Learn
One board, ten lessons,
from the numbers to the cut.
Learning ShaperLab Pro is a course by project: a single board, “My first board”, built lesson by lesson. Every lesson starts where the last one ended, and you can download the project file to follow along. 15 min 56 s in total.
01The series
Learning ShaperLab Pro.
Narrated in English, with lesson cards, step cards and captions. Where you end up: 6'1" × 20 5/8" × 2 3/8" · 32.0 L · thruster FCS II · est. 2.37 kg (PU, 4+4 oz).
01
The interface
2:03The start screen, the four windows and layouts 1–5, the 2D and 3D camera, preset views, reading the dashboard and setting your units.
No project yet — the board starts in lesson 02.
02
A board from measurements
1:45File › New board from measurements: 6'1" × 19 3/4 × 2 7/16, nose and tail rocker, widths at 12", squash tail, auto template. Save the project.
Project file at the end of this lesson· .shaperlab03
Shaping the outline
1:36Points and tangents, moving a point and its handle, Fair curve (and undoing it), and the station table: nose 12" to 11 3/4.
Project file at the end of this lesson· .shaperlab04
Rocker and thickness
1:31The Side window, lifting the nose rocker, arrow keys and Shift for thickness (−1/8"), measuring along the stringer.
Project file at the end of this lesson· .shaperlab05
Rails and bottom
1:45The Section window, the anatomy of a rail, 60/40 tucked and 80/20 hard presets in the tail, a single-to-double concave, level lines.
Project file at the end of this lesson· .shaperlab06
Checking the surface
1:32Curvature combs, zebra and curvature views, rail lines, centre of mass and the volume distribution.
Project file at the end of this lesson· .shaperlab07
Fins
1:31A thruster on FCS II, the starboard fin with symmetry, 10 1/2" from the tail and 4° of toe, the bottom view and the fin stats.
Project file at the end of this lesson· .shaperlab08
Volume and weight
1:10Smart Functions › Target volume 32 L by width and thickness, the estimated weight in PU 4+4 oz, and flotation with a 75 kg rider.
Project file at the end of this lesson· .shaperlab09
Presentation
1:21The beach environment, glassed PU in gloss, a blue tint, a walnut stringer, the Fajã logo, Render image and the spec sheet.
Project file at the end of this lesson· .shaperlab10
Blank and G-code
1:37Blanks (the 6'1" SBF is the best fit), then G-code: cutter, passes, feeds, the 3D preview, export deck and bottom, and a recap.
The finished board: export your own G-code from lesson 09’s file.
02Advanced
The change order.
Six episodes that follow the series: the customer comes back and wants their board turned into a fish, with more litres, channels and a beak nose. Every episode starts from the last one’s file, with the original loaded as a ghost to measure each change in Compare. 7 min 52 s in total; from 6'1" × 20 5/8" × 2 3/8" (32.0 L, thruster) to a 5'8" × 22 5/8" × 2 5/8" fish (35.7 L, twin keel FCS II) with channels, beak nose and wings.
01
The change order
1:15The customer asks for a fish. Rename it and set the Fish category in Board info, Save As "My fish", load the original as a ghost, free Resize to 5'8" × 21 1/2" × 2 1/2", and Compare against the ghost.
Project file at the end of this episode· .shaperlab02
The fish tail
1:13Board › Tail shape › Fish, notch rails (3 1/2" deep, tip half-width 4 1/4"), the tail from below, and twin keel fins on FCS II.
Project file at the end of this episode· .shaperlab03
More litres
1:13Smart Functions › Target volume 36 L by width and thickness, Compare: +4 L over the original, the volume distribution, and flotation with a 75 kg rider.
Project file at the end of this episode· .shaperlab04
Channels
1:093D Layers: crisp channels, Standard 4, a vee section with pointed tips, and a check of the bottom with level lines.
Project file at the end of this episode· .shaperlab05
Beak nose and wings
1:20A beak nose as a 3D layer (length from the tip), rounded flyer wings 13" from the tail, and the zebra view.
Project file at the end of this episode· .shaperlab06
Check and deliver
1:40Curvature and combs, a final Compare, a render on the beach, the spec sheet of the fish, and G-code with every layer: preview, then export deck and bottom.
The delivered fish: export it yourself from episode 05’s file.
03One video, one feature
The things only Pro does, two minutes each.
Short, narrated walkthroughs on a shortboard, one per feature. Watch the one you need.
Highlights
The best of ShaperLab Pro in a minute.
Smart Functions
Press S: one window with every change — Shape, Tail, Nose, Bottom, Deck, Fins, Plugs, Board. Target volume, tail shape, channels, fin setup, each with Apply and one step of Undo, plus a search for everything.
Shaper Advisor
The surfer's card — weight, height, level, their waves, what their board is missing — becomes a family, dims and litres with the reasons. Create board, and it is ready. With an order log.
Render studio
Studio, beach or dark showroom; PU, EPS or foamie; blank or glassed; gloss, satin or matte; glass, carbon or wood fins. Preset views and Export › Render image at 4×.
Physics: flotation, stability, drag and flex
Stability curves, drag with the power it costs, and flex across six constructions, with an exaggerated curve in the Side window.
The mold
Export › Mold: a two-part mold with parting line, pins and flange, mold mode with explode, and the cavity as STL, STEP or G-code.
Concave tails and notch rails
Swallow, fish, moon and bat tails; length, tail points, knife cut or chamfered (the fish-tail layer).
Wings, asymmetric boards and twin tips
Add wing — sharp, rounded or flyer, in one or two pairs — an asymmetric board with its own left and right rail, and a twin tip.
Crisp channels and advanced layers
Presets (standard 4, 6 channel, double barrel, venturi), Draw channel in Top, Edit in Top, deck-rail channels, beak nose and drawn slices.
Fins and plugs in depth
Setups (twinzer, bonzer, 4+1…), twelve box systems at real size, deck and leash plugs, a fin from a photo, and export to Xflr5 / Flow5.
CNC for the workshop
Holding the blank (axe supports, table, mold cradle), cutting in two along X with a mark or holes, speeds by section, upward cut and zig-zag on the stringer, routed fin boxes and leash plug.
Shape3d and other formats
Open and save .s3dx with wings, tails, layers and plugs; Import curve from DXF, probe or G-code; a scan in two passes with scan deviation; blank scan.
Hot wire and templates
Hot wire (profile, plan and DXF), 1:1 PDF with developed deck and bottom and the spin template, and 1:1 mode.
Advanced resize and guidelines
Custom coefficients, rail thickness, sandwich, extend and reduce, and guidelines with sets.
The Pro interface
Tabs or Classic layout, the search, languages (ES / PT), units and autosave.
Follow along
Build the same board on your own computer.
The beta is free. Ask for access, install ShaperLab Pro, and start with lesson 01.