dESIGN YOUR OWN SURFBOARD FOR FREE
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Many of us love surfing and wonder if I made a board I would tweak this change this so on and so forth, here is a quick article on all the places you can get the software and know how to make a board.
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There are many CAD programs out there some easier than others to use, some you have to pay a lot for and some are just too confusing and to in depth for beginners,
The great thing about all of these programs is that you can keep hold of the saved file find a local shaper who has one of the shaping machines and they can cut out your shape you have made, there are more and more popping up in the UK, if not local then you can also send your design to a custom shaper over email and they can shape and post your desired board
PROGRAMS FOR SURFBOARD DESIGN
1. SHAPE 3DX LITE
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A program easy enough for and computer savvy person to have a go on. All easy basic features you would want from a program easily identified by an icon
- PRICE FREE
- EASE OF USE
- NUMBER OF FEATURES FREE
- NUMBER OF FEATURES PAID
2 AKU SHAPER
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Nearly half a million boards are produced each year on AKU Shaper. It’s an integrated software and hardware surfboard shaping package, battle tested daily by top shapers across the globe.
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PRICE: 2-week trial/then monthly subscriptions
- EASE OF USE
- NUMBER OF FEATURES FREE
- NUMBER OF FEATURES PAID
3 precision shaper surf CAD Lite
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A free version similar to the functionality of the 3dx lite, but a but more clunky no thrills kind of editor inputting number for every value less visual more mathematical accurate
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can be upgraded to all features including channel cutting advances polygraphic editing for more unusual shapes and recesses
- EASE OF USE
- NUMBER OF FEATURES FREE
- NUMBER OF FEATURES PAID
3 precision shaper surf CAD Lite
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Can be upgraded to all features including channel cutting advances poly graphic editing for more unusual shapes and recesses
- EASE OF USE
- NUMBER OF FEATURES FREE
- NUMBER OF FEATURES PAID
There are a few more shaping programs out there but these were the ones worth mentioning
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