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1. B decoration One can map a picture over the top of the board Click on the button and then on the tab Decoration and choose a jpg or gif file with the same aspect ratio as the board TE Board Orewing Vim nar pis ela Peo Sa See bal cm mel 2 PES cb a e o e s o o o e o wj d marrer eh rvature This view show the deep concave parts of the board in Green and the sharp edges in Red It allows the user to see if the concave is too deep on some parts to be cut by a regular cutter head 5 cm N User Manual a hap dl WE DEBUG E 0 wing ik ailment Eten e yfwr B S S Bomnomwm Dn ce mfp 52 2 0 wingaaaz e a gt x gt e e c o o o e amp w Sn Press Fl for help the Properties Box for fT oT The Direct 3D Properties window allows to change the colours the decoration and the definition of the 3D drawing Direct3D Properties E4 Direct3D Properties bd Direct3D Properties Colors Decoration Parameters Colors Decoration Parameters Colors Decoration Parameters Decoration image file bmp jpg 3D drawing parameters DAShane3d models Shape_3dT png Nb of intermediate slices Hb of surface lines The number of slices set the definition in the wires and solid view while the surface lines corresponds to the wire rendering only The Menu The functionalities displayed in the menu are the same as the ones presented
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3. 106 0 Hi1 to origin 156 0 H2Zto origin 260 0 Then press Export This later functions are also present in the toolbar The Blank Position Tab There are two possible machine settings for the blank holding system The blank can be clamped CNC Settings Blank position Tool Path Cuter Axis Machine Origini X Y tom pan In this tab you can load a blank previously designed with Shape3d The button Board auto position automatically positions the board inside the blank You can also choose not to use a blank then uncheck the Use a Blank box The use of a blank even roughly designed is very important as it will lead to a cutting path that does not begin right on the clamps but a bit farther Set the coordinates of the Machine Origin of the machine relatively to the tail nose or middle of the blank The centre of the Clamps i e the rotation axis can be aligned either on the upper point the centre point or the lower point of the extremities of the blank A vertical shift of the clamps between the deck cut and the bottom cut can be set with the box Z level change after upside down If the blank is still clamped during the cut such as the path of the cutter must avoid the clamps check the box Tool path avoid clamps and precise the clamps thickness Press Apply The blank can be supported by two struts CNC Settings Blank postion Tool Path Cu
4. 3 5 and 10 cm from the apex on the slices if the unit is the centimeter or millimeter Be careful it will delete all the existing guidelines Control point Guidelines Add a guideline Modify guideline Delete guideline Default guidelines Ghost Board Automatic fitting Level board Wedge in zero Copy Slices The menu enables you to create move or delete slices Ghost Board This feature enables you to compare your board with another model For example you can compare the outline using the Ghost Board Load ghost option in the outline span Control point Guidelines Slices Display Ghost Board Load ghost Rotate ghost Lock ghost Hide ghost space bar Automatic fitting Level board Wedge in zero Copy The ghost board is displayed as a background and the edge right and left are automatically fitted to the tail and nose If needed you can fine tune the length of the ghost click on the image to select it and move the border with the mouse cursor The rotate ghost option allows you to make the axe of the board photo strictly horizontal choose the angle to be applied positive for clockwise negative for anticlockwise Once your ghost is well placed choose the option lock ghost to be able to fit the curve without moving the ghost You can hide or show the ghost by pressing the space bar key Load Image This feature enables you to copy a b
5. Bottom design mode Profile line The total thickness of the slices is fixed Stingerline F The rail point of the slices is fixed The thickness is a true B zier curve Thickness computed mode The deck is a true Bezier curve Appliquer The three Bottom Design Modes are the following In the Bottom Design Mode Profile Line the designed curves correspond to the profile of the board and the thickness is the total thickness In this mode you can still visualize the stringer line or the rail line going to the menu Display in the upper tool bar or using the right click of the mouse Note that the measurements in the Master Scale box still correspond to the stringer In the bottom design mode Stringer Line the designed curves correspond to the stringer of the board and the thickness is the thickness at the centre of the board In the bottom design mode Rail Line the designed bottom curve corresponds to the rail of the board and the deck curve correspond to the upper position of the deck i e the profile The stringer and profile lines can be visualize using the menu Display as well as the water line and the curvature The two Top Design Modes are the following Inthe Thickness Design Mode named Deck computed mode the deck line is deduced from the superposition of the thickness line onto the bottom line In the Thickness computed mode
6. Cutting point Begin Stinger Top speed 10 0 Cancel You can set a maximum curvature radius that will define the kinks of the toolpath Then you can set a special speed for the kink zones This is especially useful for the wings You can also place the mouse pointer on the cutting path points to display the current speed and right click on it to enlighten all the cutting path sections that have the same speed You can also move the cutter along the cutting lines with the up and down arrow keys and press Enter to show the Cutting Point dialog box and change the value of the speed a seer yne we om mn E ae ut bii Curae ried od bore pi Wigi DAD Daf ien iian pe Dan i simulation This feature shows the moving of the cutter in real time but without taking account of the speed changes SSI this is the usual Antialiasing function Finish Solid View This button opens a solid 3D view of the result of the cut LL mi Colors bow Allows to change the background colors and the board and blank colors User Manual Al Board Orman Views Mode Day Wires F lalai m banesa fosavir Ple enc mef cm mm F a Meee gids eue efo w nh e 5 00 o o w Gmail wm Ho FS Mims r i Sams tite B The Scan Option The Scan import facility of Shape3d is a powerful tool that allows one to build a Shape3d model from scan data It is the best way
7. i an jPod ht neima Shapazd Pu HDEa ir gt u Shagedd En Ber l Automatic fitting This feature enables you to fit the active curve to the guidelines automatically There is two ways to fit the curve and it is available in guideline mode when they are displayed Control point Guidelines Slices Display Ghost Board Automatic fitting Fit selected curve to the guidelines Fit the whole curve to the guidelines Level board Wedge in zero Copy Paste Fit selected curve to the guidelines the option allows you to fit an arc i e a curve between two control points to the nearest guidelines To use it first select an arc with the mouse and when it becomes red right click on it and choose the option Automatic fitting Fit selected curve to the guidelines You will have to choose the elements to be fitted the length and direction of the tangents of the control Guidelines fitting Elements to be fitted Starting point Ending point Ee lw Ta length W Ta length Te lt b Tg direction W Tag direction k Cancel If the fitting that you get is not what you expected press Ctrl Z to undo this operation and check the position of the guidelines Fit the whole curve to the guidelines you can fit the entire outline or the rocker or each slice on a set of guidelines Just right click and choose this option without selecting any curve Be careful you need a cons
8. s few ee mlyn 2 e us ag ci SS TL ML eS TEE TA ee m eae ies ame Tl This view is very useful to check the smoothness of the lines and enable you to move the control point directly on the 3D view of the board Click on a point to show its tangents and to move it Be careful it s not as easy as in the 2D view To rotate the board move your cursor in a free area and you will see the symbol of the cursor will change too By moving the board with the mouse you can check the smoothness of the curves as it gives you a compressed view of the curvature Boxes If you have defined boxes for your board Properties boxes you can move them with the mouse Antialiasing Antialiasing gives smoother curves but increases the computer load and makes the mouse move slower Check this option if you have a fast computer Dialog boxes Press this button to have the Master Scale and the Point Properties boxes shown on screen or disappear am mi Colors box Press this button to change the color of the background and the curves The Menu File Edit Board Componants Mode Display Superpose Windows 7 Most of the options presented in the Menu are also accessible in the toolbar However some of them are not In the menu File one can open a new file or a recently opened file save or print Edit Board Componants Mode Displ Save Close Preferences Export Scan impor
9. 0 00 From measurements H is Measurement SL dn a wizard i 1 1 E OF Cancel Choose the model to start from between the examples proposed in C Shape3dmodels Enter the name of the model you are going to design and your name as a shaper Add any comments you want Choose the dimensions unit centimeters millimeters inches or fractional inches Check Constrain proportions if you want to keep the same ratio Length Width Thickness Rocker as the starting model Check the box Stringer measurement if these dimensions are measured along the stringer Uncheck it if they are measured along a straight line Check the box Symmetric nose tail for a twin tip board Input length width thickness and tail nose rocker You can set the thickness of the sandwich if the board is designed to be built with the sandwich technology Press Measurement wizard if you want to input some measurements Press OK The starting model appears in the Design mode The Blank Design Tab Set the rough measurements of the blank and press OK The blank will be automatically designed with square rails EE New board design General design Bl fa Comment Meee Used for predefined design A Dimensions Length 1828 crm J mm x A Width 457 2 Thickness 57 1 Lluitline Rockers Center at 46 Tail rocker 57 9 12 from nose 234 5 Mose rocker
10. ARTS EEEE Tims ToP B ee Sige BIL a ae Table Snringer pori vee ele wa Tre Rk wd From tl ew go io io 173 ous 27 du e Pron rosa pe TEREE _ ms See mE ae aa ED all ie ie ee a oe _ nn ni l Llsg thea arroes keya with Corl bo mawe the point Tab to ga to the nost point shit Tab bo tha previous pd mm fe LOG tie erdd demarrer E Efi Gai gote du r E Sap i n inak A FADES Qhan him H UN Shegedd wg BETA E hande prg E z tE The smoothness of the curves is not guarantied You can modify the shape of the blank as shown in the chapter Design a board from scratch Importing srf Files Go to the menu File then Open or press the button Open In the Open dialog box select the file type SurfCAD 2 files srf and choose your file in corresponding folder The file opens like a regular Shape3d file but the shaper should ALWAYS check the design of the board before using it with a CNC machine 7N Sha 1 HET Tastert Fe ES ae Seales ca ey SIN MR 31 anw omwn r cc ee eel o 2 Tmtmf Wu 11 1L Lrrngih Wyeth Si Been Thecinaug Table Snringer DO YES More we The Ack goo an D i por e Lae aa Fron nom mo LA La ia Ta change the acth sice proce tha TAB kay GEN hase Bior Nw d marrer E Ly Gai Botte de Gh pad Fumi H Sod mada Koitapa Dei W Cabot Sane titre 100 A Shapesd VB B
11. are located at 1 3 6 12 from the tail and the nose Each position box doesn t necessarily need to be filled in The outline and the profile will be automatically adjusted on the guidelines if you check the box Automatic fitting Press OK to see the board in the Design mode The Master Scale Window The Master Scale window provides the general information on the board the name and the volume length width thickness of the model It also gives the tail and nose rocker the position of the zero point and the measurements at 0 and 12 or O and 30 5 cm from the tail and the nose Press Resize to change the general dimensions of the board One can also visualize the dimensions at any position clicking on More Then he just has to write the position he wants in the I h s column Master Scale E3 Master Scale JP Design JP Design 6 1 a 18 a 2 11 32 6 1 k 18 ay She e E 11 32 zero Ft Max wde Max Thek zero Ft Max wde Max Thek 356 26 ED 36 0 36 1 36 26 36 0 36 1 Volume 0 94 Ft Resize Volume 0 94 Fk Resize Table Stringer points More Table Stringer points Less Jtail dt The Fick 3 From tail 9 13 32 a4 2 1116 ao 8718 Fie 212 6 uue i uaz 11 16 12 143 86 h 17132 1 1 32 giz 143 8 i rajaz 1 132 24 17932 25 32 1 4 32 15 From nose m 12 m 1 ie 1 Taaa 1 13 32 m g g
12. curves left click on the control points Then they become red and the curve tangents appear You can move the control points with the mouse or with the arrows of the keyboard Press Ctrl for smaller steps Use the same method to move the tangents points The red line is the curvature Any kink reveals a discontinuity in the curvature You can delete a control point pressing the button Suppr of the keyboard or with a right click selecting Control point Delete You can also add a control point with a double left click at the position you want or with a right click selecting Control point Add new point Control point 2 Modify point Delete Add new point Guidelines Slices Display Ghost Board Image Wedge in zero Copy Paste The properties of the selected control point are shown in the Control point properties box Control point Tangent Point Tangent 2 Em ae In Ed 16 74 16 74 16 74 Y 4 5 0 00 F715 Z 2fo eu eM Tangent type ANN Point type nomal rail apex Five kind of tangents exist continuous tangents al angular tangents amp vertical tangents l horizontal tangents and continuous tangents with fixed angle Continuous tangents are usually used The angular tangents are more appropriate for the rail point of the slices the vertical tangents for the apex of the slic
13. guidelines Number of arcs Auto To perform a good global fitting vou should have at least a dozen of guidelines If the result iz not what you have expected press Chl Undo add new guidelines and set the number of arcs yourself Cancel In this case you can choose the number of arcs e number of control points minus one that will compose the whole curve Auto will set it automatically depending on the shape of the curve Once the design of the outline and profile is done design the slices as explained in the chapter Design a board from scratch Designing a Blank Go to the menu File then New or press the button New and choose the tab Blank design EE New board design General design Blank design Dimensions Length f ned 457 2 width Outline Center at 12 from nose 12 from tail T ail width Thickness Tail 15 0 12 from tail 36 1 12 from noze 38 6 Hoze f A em fm Thickness Ad Rockers Tail rocker 57 g Mose rocker l1 06 4 Tal 12 Wi Nose 12 12 from tail 7 7 Center 13 2 12 from noze 11 8 Nose 39 Cancel Set the rough measurements of the blank and press OK The blank will be automatically designed with square rails UN She E HET CAD Esxgrt AF S HHH d Thi H Ak Edt Bard e Mod Dilys Suporpaco Ha pe readel Ydhwms 24 4L FT Sele ajaja JE Length with ll
14. karie Fuller Cepby Windows ox image rotate 7 Bowe q feto Shap Wa okapi VE visualize the cutting path a Shims H BE CHi Bir dil m Fi Bawd View Mode ONE madia CmBy Wiin ea aaea a wli m gt ove ow af eie 2 Sal ao sls sv alle oC a w w mi SE o CME Sattrga niani pot Tool Paih Cutter aci Lleu Ciri key bo gat mare precision and Shift key for sirinpar measurement fom Mr DD fod eae HUH z a k y hy i Tr r I 7 yn p dermnarrer I by E Hota pad Dei e Sepii a ML Grai goia de E cenaa p Cysnol bar Bin hepa Roar Mm Shapes VA BE Be eg a The general toolbar which is accessible in each edition mode also contains some general functions This button opens a dialog box that allows creating a new board from an existing model or from measuremenis This button allows to open an existing model Q Save the current model ym y MR Print a screen shot as other properties that will be presented farther down cm mm 35 nN Select the measurements unit Doser the online help i Designing a Board from Scratch Go to the menu File then New or press the button New The following window pops up EE New board design Choose the file to start from D S3d models Mew s3d Browse New board Name of the board New model Shaper Hew Comments Dimensions Constrain proportions cm m
15. nose g E a 6 12 18 74 Min pos 74 m gg w aw o a y 3 76 3 58 3 23 2 75 1 127 0 76 44 76 oor o 28 oar 1 82 265 3 44 3 897 Automatic fitting The input of the measurements will create guidelines that appear on the profile and thickness view of the board Same for the outline CNC Machine Profle measurement Outline measurement Straight line measurements Outline measurements All measurements along the stringer X measurements from tail From nose o 1 3 6 2 WW pg 36 14 Da cj ne F 2p a 8 4 0 s57 7 57 9 42 11 52 1435 16 15 17 29 is 12 16 64 14 72 11 75 7 34 442 203 0 70 in inches Max width in inches Automatic fitting M The positions of the guidelines along the length direction depend on the chosen unit in centimetres the guidelines are located at 5 10 20 30 cm from the tail and the nose In inches the guidelines are located at 1 3 6 12 from the tail and the nose You don t need to fill in each position box The outline and the profile will be automatically adjusted on the guidelines if you check the box Automatic fitting Press OK to see the board in the Design mode The guidelines appear as green crosses Their list with the positions appears on the right hand side of the bottom of the screen n Sha H BET TTi ta The in 1 cays Batt Hare IE a EEEO s alsisie bosses osovine
16. shaper Mew i6528 4 28 aed ee ele ee ee dee eee L n a a e i dee eee Le n d L I al L fa 2umr 193P 1 12 Wwe a a 22S RE MEU Length amp 1 57 Width 187 Thickness 2 1 4 Volume 26 8 These features are accessible through the menu Plans Elect rocker Displays the deck rocker with measurements i a WW P ii 2 Export to spreadsheet Export in the Microsoft Excel format A Font Change the police The Menu File Board Plans Marks Full scale Display Windows The menu Plans lead to the different views that are displayed in the toolbar Plans General plan Shape plans Volume w Board chart The menu Marks gives access to the lists of measurements of the outline profile and slices Marks Outline and profile Slices Shape lines Deck rocker Export to spreadsheet The coordinate axis is classically defined with the X axis as the longitudinal axis the Y axis as the transversal axis and the Z axis as the vertical axis Outline and profile Provide the marks needed for creating the design The meaning of the column is as follow X Coordinate Position on the longitudinal axis X Developed gt Position of marks on the board taking into account its curve Essential to draw the marks on the foam loaf after cutting Hull Z Height of the bottom compared to 0 sdw Z height minus the thickness of the sandwich defined in B
17. to a particular part of a board Date format 7 Import File DAS3d models DereRYAL MBOT DXF CO B Fin FF z shift Ma ISAP TERE tringer 4 el shadow Thickness i Daa after transformations click and move the mouse cursor for a 3d view rightclick For the contest men m gt x ar oa rir Rotations ttr fo OY F niy Fred File The data of the types Outline Bottom Deck or Thickness will be directly imported into the corresponding curve of the board while the data of the type Slice will be imported to the selected slice of the board that has already been opened Data format Import file slice D 453d models Derek Shice tat Sa Load i Import 2nd fie Data after transformations click and moe the mouse cursor For a 3d view right click Far the context menu The fitting of the curves to the imported guidelines must be done automatically or by hand after the importation f User Manual The Export Option Option E sport format f Projected outline Polylines f Text tet i DXF def C Devel outline i i a IGES igs Surface meshes VAML Fel Slices his Surface splines Whole model Stringer botedeck Lancel The Export option allows exporting a model or a piece of a model in several formats The Outlines the Profile bottom deck whatever the Design
18. to design the exact replica of an existing board The Data Type BOARD One Text G Code or DXF Data File Choose the importation format BOARD and browse to open the file you want to import DXF G Code or text format Click on the button load The scan points appear on the controller The grey points are the file data and the blue points are the one that will be imported into Shapesd Check that everything is alright tail at x O deck upward Data format Import file BOARD D 53d modelsiProCem Scan SURF DF Check the automatic adjustment box and click on OK It will take a few seconds to adjust the curves on the scan points a If the scan data doesn t look good If the scan data doesn t look good on the controller after importation click on Advanced mpart I Files contains GY D 53d modele MWard 2s0907tsurfboard_cutout_holes Alat_out ase a um One side r a ft De Sad models Derebi2 70907 dos bot def Profile detection Top import Stringer Deck Denes a 1 rc Ta a a o e Slices Data after transformations chick and move the mouse cursor for a 3d view righteclick For the context menu UN Teerance 0 1 uu dinates a r Asis as drawn wu E on the screen SEELE must be the board length direction towards the nose Fiker from to Fn aa nm DU UON HUN k Y z ww for 13 Rotations erat 08 j o F Ony 2rd file 2nd rat os os Check
19. 07 surf board cuteut_holes_flt_cut asc B Import 2nd fie E aeee a kes Dats after transformations click and mowe the mouse curso for a 3d view right click Far the context menu oh 10 Tolerance 01 Coardinakes EK a Axis as draam ee Order vz xl on the screen Taom Directions x z k K must be the board length direction Filter fromt 100000 10000 10000 i Y LLOC LCOIOD 10000 Offeat added to fie data x Y 10 0 0 05 oO 6 Rotations Ist rat os i oz d F dnd 2rd hie 2nd rat os i os If the board is not well aligned with the axis you can apply two rotations around the axis of your choice Then press Apply Note that if you press the button Load again your axis settings will be conserved but the data will be repositioned so that the tail is at x 0 Launch the automatic adjustment when it looks good a If the automatic adjustment fails You can do the importation of the data without adjusting the curves automatically Then the dimensions of the model will be adjusted with the data dimensions but the curves of the model won t be fitted on the guidelines It can be a good way to see what s wrong with them and move or remove the bad ones Then you can choose to adjust each curve automatically or by hand When the automatic fitting is finishe
20. 106 9 12 fromtail a562 Tall 12 23 7 Tail width i 66 0 Nose 12 29 3 Thickness Riail thickness Tall 15 0 Tail Ta 12 from tail 7 1 12 from tail 36 1 Center 13 2 12 from nose 38 6 ar aes BE Nose f 5 0 Nose ag OF Cancel The Size and parameters Window The New window can be opened through the button l toolbar or through the menu Board gt Properties The Name and size Tab Size and parameters Mame and size Design modes File protection Fins boxes Mame of the board uP Design Shaper Comments dl Dimensions Constrain proportions em mm w a Spmetric nosertail kite Stringer measurement Length 165 0 Tail rocker 6 40 Width 46 00 Noze rocker 12 37 Thickness 5 99 Sdw thick 0 00 Change rail thickness 72 100 From measurements Measurement wizard Annuler Appliquer Aide The Name and size tab displays the same features as the window New plus the possibility the increase or lower the rails thickness change the rail thickness the 50 to make the rails half thinner change it to 200 to make it twice thicker The Design mode Tab There are three different ways to design the bottom and two for the design of the deck Each has its advantages and disadvantages and switching between them gives infinite design possibilities Size and parameters Name and size Design modes File protection Fins boxes
21. 25 Tai 0 00 Nose 0 00 Seu e r cl sine 150 Apoly This page contains all the details of the cutting path In the Drawing box you can choose between the three options Side Side to cut one side after the other Concentric to alternate the cutting lines on one side and the other and One Side to cut only one side Then you have the choice to begin the cut at the center and finish at the rails or do the opposite Check the box Cutting Tail First if you want to begin the cut at the tail of the blank Uncheck it if you want to begin at the nose You can enter the position of the starting point relatively to the origin or set it automatically 1 25 above the nose or 2 25 above the tail A 5hagodd VH CMC xi Mew add B S 5 Moel omur pes eue em se bly a elal fo 2 v oJ e alr m w w m sE lt dibens and sing FisForat Shopbot Fromm FL For hala m kan foo kanm ow The Number of Stringer can be set between 0 and 3 Set 0 if you don t want to cut the stringer of the blank Set 2 or 3 if the blank has several stringers then set the Side shift which is the distance between the stringers and the center axis You can also add one or several Ghost paths with a Vertical shift for several ghost paths the Z shift diminishes step by step 5hagedd VB BETA CHC Shopbes AST aH Ee hwu few Wyd OE redia Diny Me 3 ajala a Pe
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23. ET ERS Wi In particular the designer should take advantage of this very nice software which is Shape3d to redisign all the slices as they should be say round In case one would prefer to cut the boards with square rails one can still use the option square rails in the CNC mode Note that using this option instead of designing sguare rails avoids many problems like wavy waterline or else Importing brd Files Go to the menu File then Open or press the button Open S In the Open dialog box select the file type APS3000 files brd and choose your file in corresponding folder The file opens like a regular Shape3d file but the shaper should ALWAYS check the design of the board before using it with a CNC machine N 5hapadd VE HETA CHC Test hrul Rik Bit Board Crmpornants Mada Dinky Suporpace TA Testbed Llsg thea array keya wath Chri ba rawe the point Tab to ga to the mest point shit Tab to tha previous pain d marrer ET m Au chan ar Thines Banfi fear mo Table Etringer ports More Frya al er T am jaw mm ie aa LE y par Hye ae l Pose iia ise mn NUM E d lt i7 L5 In particular the designer should take care of the number of control points per slices which has to be the same on each slice If the number of control point is not the same on each slice in the brd file Shaped will add the missing points itself but their posi
24. Fe one fom iu 2 Peo slalo alale Be E c e gt o of Sle wae The A ezp tLe HM Lleu tha aroa sy Wath Ctrl ba nim this ping Tab bo ga io Hio net point shit Tab bo tha priiis pei d marrer EI LPi Gmail Bote du r Mu Shapes Wa Main You can change their position with the mouse or the keyboard or with a right click in the Guidelines box which will make the following window appear Guide coord Name OP_ 24 A 48 E8 Y B 56 Ea 0 00 Cancel After changing the position of the guidelines you can automatically fit the curves on the guidelines doing a right click on the selected curve Control point Guidelines Slices Display Ghost Board Automatic fitting Fit selected curve to the guidelines Fit the whole curve to the quidelines Level board Wedge in zero Copy Paste If you click on a curve section between two control points you have the possibility to adjust only this selected part of the curve choosing Fit selected curve to the guidelines Guidelines fitting Elements to be fitted Starting point Ending point W Tg length lw Ta length To direction M Tg direction Cancel Then you have to choose if you want to adjust the length or the direction of each tangent or both And press OK You can also choose to adjust the whole curve clicking on Fit the whole curve to the guidelines Bezier curve fitting to
25. Mode and the Slices can be exported as Polylines in txt dxf igs or vrl or Splines in dxf Option Export format Projected outline Polvlines Text txt f DXF dsf IGES igs Surface meshes YAML Fv Devel outline f Splines Stinger botedeck Slices iie Surface splines Whole model lw Keep slices pos Cancel WARNING A low numer of slices or points per slice may lead to unsatistying Bezier suraces If you type an Integer after Slices the exported file will contain that number of slices distributed over the length of the board But if you enter a non integer number only one slice will be exported which position is the one entered The Whole board can be exported as Surface Meshes in dxf igs or vrl or as Surface Splines in igs When exporting a board in Surface Splines there will be a separation between two surfaces at each slice and each control point of the board if you check the box Keep Slices Pos If you don t check this box the separation will be positioned at 3 6 12 from the tail and from the nose In this later case the shape of the board can be modified on the other hand if can be useful if the board has many slices to avoid too small surface splines Note that in both case the conversion into Surface Splines goes through numerical adjustments which precision is about 0 1 Contact Adresse 7 rue C
26. asured orthogonally to the bottom Rocker measured vertically Bottom measurements From nose From tail g 1 3 6 12 18 2a Min pos 24 BERI 237 z0 189 105 oss o2s sear Sa TE Sa S E Automatic fitting or along a straight line checking the box Straight line measurements CNC Machine Profile measurement Outline measurement Straight line measurements W Deck measurements From tail From nose fa 1 ES 6 ix i 18 2 4 Ma x thickn ay 4 ea i a fas ser ae su a sw Be Ie SEE eS in inches E 36 19 in inches Thickness measured vertically Rocker measured vertically Bottom measurements From nose From tail ig 1 E R 6 i 18 2a Min pos 27 Automatic fitting l The input of the measurements will create guidelines that appear on the profile and thickness view of the board Same for the outline CNC Machine Profile measurement Outline measurement Straight line measurements Outline measurements X measurements from tail From nose ig y 3 6 iv LT ay 36 14 234 ig a7 p a og 6 45 7 57 9 42 11 52 14 35 18 15 17 29 18 12 16 64 14 72 11 75 7 35 a 42 2 03 0 70 in inches Max width in inches Automatic fitting Iv The positions of the guidelines along the length direction depend on the chosen unit in centimeters the guidelines are located at 5 10 20 30 cm from the tail and the nose In inches the guidelines
27. contains the cutter dimensions as shown on the drawing whether it s a bull nose a symetric bull nose or a disk CHC Machine CNC Settings Tool Path Blank and Holding Cutter Aws Diameter M ComerradusRi 0 472 HeightH isr Bottom radusR2 3 94 CHE Machine CNC Settings Tool Path Blani and Holding Cutter Axis Bull Hose Dimensions Diameter D Ez ComerradusRi 2 000 Axis diameter Wi 2 00 Height H 5 00 Bottom radius R 2 15 00 ii CAC Machine CNC Settings Tool Path Blank and Holding Cutter Axis Diameter D o oo Mater thickness e1 rear 2 00 Motor width w 8 00 Motor thickness e2 front 5 00 Disk thickness a 0 20 The Axis Tab This page contains the settings of the axis of the CNC machine CNC Settings Blank position Tool Path Cutter Acs Unit in the export file Max positions in controler activate Min Max Marks unit D amd ss f Y 10000 fron Fa 1 CHYD pooo Set the X Y and Z axis and their directions as in your machine relatively to the blank You can fix the Limit positions that your machine can reach Press Apply The Tool Bar elal o e v sal aE el eblu E 5s o ul The four first buttons are identical as in the 3D View E Zoom in and out y window zoom lt P rotate and sI Move Then we specific buttons ae Move the board Click on the surf and mo
28. copy the curve outline bottom deck thickness or slice in the clip board Then you can past this curve on another board or on another slice if the curve is a slice Ctrl V Ctrl V Past the copied curve on the selected curve Ctrl A Ctrl A selects all the points or all the guidelines Ctrl H Ctrl H hides all the points to let a clean curve Ctrl Z Ctrl Z calls the Undo The Plan Mode The Tool Bar i General view of the board This view displays the outline and the profile of the board stringer profile or rail lines depending on the design mode with dimensions at 3 6 12 18 and 24 from the tail and the nose or at 5 10 20 30 and 50 cm from the ends if the unit is the centimeter or millimeter 7 Shagadd VI BETA CHC Eeepbot Mew Fila Bused Pane Moris Fulara DEG Widows 7 19 813 Mee omer n See gt l ie io ao a T a Se tal ZSWoaclu Un ar chs El ih CF us reskin Che r y ob AR E TET d marrer z pore Slices view This view allows to see the slices at any position A Volume distribution curve Displays the volume distribution along the X axis Board Chart Displays the general information on the board plus 3D wire views
29. ct Quick Start The General Modes S S amp e A Design 230 view Plan K CNC em mm 9 559 P Shape3d presents four edition modes that can be selected in the general toolbar Design BS J The Design Mode presents three 2D views of the boards that can be the outline the profile the thickness or the slices In each view the curves can be modified through the control points The measures of the board are shown in the Master Scale box 3 HET moan Expert loaned to Termas Vilmin 1 deis le Me E E4 k Board YH Mate Dinghy Siuperpice Windows F Ala E bA esiga avien Pha CHE om mm HR D isa tha atoer keya with rl ba mawa the point Tab bo ga to the net peint shit Tab bo tha previous point F eaae kea zor MiM ce iT tarr E Li Gmail guha de Shapaed Micra flle 551 nea E hoap Ci Bal T caru i Shape sd VE HF iM i 3d om The 3D Mode allows the visualization of the boards as a 3D object either with a solid rendering or a wired rendering User Manual Shaped Wi CH S Atziakel sid File Bord Crewing Mw Pode Dini ARWR r Redes ds safe gt e e oleoj olo E denarrer E Plan The Plan Mode displays board charts with measurements and full scale printable view of the board Tak repati Iunio Tal Shape ed user m 5hapadd VII BETA CHC Sepbot Mew gad Fil nad Pore
30. d Check all the curves of the model Check profile and outline The automatic adjustment may not be perfect You can do the automatic adjustment again choosing the number of control points you want right click automatic fitting fit the whole curve choose the number of arcs You can do it by hand as well Check in particular the points and tangents at each end and then the smoothness of the curves Check the slices the automatic fitting tries to place a control point right at the rail but if the rail is not sharp enough or if the scan data is not very clean the control point can very well be at a wrong position lf so you can clean the guidelines and do an automatic fitting again But the safest way is to place the control point right at the rail by hand and adjust the slice arc by arc Do it for each slice DO NOT HESITATE TO DELETE THE SLICES THAT DO NOT LOOK NECESSARY the less slices the smoother same with the control points Data Type Brd 2files Two Text G Code or DXF Data File Choose the importation format Brd 2files and browse to open the two files you want to import DXF G Code or text format Click on the button load Check the box Flip if the second file containing the top or the bottom data is flipped compared with the first one Then you can shift it vertically using the box Z shift Data format Impart File Files contains Prazne DaS0dwedenDeria OG grd gt i Oes na
31. d fr ww iiid file ET Profle detection D 53d models Derek 2 70907 des bot dyf Bl rip cont 24 i Shadow C ss uw i unt fi _ inch Lengh neo width 1557 gomed Advanced gt gt Daa after transformations click and mose the mouse cursor for a 3d view right dick For the combext mem A i Tolerance 0 2 Coordinates od RE Saeta Directions x J 2 must be the board length direction towards the nose Filter fronto uam aan am Tia se aem Offset added to Fle data a p Rotations itre oe y for Iw Ony 2nd file 2ndrot e o i o i If the two files don t have the same orientation you can rotate one relatively to the other To proceed press Advanced and check the box Only 2nd file Then set the 1st rot angle in degrees and choose the rotation axis OY in general Then press Apply or Load All the other commends are identical as for the data type BOARD The 3DM Scan Function Choose the importation format 3DM and browse to open the CSV or txt file you want to import Click on the button load If the file has not been created with the 3DM digital probe it won t be accepted Then select the data type BOARD p Import File D Y53d models Mand sc ani A1 2F CSN a Load gt Import 2rd File Dad modeistOerakl Ttan dos bot chef i Pin fe Zshft 3 unit i lih Length 21 07 widt
32. de as well as in the full scale views Size and parameters Height Length Distance betw centers Distance from convergence point 127 00 cm Width Length Height ot 2 00 70 00 3 00 i 3 00 15 00 5 00 lo fico po bu You can move the boxes in design mode outline view For a surfboard with thrusters the convergence point can be positioned along the stringer Size and parameters Name and size Design modes File protection Fins boxes Surf fins system Diam Height Length Distance between centers Distance from convergence point Width Length Height Iw 3 00 20 00 3 00 lw 3 00 15 00 5 00 Footstraps rear oo po po You can move the boxes in design mode outline view For a sail board only one fin box can be defined On the other hand the number of foot straps is not constrained The Measurement Wizard Window The Measurement Wizard window can be reached through the window New or through the window hymnau Uti It allows the design the outline and the profile of a board from Size and Parameters measurements on an existing board You can choose to measure the dimensions of the board along the stringer I User Manual CNC Machine Profile measurement Outline measurement Straight line measurements Thickness measurements From tail From nose g LV F 6 g 24 Max thickn 24 in inches 36 56 in inches _Thickness me
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34. e selected point are shown at the bottom right of the windows When a point is selected the Control point properties box opened on the right of the screen shows its position You can define the position of the point numerically in this box ad Group selection This feature allows to select a group of control points or a groupe of guidelines if the guidelines are shown on screen WY Rock the board This feature enables you to rock the bottom to put the zero point where you want press the left button and move the mouse up or down Use the menu contextual Wedging to z 0 to wedge the board on the zero line 790m This zoom feature makes it possible to enlarge the view and to centre the view on the clicked point You can zoom back with the right button You can also use the zoom at any time with the wheel of the mouse 2 Zoom Window In this mode if you draw a rectangle with the mouse the view is enlarged and the contents of the rectangle are fitted to the pane view Right click to zoom back uy Move Move the drawing with the mouse These functions are also present in the menu Mode a HA Copy and paste You can copy the current curve outline rocker thickness or slice by clicking on the a button and paste it with 3 on another board You can also copy a slice and paste it on another one of the same board In particular to get smooth lines at the nose it s recommended to copy the slice next to the nos
35. e slice and paste it on the nose slice Its easier than to edit the nose slice which can be very small These functions are also present in the menu Edit vm Undo Undo the last editing function add move or delete point or guidelines HEH Grid Click on this button choose the step of the grid to get a grid on the active pane UM fig H HET 10 Motion 5 How sad eet yg EAEE 11813 hm mwl o rior 2 Fe Slaa 9 5 2 EA rr Tu NL om aad 5 Seo gar am sar Llsg tha atoer keya wath Cri ba newis the point Tab ba oo to the nest point shit Tab to tha previous pain fom M Lees W d demarrer EF i e Grai MaL FE Machi Shpa a Dina he E Torie Shapad Ru na MW Shepedd vd RARS JE Guidelines This button shows the guidelines which enable you to adjust the curves on predefined point As a default you will find several points at 3 6 12 18 and 24 from tail and nose if the unit is the inch or 5 10 20 30 and 50 cm from tail and nose You can add and delete guidelines with the contextual menu The option Fit to guidelines compute the curve which best fit your guidelines Be careful if there is not enough guidelines the curves may be different from expected In that case use the undo function to come back These functions are also present in the menu Display i T 5 vente Change view You can change the order of the views put slices on top instead of o
36. e view is enlarged and the contents of the rectangle are fitted to the pane view A right click zooms back y Move Move the drawing with the mouse Rotate To make the board rotate you have to select the option Moving Rotate and hold the left button down somewhere in the window while moving the cursor 2 Spot light To move the spot light press the left button somewhere in the window then move the cursor to place the spot light where you want These features are accessible through the menu Mode gt asr amp Points of view Choose the point of view top side nose tail perspective These features are accessible through the menu View amp O Rendering These four buttons allow to change the 3D rendering The two last buttons gives the 3d solid view with low or high qualities of rendering The first buttons adds the definition slices of the board in bleue while the second button adds a wire frame Ak Board Drin Vie Modo Display Windows alalalel tommosia nm e vo ml 2 elaj s e e e s oje o o a o m TN Fras Fi for halg meas Man eam T dermarrer These features are accessible through the menu Drawing They can be cumulated to obtain a solid view with a wire frame Be Ht Daw Wm T n Daly dwr T m Woee omw ne cne e ne nlyp a Hews ATE Zia alela gt e e s SJS ofo 8 a Frami PL for hain C kes poem Eo m
37. ene em maj jae 2 Sia eja Hals ely all Je aE alee mi 8 ol ENC Machine He Settings Bisri postion Tool Peth Cutter to LirH ipai Expert TR wke r N Tamer Change LS FE R WN Sdenemwng 5 merme i y croun ten ere en ae oo If you use a 3 axis machine with a Bull Nose cutter You can add an outlining path to the deck cut check the box Top in the section Outlining during Check Bottom to add one to the bottom cut You can shift it vertically thanks to the box Z shift If you don t want to cut the tuck of the board check the box Square rails It will let the bottom flat at the rails If you use a 3 axis machine with a Disk or a Symetric Bull Nose CNC Settng Blank postion Tool Path Cunter Ass Drawing r Starting point nas as shown on screen Wo Auc 1 25 nose M Cuttalfimt Postion odgioe Xf000 yho zion You can change the separation point between the deck cut and the bottom cut in the box Separation Line Apex set it at the apex of the rail Tuck set it as low as possible depending on the dimensions of the motor between the apex point and the rail point Note that if the motor is thick the lower lines are intentionally deviated from the original path in order the motor to avoid the blank Tuck Flat Bottom is the same as Tuck but the bottom lin
38. es and the horizontal ones for the widest point of the outline the zero point of the bottom or the highest point of the thickness When designing the slices it is recommended to set the point type of the rail point as rail and the apex apex point as They will then appear in bleu and green respectively All the slices must have the same number of control points x The position of the slices can be modified with a right click selecting Slices Move slice It can also be changed with the mouse in the outline view Control point Guidelines Mowe slice Delete slice ahost Board utomatic fitting Level board Wedge in zero Copy Paste You can add or delete a slice in the same way You can visualize the flow of the slices maintaining a left click in the outline profile or thickness view The width rocker or thickness appear at the same time as well as the distance from the tail and from the nose To understand the idea behind the design of a board with shape3d just think of the rule of thumb the less points the smoothest Similarly the less slices the smoothest Visualize the result of your art in the 3D View mode Designing a Board from Measurements As if you would design a board from scratch go to the menu File then New or press the button and fill in the name and size areas EE Mew board design Choose the file to start from D5539 models Mew
39. es are limited to the rail point Square Rails makes square rails If you use a 5 axis machine CNC Machine CNC Settings Blank position Tool Path Cutter Axis semen enwau o ona Om holau GO Starting point ee re um as Stringer paths E Ato 1 25 nose I Cutt tail first of Stringers E Side shift 15 00 lt amp _ Rails Cut Precision o i E o MI T o max 5 toate 100 You can change the separation point between the deck cut and the bottom cut in the box Separation Line Apex set it at the apex of the rail Rails set the separation line as the tuck of the rails With this option you can force the cutter to cut with its side instead of its center when the angle of the cutter axis exceeds the Max Angle that you can adjust yourself glalslel elal efo elv gt gt o UHL Mac enn Eu Jane iraa cr Murberof Strnger Pa E esa Or puta FF 1 257 nen reel an Raik Cut Mange f i Separation Rai wng fs Maronite tl DOG Pargi frora rosa OO Square Rails makes square rails The Margins allow to stop the cutting lines at a given distance from the tail or the nose of the board Set the box of points line About 150 usually gives a good precision The larger the longer the computation time Press Apply N User Manual The Cutter Tab This tab
40. h 27 Daa after trarsfoematiores dick and move the mouse cursor for a Sd view right click For the context menu The KKL Scan Function The KKL data type corresponds to a PIM file that comes from the KKL scanning machine Before loading your file press Advanced and make sure the radius of your Probe is set correctly Then set the Tolerance it corresponds to the shift between the center of the board and the Y position at which the probe begins to scan Files contains Probe i B Load One side M Radus 0 9 Ein 2 aa Profle detection gt Top import EL y Be gu Shinger Dek C unt 1 ih Length t width 19 05 Advanced gt gt Shadow C Thickness Data after transformations click and move the mouse cursor for a 3d view right cick For the context menu Slices Nb Max 10 Tolerance 0 1 Coondnates wz Axis ac drawn WE xr on the screen x must be the board length direction towards the nose Fiber from to UDD 10000 10000 x Y Hi 100000 10000 10000 Offset added to fle data x Y z air 0 000 000 p Rotations j Lat rot 2 i or F Oriy 2n mart fo fee a The rest of the procedure is identical as with the BOARD data type The Data Types Outline Bottom Deck Thickness and Slice These five data types allow importing data to associate guidelines
41. he option Tile vertically set the Master Scale and Point properties windows vertically on the right hand side While the option Tile horizontally set the Master Scale and Point properties windows horizontally at the bottom of the screen i an E get YD Metin Bystanre icansid to Thomas Yining days lett dew sad Penmai voima zT 2L has FER Frys tl i mth __ er mirexr Wa fe fas Tress mA IF DT ds igs MM Tie Eh Lisa the arrer boys with Chel ba mere the point Tab to ga to the nest point chit Tab to tha prowous po d marrer ET a RE WS Moala lm Shanaad va M The Right Click The Context Menu The context menu appears when you right click inside a pane Control point Guidelines Slices Display Ghost Board Automatic fitting Level board Wedge in zero Paste Control point Choose this option to add delete and modify the Bezier control points Guidelines Use this menu to add modify or delete a guideline When the guidelines are displayed one can also add a guideline with a double left click and delete it with the button Suppr of the keyboard The option Default guidelines create automatically the standard guidelines at 3 6 12 18 and 24 from the ends of the outline and rocker and at 0 0 5 1 2 and 4 from the apex on the slices or at 5 10 20 30 and 50 cm from the ends of the outline and rocker and at O 1
42. iaz giaz 4 27 32 Measurements along The stringer Note that all the dimensions correspond to the stringer of the board You can choose to edit the dimensions taken along a straight line or along the stringer line pressing the button A Straight Line or The Stringer The Control point Window The properties of a selected control point are shown in the Control point properties box Control point Tangent Point Tangent 2 OI e I wl 16 74 ef i r i fa Z ZF Zro MS Ji telel Point type normal rail apex bus horizontal tangents and continuous tangents with fixed angle l Continuous tangents are usually used The angular tangents are more appropriate for the rail point of the slices the vertical tangents for the apex of the slices and the horizontal ones for the widest point of the outline the zero point of the bottom or the highest point of the thickness When designing the slices it is recommended to set the point type of the rail point as rai and the apex apex point as They will then appear in bleu and green respectively All the slices must have the same number of control points The Tool Bar aj e1219 s EWN h Editing mode TSH ol oa w In that mode you can move points and tangents click on it and keep the button down to move the point The keyboard keys arrows left and right can be used for fine tuning The real coordinates of th
43. in the section Toolbar File Board em View Mode Display Windows Definition elements 3 J n 3d view Wire mode Fal Solid flat w Solid smoothed Decoration The CNC Mode UN Shasedd VE BETA CHC Shopber Mew add Fle Boed kee Fide AN weh Deplys WET f m Anena OGDvine pian cne fem ma ie 21 tiy ely oJ e aE m w m m o Ept E Target Polder Change LED Fis Forat S w feet Ea e The Machine File The Preferences dialog box can be opened through the menu File Preferences Preferences Please define below the location where you want to store your designs Models directory Change C Shape3d models Please choose below the location of your logo s file Logo file D amp 3d models Otherscar jpg Advanced CNC users only define here the location of the CNC machine file Machine file Change D S3d models MachineFilesCustomers Machine _Thomas_sShopbot s3d xml Full scale output and printing correction factors Screen 1 0000 Printer 1 0000 This is where the location of the Machine File is written It is very important to keep this file in a safe folder an to do a backup since it contains all the settings corresponding to your machine If ever these settings are modified by mistake you can get you settings back reloading the backup machine file The Properties Box This dialog box contai
44. istent set of guidelines to get this feature working properly Bezier curve fitting to guidelines Number of arcs Auto To perform a good global fitting you should have at least a dozen of guidelines If the result is nat what you have expected press Chr Undo add new guidelines and set the number of arcs yourself Cancel In this case you can choose the number of arcs i e number of control points minus one that will compose the whole curve Auto will set it automatically depending on the shape of the curve Level Board Click on this option to set the board horizontally The Shortcuts The Left Click The left click allows selecting a control point or a guideline The Double Left Click The double left click allows adding a control point or a guideline if the guidelines are shown on screen The Right Click The right click makes the context menu appear The Arrows keys The arrows keys allow moving the selection Arrow Ctrl keys Arrow Ctrl makes smaller displacements The Tab key Tab change the selection to the next point or the next guideline Tab Ctrl change the selection to the previous point or the next guideline The Del key Del will delete the selection Ctrl Left Click Ctrl left click allows selecting several points or guidelines Shift Left Click Shift left click allows to select all the points or guidelines between two selections Ctrl C Ctrl C
45. m a me Swmetricnose tallkite I Stringer measurement Length 184 9 Thickness abaja width 46 00 Mosze rocker 12 37 Tall rocker 6 40 Sdw thek 0 00 From measurements H i Measurement L l br wizard ita 1 Cancel Choose the model to start from between the examples proposed in C Shape3dmodels Enter the name of the model you are going to design and your name as a shaper Add any comments you want Choose the dimensions unit centimeters millimeters inches or fractional inches Check the box symmetric nose tail for a twin tip board Input length width thickness and tail nose rocker Check the box Stringer measurement if these dimensions are measured along the stringer Uncheck it if they are measured along a straight line Press OK The starting model appears in the Design mode UN Sha 1 HET CF1 E rt lic no TE Wilin a Mie s 3 amp ane Hae em se oe ml fp a EE slale alala el xfs o Sla el o gg Jm Lla the arroes keys with Ctrl bo nwa the point Tab ba go to the net point shit Tab ba tha previous pain Mt 47 5 LE i ager zs oF M i 5 Ji ig chem k i r n VE BET E aye r a T a d marrer Eg E You can visualize three components of the board at the same time choosing between Outline Profile Thickness or Slices in the toolbar The dimensions of the board appear in the Master Scale box To modify the design of the
46. ns five property pages which allow you to define the geometry of the CNC machine the type of cutter and the cutting path It is accessible through the button E or through the menu CNC Machine Properties The CNC Settings Tab CNC Settings Blank position Tool Path Cutter Ads Lines Deck bat Fail Bottom Marw were ml ele Epot Target folder Change Perom A i The tab CNC Settings contains the basic parameters you ll have set before computing and exporting the cutting path That s where you set the number of lines per side on the deck and the bottom and the narrowing The Side Narrowing allows to trig the lines spacing A small narrowing leads to evenly spaced cutting lines whereas a large narrowing leads to very close lines on the rail and a larger spacing at the center of the board Press Compute Tool Path to have it drawn on the screen This later function is also present in the toolbar When the cutting path looks satisfying on the screen choose the folder where you want to export the cutting file and choose the File Format as supported by your machine Press Print to see the cutting paper sheet with the information about the board the blank and the machine setting Shaper JP Length 185 0 Width 46 0 Thickness 6 0 Nose Rocker 12 4 Tail Rocker 6 4 Blank RG 3 6 2R s3d Origin to Tail stop
47. oard Properties Deck Z height of the deck compared to the point z 0 sdw gt Height of the deck minus the sandwich thickness Outline Width Y at X sdw Width minus the sandwich thickness Carre Width Y of the edge point gt sdw gt Edge width taking into account the sandwich see Plan Slices full size to visualize this position Slices The marks of a given slice Shape lines Marks of the shape lines See screen Plan Shape plans 1 and 2 to understand the meaning of the columns Origin of the coordinate system related to the foam loaf after hot wire cutting S1Y A1Y A1y and A2y represent the middle of the loaf S1Z S2Z A1z and A2z represent the lower edge S2Y represent the exterior edge The menu Full Scale gives access to full scale views of the outline profile and slices Slices Profile Developed Outline Projected Outline Outline dev profile Outline proj profile The 3D Mode T Shapadi Wi CH Scan Airboat sid File boad Crewing Wis Mode Dena WYNO 7 51518 2 a imamos me e nl 2 ela ell l lelels o 9 o o oie m The Tool Bar e a ofS s e e e s 2 o o o ola u Zoom in and out You can choose the Moving Zoom option or the related button of the tool bar and then click with the right button in the area to zoom in or with the left button to zoom out y Window zoom In that mode if you draw a rectangle with the mouse th
48. oard from a photo For example take a photo of the outline and load in the outline view thanks to the Image fitting Load image option Control point Guidelines Slices Display Ghost Board Image Load image Automatic fitting Rotate image Lock image Hide image space bar Level board Wedge in zero Copy The photo is displayed as a background and the edge right and left are automatically fitted to the tail and nose If needed you can fine tune the length of the photo click on the image to select it and move the border with the mouse pointer The rotate image option allows you to make the axe of the board photo strictly horizontal choose the angle to be applied positive for clockwise negative for anticlockwise Once your image is well placed choose the option lock image to be able to fit the curve without moving the photo gt The best way to fit the curve to the photo is to set guidelines on the contour of the photo and then to fit automatically the curve on the guidelines see below To check your work you can hide or show the image by pressing the space bar key EL H BET 1D Motion 5 yui Hie Jd r Eq Fik Edt Bord Componants Mada Disglay 5unerposu Windows 7 Sale m banesa manvi me ene fom maj e EEEE i gt e gt S i ele Ta change the acti slick prase iha TAB kay cmi x La LBP ud de maier EI Gmail auti MactiiaFikis
49. sad Browse Hew board Name of the board New model Shaper Hew Comments Dimensions Constrain proportions cm mm an mai Swmetric nosertail kite I Stringer measurement Length 164 3 Thickness 5 99 Width 46 00 Hoze rocker 12 37 Tail rocker 6 40 Sdw thick 0 00 From measurements Measurement wizard Then press the button Measurement wizard The measurement wizard window pops up You can choose to measure the dimensions of the board along the stringer CNC Machine Profile measurement Dutline measurement Straight line measurements Thickness measurements From tail From nose o 1 3 g 12 18 24 Max thickn 247 18 12 4 cg 54 in inches 36 56 in inches d the bottom Rocker measured vertically Bottom measurements From tail From nose o 1o 6 12 i o Mnpos 4 aF ar GO JT 44g Mere 237 208 1 69 105 oss o 25 3641 0 29 o 70 1 47 2607 353 4 38 4 87 Automatic fitting Annuler ppliguer Aide User Manual or along a straight line checking the box Straight line measurements CNC Machine Profile measurement Outline measurement Straight line measurements wv Deck measurements Fram tail From nose F 3 6 127 18 24 Max thicken 24 185 1 e F in inches a 36 19 in inches Thickness measured vertically Rocker measured vertically Bottom measurements From tail From
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51. t Viewer Print preview Print Setup printer 1 0094uwlD206 srf 2 D XS3d models APDG511 s3d 3 D AS3d models AFDG511 SRF Exit The option Preferences opens the preferences dialog box Preferences Please define below the location where you want to store your designs Models directory Please choose below the location of your logo s file Logo file D 3d models Others car jpg Advanced CNC users only define here the location of the CNC machine file Machine fie _Change D amp 3d models MachineFilesCustomers Machine_Thomas_Shopbot s3d xml Full scale output and printing correction factors Screen 1 0000 Printer 1 0000 The Models directory is the directory where the New model is located The Logo file is the address of the shaper or the factory s logo that will appear on the Board chart or the Machine sheet The Machine file is the address of the file that contains all the machine informations The CNC mode is not accessible if this file is missing or corrupted The option Export opens the Export dialog box The option Scan import opens the Scan dialog box The option Viewer opens the viewer that allows to visualize data files in 3 dimensions The menu Windows allows to choose the screen settings Windows w Tool bar w Status bar w Master Scale w Control point box Tile Vertically Tile Horizontally Arrange Icons w 1 New s3d T
52. the box One side if the file contains only half of the board lf you want to import your data into a board that is in the Stringer design mode check Profile detection Stringer The software will then look for the stringer data around the X axis with the tolerance fixed in the box Slices Tolerance On the other hand if you want to import your data in a board that is in the design mode Profile check Profile and the software will look for the lowest and highest points of each slice to create the profile f you want to import your data into a board that is in the Deck design mode check Top import Deck If you want to import your data in a board that is in the design mode Thickness check Thickness and the software will recreate the thickness from your data in this case your data must be clean You can also reduce the number of slices if too many of them have been scanned You can tune the tolerance It allows the importation of slices even if they are not right in the Oyz plan You can switch the axis the X must be the length direction towards the nose the Y must be the width direction and the Z must be the vertical direction towards the deck You can change the direction of each axis You can reduce the scan data to a window in each direction using the function Filter You can apply an offset to the data in each direction using the function Offset D 153d modelsiMMW ard 24073
53. the thickness curve is deduced from the design of the deck line and the bottom line Note that switching from one mode to the other can lead to modifications of the shape of the board of about 0 1 Therefore it is not recommended to switch continuously between the different design modes The File Protection Tab The files produced by Shape3d can be encrypted to prevent other Shape3d users from reading copying and or cutting your boards Checking the box Reading from will make the file impossible to open with a computer whose license name is different from your from the date that you choose Checking the box Writing prevents from the modification except resize and copy of your model by anyone whose license name differs from yours Checking the box Cutting path prevents the modification copy and export of cutting path by anyone whose license name differs from yours Size and parameters M Reading from l Cutting path The protection applies only if the board model owner is different from the username program license Board model owner Debug_User2 Program licensed to Debug_User2 Annuler Aopligquer Aide The Fins boxes Tab For a surfboard or a sailboard the positions of the fins boxes and foot straps and mast foot boxes can be set in the Fins Boxes tab They will then appear in the General mode and the Board chart of the Plan Mo
54. tions may not be the best The designer must also check that the rail point is well defined on each slice x The Design Mode UN Shapedd VE HETA CHC Scan Espert licensed to Thomas Vilmin i7 daw lett Ak Edt Boi Components Moda Display Superpose Windows 7 BAIE Y me ene m eep nyn e A gg am iutgmw Za ME a a ae Table Crin RWYF Mion a me me Te Hir y aan oe gt r sa 5 Fron taal a i a et go ase WE 2a a ee goU Taon ee br er laa i T kj aw Fron rema pe gar m fia 1 M He Ts a mr a ee 5 a Rn Mer MM Ne rr mt d7 sre yr ager 2 DP HUM Fr Llsg thea arom lyn vrth Otel a mwg he point Tab Ea ga En Hie mad point shit Tab to thea prois pont A ch ps lin BET E T d marrer EL iH hapaad Micra Lal 4 EE Hoapadie e Bal Concent Toole The New board design Window The New window can be opened through the button toolbar or through the menu File The General Design Tab EE New board design l Choo the file to start from DAS3d models Mew sad Browse Hew board Name of the board New model Shaper Hem Comments imensions Constrain proportions em mm m np Sumetric nose talllkite 7 Stinger measurement Length 184 93 Thickness 5 99 Width 46 00 Nose racker lea Tail rocker 6 40 Sidi thek
55. tter Axis Machine Ongin x Y os as shown on screen Zip lf Use a Bank D S3d models Blanks 6 2 A_St2s3d Browse Board i Cut bottom first Postion 11000 000 Hom Taa ero e i oo ro Supports Hi HE x 14000 26000 From Onign orblank Tai Nose Ear Uwd oo 20 00 pede down dedom o 00 In this tab you can load a blank previously designed with Shape3d The button Board auto position automatically positions the board inside the blank You can also choose not to use a blank then uncheck the Use a Blank box Set the coordinates of the Machine Origin of the machine relatively to the tail nose or middle of the blank The position of the supports H1 and H2 relatively to the origin of the machine or the tail or nose of the blank is set in the section Supports A vertical shift of the clamps between the deck cut and the bottom cut can be set with the box Z level change after upside down Press Apply The Tool Path Tab CNC Settings Blank postion Tool Path Cutter Ans enemy Ferer To Bottom Zshh 0 00 fw Awoid sing Sg width 1 00 height 1 00 Starting point ands as shown on screen FF Auto 1 25 nose Bet Hot Stingers OO Side shit 0 30 Merging from in Ras p Precision 5 Pesition origine X 0o vfo z oo of Ghost paths Ml Zeh 0
56. utline for example You can also change the size of each pane by moving the bar between the panes Ea Outline The outline can be edited in two modes straight line measurement and stringer measurement In straight line measurement you see the board from the top projected on the screen In stringer measurement mode the board is unrolled along the stringer flattened This gives a better feeling of the real shape of the board and makes measurements easier to compare with real boards all the measurements are taken along the bottom of the stringer The overall length of the unrolled outline is slightly larger than the projected outline The red curve of the outline pane shows the line curvature it is the reverse of the curvature radius that indicates the regularity of the curve It must be as smooth as possible l Slices You can edit the points of the active slice in solid line To change the active slice there are two methods keyboard press the key Tab or the Left and Right arrows go to the outline view and click on the slice you want e Rocker amp thickness Depending on the Design Mode the solid black line can either represent the Profile the Rail or the Stringer lines In the first two cases the Stringer line is still drawn in light grey In the last case the profile is drawn in light grey Go 3D view UM Shi E HET ID Motion Syste Fl Edk Board r Pioda cue gy TH alaiak Fo Ree mne en
57. ve the cursor to translate the surf inside the blank Rock the board Click somewhere and move the cursor vertically to rock the board around its centre EER Woosiae down Turn the board and the blank upside down to cut the bottom Change the point of view Cutting lines Display the cutting lines Right click on the lines to check the position of the cutter on each point and move it with the arrow keys o Export cutting file Generate and store the cutting file in the selected directory Machine Sheet Show the cutting paper sheet with the information about the board the blank and the machine setting Cutting Speed You can change the speed of the cutter at special points of the cutting path the cutting points Click on this button to display the Cutting Speed window and change the different speeds or the speed unit Fa Speed unit Jem mn Start Cut Begin Stinger Deck Stringer End Stringer Begin 2nd Stringer end Stringer End 2nd Stringer Between lines Begin Lines Deck Lines End lines Change side Fi ame cutter TT Max curvature radius af kinks 5 00 Kinks speed 20 0 Cutting time jz min 43 sec Click on a line of the Cutting Speed window to enlighten the corresponding sections of the cutting path These sections appear in blue when the speed is minimum and red when the speed is maximum Double click on the cutting speed window lines to change the speeds

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