In this post I’ll explain how to import 2D foot images into Shoe Last Maker for making custom and bespoke shoe lasts. The first step is to press the ‘Import’ button in the side panel. You can choose a foot tracing or 2D foot scan. Then follow along with the […]
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In this post I’ll show you how to achieve a shoe last with a foot shaped bottom in Shoe Last Maker. Most shoe lasts have a fairly flat bottom that is essentially an offset of the sole surface of the intended footwear. An insole fits into the shoe after construction […]
Some types of footwear, moccasins in particular, tend to be made on shoe lasts with a crease or edge along the top of the toe box. While it might not be immediately intuitive, this edge can actually be designed with all of the shoe last design templates currently available for […]
In this post, I’m going to highlight some tips that make editing in Shoe Last Maker easier to do. Tip 1: The first tip relates to a new feature added in V1.008 of Shoe Last Maker. And that is to limit the types of dimensions that are visible at any […]
Parametric orthotic and insole design is now possible in the the latest version of Shoe Last Maker (V 1.007). What’s unique about this approach to orthotic and insole design is that it is fully integrated with the parametric shoe last design. This is an advantage over many existing approaches, as […]
In this Shoe Last Maker Tutorial, you’ll learn how to 3D print a shoe last with a working alpha hinge. The tutorial starts with the hinge design process within the Shoe Last Maker plugin for Rhinoceros 3D. If you prefer to skip the design work, you can get models of […]
By default, Shoe Last Maker runs with the viewport in shaded mode. This works fine. But if you want to make things much prettier, you can use Rhino’s built in rendering system, which happens to be very capable. Previously you would have had to do this via Rhino’s functionality directly. […]
A new template is available for Shoe Last Maker and can be found here: Manual Round Toe Parametric Shoe Last Template. Below is a quick video showing how to use this Shoe Last Maker template. This template is similar to the Round Toe Shoe Last Template except that there is […]
Shoe Last Maker can be used to develop shoe lasts for making custom and bespoke footwear. The first step in designing such lasts is to import a foot model. In this post I’ll explain how to do this, specifically for full 3D foot models. The video below covers the same […]
The following is an explanation on how to update Shoe Last Maker. First download the latest version here: https://shoelastmaker.com/product/shoe-last-maker-plugin/. Once you have the new rhp file, you’ll want to see where the old one was installed. You can discover this by right clicking Shoe Last Maker within the plugin manager. […]