Dear Shapelab Community,

The summer heat is officially here, but the good news is now you have an excuse to stay in, as we just released the latest Shapelab Max update! Grab your headset, and lose yourself in a brand-new VR sculpting session while you hide from the sun!

We’ve packed this major release with several new features and improvements designed to make your creative process smoother and faster.

• New Tool Preset System: A new preset system lets you save, manage, and apply your own tool configurations. The preset selector is available from the settings panel of any tool that supports presets.

• Exoside Quad Remesh Integration: For users with an active Exoside “ALL Software” quad remesher license, Exoside's quad remesh is now available directly from the context menu's Quad Remesh tab.

• Overhauled Brush Alphas: The brush alpha pattern library has been reworked for easier management and classification. Photoshop (.psd) files can now be imported as images. .psd, .jpg, and .jpeg can now all be used for brush alpha pattern, previously limited to .png only.

• User Templates & Stamps (VR): User Stamps and Templates can now be reoriented directly from their tool panels, using a new Reorient button next to “Rename.” The button acts as a toggle (pressing it again applies the modification) and can also be applied or cancelled via controller button overrides.

• Default Scene / startup file: The current scene (including tool settings and environment) can now be saved as a default startup file that loads automatically on app start and when creating a new document, similar to Blender.

• Faster Project File Loading: Load times for .sl3d files have been significantly reduced, with the biggest improvements on scenes containing many separate objects.

• Extrude Masked: The Merge and Split context menu tab has been reworked to add an Extrude Mesh section.

…and more! Read the full release note here[leopoly.atlassian.net].

Don't forget that in case you already own a previous version of Shapelab on Steam, you are entitled to a 50% upgrade discount! To get the latest features, make sure to choose the Shapelab Max 2026 Upgrade DLC which is already at the discounted price.

Happy Sculpting!

Shapelab team