Shapelab

Leopoly / Jul 26, 2023 / Animation & Modeling, Design & Illustration

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Shapelab is a unique VR 3D modeling application offering an intuitive interface and a variety of powerful polygon mesh-based sculpting tools to create high-quality 3D assets. Add VR to your 3D modeling workflow and experience a new dimension of creativity with Shapelab!

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What's new

The Shapelab Max Autumn Update is here!

2026-09-29

Dear Shapelab Community, Cozy season calls for cozy sculpting sessions, so grab a warm drink, put on your headset, and dive into the latest update of Shapelab Max 2026, available now! What's new in this update? • Radial Symmetry: Radial symmetry has been added to the sculpt cursor as an alternative to the existing mirror‑plane symmetry • Surface Snap Gizmo Handle: A new gizmo handle has been added, allowing quick alignment of an object to another object’s surface via raycast • Import .sl3d Project Files: bring a saved Shapelab scene into your current one, with hierarchy, materials, and paint intact. • Move Tool Auto Remesh: an option has been added to automatically remesh (regularize operation) after each manipulation • Refreshed File Browser: favorite folders, breadcrumb navigation, remembered import/export settings, and an overwrite warning.

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• Smarter Scene Management: hide whole hierarchies at once, ungroup a single object, new "Select all" and "Invert selection" actions, and a detachable PBR material panel. • Faster saving and exporting, plus a long list of fixes and smaller improvements! Read the full release notes here. Already using Shapelab Max 2026? The Autumn Update is part of your current version and will update automatically on Steam. Still on Shapelab 2024 or Shapelab 2025? You can upgrade to Shapelab Max 2026 with a 50% discount, and get this update along with everything else added this year, like the redesigned gizmo, the transform system with non-uniform scaling, the elastic move tool, and more! Make sure to choose the 'Shapelab 2026 Upgrade DLC'. We hope you'll enjoy this update! If you have any questions about your license or the latest features, feel free to reach out to us at support@shapelabvr.com. This is the quickest way to get a response from our support team! Happy Sculpting! Shapelab team

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What players say

Very Positive

85% positive, 269 reviews

Not recommended14 hrs played

It's good, I use it, but as soon as I buy it (70$ btw) they release a new, nearly identical "MAX" product for the same full price. The "discount" price they offer for those who got screwed this exact way is still half price, so Shapelab gets to celebrate scamming me out of triple digits for one product. Decent program, but man do I feel utterly scammed.

29 found this helpful, 2026-01-13

Not recommended93 hrs played

Bought it early on before they switched to having to rebuy every year. That should be illegal. Dont reward shady companies.

55 found this helpful, 2025-12-26

Not recommended2 hrs played

Dev has switched to some paywalled updates system for the app, going from a perpetual license to a subscription-based model that costs $50 a year to get the latest patches. Had this since 2021 purchased assuming it would always just be usable for me, but seeing as how I'll have to keep dumping money into this app forever if I chose to use it, I'll definitely avoid using it in my workflow in the future.

39 found this helpful, 2025-09-29

Recommended450 hrs played

ShapeLab VR is a great tool, but for a more complete production workflow we really need Face Groups / Polygroups, a Quad Remesher that respects those groups, radial symmetry, and curve tools. These would make hard-surface sculpting, clean retopology, panel separation, repeated circular details, and controlled forms much easier. Can you consider adding these features?

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