AkuShaper is the world's premier surfboard shaping software
Surfboard Design Software
Nearly half a million boards are produced each year on AkuShaper's integrated hardware and software surfboard shaping package.
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Free Demo
Try out all the design and visualization features.
You can also save your work while in Demo Mode and then unlock your saved designs after signing up.
Backyarder Plan
The basic plan that lets you design and save surfboards.
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Open, edit, and save boards
Print Order Cards to send to friends/customers
Look things over in the 3-D shaping bay™
Get CNC cuts from your local factory
Spot Check
Adjust colors of the Bay
Import/Export outlines, rails, and rockers for duplicating boards
Sliding Dimensions
Horizontal Line Guide
Open multiple boards
Export Shape3d format
Dimensions Adjustment Tool
Continuous Rail Tool
Tail Rocker & Nose Rocker Auto Adjusting
Add Control Points
Zoom Box
Undo/Redo
ft, cm, mm, ft/cm, ft/mm measurements
Show Rocker Upside Down
Nose right tool
Point Movement Size adjustments
Offline Activation
Keyboard Shortcuts
Slice real time display (continuous)
Most Popular
Up and Comer Plan
Powerful design, automation, and organization features.
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Automated scaling / rocker adjustments tools to manage your growing collection of designs
Print outlines, rockers and slices
Import boards from Shape3d (.s3dx) and DSD (.srf)
Visualize rail lines for better feedback on the smoothness of your rail curves
Expanded View stretches the outline/rocker to fill the screen for finer editing
Straight line vs. Over the Curve adjusting
Full size PDF Export Printing (Single sheet outline printing)
Rail Thickness Marks
Fin Marking Tools
Ghost Board Overlay
Ghost Board Dimensions
Tokoro Rail Thickness
Guide Points Plotter
Draggable Board in Blank (Fit your designs with blank files)
Biolos Foot Marks
Image Board Function
Image Rails and Rockers
Board Manager
Slice Area Profile
Rail Tuck & Apex Display (editing ability in Heavyweight plan)
Volume Sections
Blank Differentials
Center of Mass Tool
Show Mass Area Line
Show Center of Mass
Hollow Board Plan Export
Heavyweight Plan
All the tools a professional shaper requires.
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Includes all Backyarder and Up & Comer features**
Export your 3D designs in OBJ, STL, IGES, and DXF file formats
Secure your designs with BRX™, our password protected file format
Preview cutting paths within AkuShaper software
Contour Highlight 3D view gives more insight into concaves and bottom contours
Automatically fit the board's curve to guidepoints
Rail Curve Refiner: Edit tuck and apex curves in Outline and Profile views
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Blank Library
A "blank" is the foam core that surfboards are created from. It is an integral part of the creation process, as it is the starting material of any surfboard. There are many variations to accommodate a wide range of designs and dimensions.
Tutorials
Browse through our video tutorials that cover everything from the most basic to advanced software features. We also post videos accompanying every new software release to explain the newest functionality!
CNC Locator
The AkuShaper CNC software is designed specifically for cutting surfboard blanks. Trusted by the top surfboard manufacturers around the world, AkuShaper CNC plans are built for ease of use and to help machine operators master the cutting process.
Machine Sale
AkuShaper is the only CNC machine made exclusively for shaping surfboards with premium-quality components fabricated in-house: no outsourcing, no piecemeal combinations.
Chosen by the World’s Top Surfboard Shapers
Why Choose Us
Wade Tokoro
Hawaii
“AkuShaper allows us to be on the cutting edge of surfboard design and to provide surfers with the best possible equipment”
Rex Marechal
Australia
“By far my favorite design software. From modifications of existing designs, organic creation of new models, ease of use, and excellent rendering make it our choice for all of our crafts.”
Matt Biolos
California
“It’s hard to imagine making a board these days without AkuShaper behind us. It takes hours to do what used to take days”
Johnny Cabianca
Spain
“AkuShaper is the most solid and precise machine for surfboards on the market. Even being in Europe, we have really good technical support.”
