertices that have similar colors within the threshold value).
- Mask areas of your creation to lock vertices and shield them from any sculpting or painting.
- Brush-specific settings and options
I. Modes (toggle group): Draw OR Erase OR Blur OR Sharpen
II. Global actions (press once to apply) (Configure the impact with the mask brush “strength” slider.): Mask all, Clear all, Invert mask, Blur, Sharpen - You can use alphas and patterns for your mask brush as well.
2. New brush modifiers
Cube and Capsule cursor shapes
- Now you can choose from three types of cursor shapes: Sphere, Cube and Capsule
- Cube and Capsule cursor shapes are available for certain brushes only.
- Pinch to Point: Pulls the surface together into a point.
- Pinch to Line: Pulls the surface together into a line.
- Lock plane upon edit: Locks the position and rotation of the trimming plane when the trigger is pressed. When it is unlocked, the plane moves along the surface of the model dynamically.
- Modes (toggle group):
I. Dynamic: follows the geometry surface while flattening it.
II. Keep Edges: tries to preserve the edge borders while flattening along the geometry surface.
3. Introducing Scene mode and multi-object handling (phase 1)
- You can now manage and use multiple objects in Shapelab.
- We know that many essential scene managing features are still missing, but we are dedicated to introducing more and more of those down the road.
- What you can do right now is:
I. Select and move objects one by one without gizmos
II. Add/remove/clone/rename/export objects
III.Perform boolean operations on two objects at a time - In Scene mode, you have access to the following tools:
I. Selection tool
II. Delete tool
III. Clone tool
IV. Create tool (to easily and quickly add primitives as new objects)
V. Boolean tool
4. Flip/mirror objects on their X,Y,Z axes
- Open the Sculpt object context menu and press the “Transform” tab.
5. New supported file formats
- FBX
- SL3D (Shapelab project file)
6. Custom alphas and updated default alphas
- Now you can import, use and manage your own alphas in Shapelab
I. Press the “Alpha” button on the top right corner of the brush modifier panel. - We have updated the default alpha set that the app comes with
7. New materials
8. New environments
9. UX/UI improvements and changes