Shapelab

Shapelab 2025

Shapelab 2025 is now available! 

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Shapelab 2025, the next evolution of our cutting-edge 3D sculpting software! With enhanced features, refined tools, and game-changing updates, this version takes your creativity to the next level.

• For Shapelab 2024 Users:
  Upgrade to Shapelab 2025 at a discounted price through our Shapelab 2025 Upgrade DLC. Ensure you select the Shapelab 2025 Upgrade DLC to take advantage of this discount. Please note that the DLC is only for users who already own Shapelab 2024 on Steam, that is why the price is universal and already at the discounted amount. From May 1, the discounted price is 40% off.

• For new users: make sure to choose the Shapelab 2025 package

What’s New in Shapelab 2025?

• First Iteration of Voxel Engine & Tools – Check out the first work-in-progress version of Shapelab’s voxel features, designed to enhance modeling versatility—suitable for sketching, blockouts, and early-stage ideation workflows!

• Sculpt Cursor Repositioning – Adjust your sculpting cursor with ease for a more natural feel.

• Quick Switch – Instantly select any object/layer and jump into Edit Mode in one seamless action—combining scene navigation, object selection, and editing without breaking flow.

• Cavity Masking – A new surface curvature-aware masking so you can target cavities or bumps selectively.

• Brush Falloff Curves – Choose from multiple falloff curves to fine-tune your brush stroke behavior.

• Enhancements to Quick Access Pie Menu – Customize your Quick Access menu with more of your favorite tools and actions.

• Customizable Environments

  • Experiment with different lighting and atmospheric settings.

  • Import HDRIs or customize your Skybox, Ambient Light, and Reflections.

  • Save and load your unique environments for future use.

• Redefined Parametric Primitives

  • Fully enhanced shapes with new UI, presets, and parameters like bevel, chamfer, taper, and hole.

  • Gesture-based primitive reshaping for effortless modeling.

• Custom Fixed Shapes & Kitbashing

  • Build your own shape library with imported objects or predesigned templates.

• Cursor Snapping by Angle & Grid

  • Improved organization with angle and grid snapping constraints for tools and object movements.

• Dynamic Brush Sizing

  • Keep brush sizes consistent relative to models or adjust dynamically with zoom levels.

• Enhanced Navigation Settings & Scene Alignment Tools

  • Effortlessly align, zoom, and organize your workspace for a smoother workflow.

• Improvements & Fixes

  • Enhanced UI, better performance, and numerous bug fixes for an optimized sculpting experience.

Learn more about the new features and improvements in detail in our latest release notes:

What’s More coming for Shapelab 2025 this year?

• Voxel-Based Tools for superior 3D stamping and clay drawing.

• Complete Gizmo Overhaul for rotation, location, and scaling.

• Additional Scene Mode Improvements for seamless object selection and context-based tools.

• Sculpt Brush Enhancements for better precision and symmetry.

About the Software

Shapelab 2025 is the latest annual release in the Shapelab series, delivering powerful and intuitive 3D sculpting tools for PCVR. Built on years of refinement, Shapelab offers a professional yet accessible workflow for artists of all levels. All versions receive updates until the end of their release year, meaning Shapelab 2025 will continue to be improved with updates throughout 2025 before the next version arrives in 2026.

Shapelab is a highly efficient 3D sculpting application optimized for virtual reality devices. Shapelab takes advantage of VR technology to provide an immersive and intuitive interface that allows you to sculpt in 3D space, giving you a new level of control and creative freedom over your designs. With Shapelab, you can easily create organic shapes, from simple forms to complex designs. Visualize your creative ideas and print them in 3D or sculpt high-quality props, characters, and concepts for applications, games, and virtual worlds, as well as digital concept art and storyboards.

Using virtual reality for 3D modeling offers numerous advantages. It allows you to work with your creations in a more natural way as if they were physical objects right in front of you. This provides a level of immersion and depth that is simply not possible with traditional 2D modeling tools. Additionally, virtual reality modeling can increase productivity, as it allows you to work faster and more efficiently, even with greater precision in certain cases.

Shapelab’s usage of polygons instead of voxels makes it stand out in the creative VR tools market. Polygonal mesh modeling gives you the ability to sculpt stunning, well-detailed, and realistic 3D assets and allows users to import and edit large and complex 3D scans. With Shapelab's dynamic topology mode and support for industry-standard features, you can create detailed models with ease.

Join our community of artists and unleash your creativity with Shapelab today!

Please note that although you can register a Shapelab account after downloading Shapelab, an account is not needed to access the application. To create an account you only need to provide an email address and a password, or you can choose to sign in with your existing Google or Facebook account. Tick the 'Remember me' checkbox to stay logged in. You can provide additional information and manage your email preferences in your account settings.

CORE FEATURES:

Dual Engine Modeling
Combine the power of polygon sculpting with the speed of voxel-based sketching. Shapelab’s hybrid engine lets you block out ideas in voxels, then refine them with production-ready polygon tools—all in one workflow.

Dual VR and Desktop Modes
Run Shapelab on your PC in desktop mode or use a VR headset tethered to your PC for an immersive VR experience. Switch seamlessly between modes while working on your projects. 

Digital Pen and Tablet Support
Leverage the power of your digital pen and tablet with tilt, twist, and pressure sensitivity. Compatible with both Wintab and Windows Ink for precision sculpting. 

Advanced Sculpting Tools
Access industry-standard sculpting tools with extensive configuration options. Brushes include Clay, Standard, Mask, Crease, Smooth, Pinch, Inflate, Snakehook, Flatten, Trim, Regularize, and 3D Stamp. 

Dynamic Topology Sculpting (Optional)

Enable real-time tessellation to dynamically adjust mesh detail based on your needs. Alternatively, lock your brush resolution to a specific value by sampling directly from your model for precise sculpting control.

Customizable Work Environments
Personalize your workspace: 

• Import custom HDRI skyboxes or use solid colors and gradients. 

• Configure ambient lighting, reflections, and directional light settings. 

• Toggle the workspace floor on or off as needed. 

Kitbashing with Custom Shapes and Primitives  

• Build efficiently using a built-in library of fixed shapes and parametric primitives.  

• Or use your custom models added to your shape library for quick scene population.  

Precision Tools: Snapping and Constraints  

• Grid and angle snapping for organized creations and constraints for more precise alignments.  

• Tools for you to quickly align and reset the scene to cycle through perspectives. 

Multiresolution and Subdivision Levels

• Subdivide your mesh to create multiple levels of detail. Easily switch between them to optimize your workflow. 

PBR Vertex Painting and Texture Export 

• Paint Color, Roughness, Metalness, and Emission properties directly onto your models. 

• Export texture maps, including normals, PBR properties, and vertex colors, during the export process. 

Remeshing and Mesh Transformations 

• Voxel remesh, subdivide, decimate, and regularize meshes. 

• Perform operations like mirroring, welding, flipping, and filling holes. 

• Merge vertices and quad remesh for cleaner topology. 

• Detail Transfer (Projection): Transfer intricate details from high-resolution, unorganized meshes to cleaner, quad-based models. 

Scene Management

• Object hierarchy organization through parenting. 

• Clone, mirror, merge, subtract, intersect, and join objects. 

• Multiselect and group objects for batch operations. 

• Gizmo and freehand transformations for objects and scenes. 

Materials and Shading 

• Use PBR materials, MatCaps, and procedural textures. 

• Import custom MatCaps or utilize built-in ones. 

• Flat shading support for stylistic effects. 

File Support and Import/Export

Easily import and export models in FBX, OBJ, STL, and GLB formats.