surfboard software

[signsoflife]

Does anyone know what type of software we would need to cut surfboards on our 2003 prt 4x8 Shop-Bot?

[gc3]

aspire can do it...here is another but you cannot import theses file into aspire http://www.akushaper.com/

[davidp]

Try this

http://www.shape3d.com/

I believe you can export DXF so you can then import that to aspire or you could produce a .sbp file from the software.

There is a bloke in Surfers Paradise, Australia who used to use a shopbot to shape his boards. It was modified to do the job. Don't know if he is still around.

My question is why use a CNC when it is possibly faster to do it by hand?

David

[adrianm]

This thread from the Vectric forum on using Cut3D for surfboards (Partworks 3D in Shopbot terms) may be of interest.

http://www.vectric.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=13953