What is ShapeShop?
ShapeShop is a 3D modeling and animation software designed specifically for easily creating and animating geometric shapes. While more full-featured 3D software like Blender targets advanced users and has a steep learning curve, ShapeShop makes the creation and animation of basic 3D shapes accessible for beginners and hobbyists.
The intuitive interface has preset shapes like cubes, spheres, pyramids that can quickly be added to a scene and customized. There are simple modeling tools for stretching, bending, twisting, and combining shapes. Animating shapes is also straightforward with timeline features and built-in easing functions.
Despite the simple interface, ShapeShop is quite capable and scalable for more complex projects. Advanced users can create intricate sculptures from procedural extrusions, booleans, and deformers. High quality renders and exports are supported with global illumination, various material types, and formats like OBJ, GLTF, and GLB.
With its focus specifically on shapes rather than full 3D environments, ShapeShop fills an important niche for easily getting started with creating and animating 3D geometric objects. It lowers the barrier to entry for novices while still providing capabilities to create complex shape-based animations and models.
Blender, Sketchfab, Microsoft 3D Builder, ZBrush, meshmixer, Autodesk Mudbox, 3D-Coat, Fragmentarium, picoCAD, Archipelis 3D, Curvy 3D are some alternatives to ShapeShop.