Shoe Last Design Software: 3DShoemaker

3DShoemaker is the first and only fully parametric shoe last design software. If you’re just getting started, please first check out the introduction tutorial. Then to learn more, please check out some more detailed tutorials below.



3D Printable Shoe Last Joint DEsign

Designing 3D Printable Shoe Last Joints in 3DShoemaker for Rhino

In previous 3DShoemaker tutorials, I've explained how to 3D print and assemble a couple different kinds of shoe last joints ...
Foot Orthosis Twists and Posting

Foot orthosis twists and posting

In this 3DShoemaker update, I'm going to get into forefoot and hindfoot twists and posting of foot orthoses and footbeds ...
3D Printed Mockup Shoes for Custom Shoemaking

3D Printed Mockup Shoes for Custom Shoemaking

In this 3DShoemaker post I'm going to get into 3D printed mockup shoes, sometimes known as fitting models or trial ...
Managing Leg Length Discrepancies with 3D Printed Shoes and Components in 3DShoemaker

Managing Leg Length Discrepancies with 3D Printed Shoes and Components

In this 3DShoemaker post, I'll show you how 3D printable models can be used to manage leg length discrepancies. I'll ...
Vacuum Formed Foot Orthotic

Digitally Vacuum Forming Orthotics to Plantar Foot Models

In this 3DShoemaker tutorial, I'm going to introduce the new digital vacuum forming tool for automatically fitting orthotics to foot ...
Sculted Shoe Last Title 3

Sculpting Shoe Lasts and Orthotics in 3DShoemaker

In this update, I'm going to cover the new sculpting tool in the 3DShoemaker shoe last and component design software ...
3DShoemaker New User Interface

3DShoemaker User Interface Updates

In this 3DShoemaker post, I'm going to cover the updated user interface (UI) for the 3DShoemaker plugin for Rhino 3D ...
Morphing Shoe Components between Shoe Lasts Title

Morphing Components Between Shoe Lasts in 3DShoemaker

The focus of this 3DShoemaker tutorial is morphing shoe components from one shoe last to another. Essentially, once a component, ...
Climbing Shoe Last 3D Printed and Parametric

Climbing Shoe Lasts: 3D Printed and Parametric

In the this 3DShoemaker post, I'm going to get into the most unusual of shoe lasts, the climbing shoe last ...
Smart Supports for 3D Printing Orthotics and Insoles

Smart Supports for 3D Printing Orthotics

In this 3DShoemaker post, I'm going to show you a new way to 3D print flexible orthotics on FDM 3D ...
3DShoemaker for Rhino 8

3DShoemaker for Rhino 8

Rhino 8 was recently announced, and so a new version of 3DShoemaker has been released to work in it (8.0.0.1) ...
3DShoemaker shoe last and component design software

3DShoemaker Rhino Plugin Overview

This post is an overview of 3DShoemaker, a plugin for Rhino 3D. I'll briefly explain what makes it unique and ...
SubD Shoe Lasts in 3DShoemaker

SubD Shoe Lasts in 3DShoemaker

Unique to 3DShoemaker is the parametric approach to shoe last design. The advantage of this is that it is a ...
Parameterizing a Shoe Last in Shoe Last Maker

Parameterizing Shoe Lasts for 3DShoemaker

One of the main questions regarding 3DShoemaker is how to import shoe lasts. Users often already have collections of shoe ...
Parametric Cowboy Boot Shoe Last Design Template 2

Parametric Cowboy Boot Shoe Last

A fully parametric cowboy boot shoe last template has been uploaded to the collection. It has several unique features made ...
Ankle height orthopedic shoe lasts

Ankle Height Orthopedic Shoe Lasts

The latest version of 3DShoemaker can now build orthopedic shoe lasts that extend up the ankle. To design the ankle ...
Drawing Pattern Curves on Shoe Lasts

Designing Shoemaking Patterns in Rhino3D

In my last couple 3DShoemaker tutorials, I showed how to morph shoemaking patterns from one shoe last to another, and ...
Pattern Flattening in Shoe Last Maker

Flattening Shoemaking Patterns

Flattening patterns for shoemaking is now possible in the latest version of 3DShoemaker (1.011). In this tutorial, I'll explain how ...
Shoemaking Pattern Morphing in Shoe Last Maker

Morphing Shoemaking Patterns

This tutorial covers morphing of shoemaking patterns from one shoe last to another. Morphing is a new capability in the ...
Smoothing a Shoe Last Surface

Smoothing a Shoe Last Surface

While a parametric approach to shoe last design has numerous advantages, it can make it challenging to achieve a smooth ...
Designing shoe lasts from reference images in Shoe Last Maker

Designing Shoe Lasts from Reference Images in 3DShoemaker

In this post I'm going to explain how to work with reference images when designing shoe lasts and components in ...
Measurements in Shoe Last Maker

Measurements in 3DShoemaker

In this tutorial I'm going to explain how measurements work in 3DShoemaker. This will include both foot and last measurements ...
Designing Heels Platforms and Wedges in Shoe Last Maker

Designing Heels, Wedges, and Platforms in 3DShoemaker

In this post I'll cover the basics of designing parametric wedges, platforms, and high heel shoe components in 3DShoemaker. The ...
Importing 2D Foot Models in Shoe Last Maker

Importing 2D Foot Images for Designing Bespoke and Custom Shoe Lasts

In this post I'll explain how to import 2D foot images into 3DShoemaker for making custom and bespoke shoe lasts ...
Shoe Lasts with Foot Shaped Bottoms

Shoe Lasts with Foot Shaped Bottoms

In this post I'll show you how to achieve a shoe last with a foot shaped bottom in 3DShoemaker. Most ...
Shoe Last Design Software Toe Box Crease Design Page

Designing a Shoe Last Toe Box Crease

Some types of footwear, moccasins in particular, tend to be made on shoe lasts with a crease or edge along ...
Tips for Designing in Shoe Last Maker

Tips for Designing in 3DShoemaker

In this post, I'm going to highlight some tips that make editing in 3DShoemaker easier to do. Tip 1: The ...
Parametric Insoles and Orthotic Inserts

Parametric Orthotic and Insole Design Software within 3DShoemaker

Parametric orthotic and insole design is now possible in the the latest version of 3DShoemaker (V 1.007). What's unique about ...
Shoe Last Design Rendered 2

Rendering in Version 1.006 of 3DShoemaker

By default, 3DShoemaker runs with the viewport in shaded mode. This works fine. But if you want to make things ...
Manual Round Toe Shoe Last Design Template

New Shoe Last Template: Manual Round Toe

A new template is available for 3DShoemaker and can be found here: Manual Round Toe Parametric Shoe Last Template. Below ...

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