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Your license key and download link arrive by email on November 7, at the address you use at checkout. Install Shapecast on your Windows PC or Mac, activate it with your key, and it downloads its engine files once (this is the only part that needs internet). From then on everything runs offline.

Windows: Windows 10 or 11 with an NVIDIA RTX-class card and at least 8 GB of video memory. What you can do depends on that memory: 8 GB casts shapes and print models with optional textures; 12 GB adds full textures, rigging and animation; 16 GB and 24 GB are faster and more detailed. Mac: any Apple silicon Mac (M1 or later) with 16 GB of unified memory runs it; 32 GB or more on an M-series Max or Ultra chip is the recommended spec. Check your exact hardware here.

Minutes, not weeks. On an RTX 4090 a textured model takes about four minutes on the Quality engine, and can take as little as a minute on the Fast engine. Cards with 16 GB take roughly 12–35 minutes for a fully textured character; shapes on their own are much quicker. Queue up to 50 casts and let them run while you work or sleep.

They're textured PBR meshes with UVs, a triangle budget you choose (about 40k, 20k, 8k or 2k), and LOD1/LOD2 written for you. FBX and GLB carry the material assignments, so assets show up textured on import instead of gray. Characters can be rigged with Idle, Walk and Run. Casts come out as triangle meshes; if you need clean quads, one click rebuilds a model with production topology, a fresh UV unwrap and a new texture bake. A hero asset may still deserve an artist's pass, but you start from a finished, textured model instead of a blank scene.

Humanoid characters get Unity Humanoid bone names, and Shapecast also writes a separate FBX with Unreal-style bone names. Creatures with a quadruped, biped or winged body plan rig too. Props are never rigged. Rigging and animation need 12 GB or more of video memory (any supported Mac qualifies).

Yes. Export STL, 3MF or PLY at the size you set in millimeters (100 mm by default). Choose "Geometry only" when you cast and Shapecast closes the mesh for printing automatically, so it drops straight into your slicer. As with any model, thin parts and overhangs follow the usual rules, so your slicer's normal support settings apply.

There's no catch because there's no server. Shapecast is software on your computer, so nothing meters you: no credits, no queue, no monthly fee. Your GPU is the only limit.

You do, and yes to both. Every export is yours to use commercially: ship it in a game, sell the physical prints, list the minis on your Etsy. No royalties, no attribution required. Because generation runs locally, your prompts and outputs never leave your machine either.

Most major platforms accept AI-generated content with disclosure. Steam, for example, asks you to describe AI use when you submit your game: a checkbox, not a blocker. Rules are set by each platform and change over time, so check the current policy wherever you ship.

No. Every cast gets its own seed, so even the same prompt gives a new take each time, including on your own machine. That's how you iterate: re-cast until it fits. Every asset keeps its prompt, seed and settings in your library.

You pay once and the software keeps working forever. It never expires and never needs to phone home. One license activates Shapecast for you on Windows or Mac, and you can move it when you upgrade your machine. Every v1 update is included, on both platforms. If a paid v2 ever ships, presale buyers get preferred pricing, and your v1 keeps working regardless.

Both are included. Quality (the default) gives the richest look on characters and can cast from up to four reference views. Fast builds shape and materials in one pass: it's much lighter on video memory and quicker on most subjects.

Not yet. On Windows the engine needs an NVIDIA RTX-class card today, and on Mac it needs Apple silicon (M1 or later), so please don't buy it for AMD or Intel hardware. We're actively looking into support for other GPUs. Pick your hardware in the checker and leave your email: you'll be the first to hear when there's news.

Just Blender 4.2 or newer, which is free from blender.org. Shapecast detects it and walks you through setup. You don't need Python, CUDA, an account or an API key.

Presale buyers receive their license key and download link by email on November 7, at the address used at checkout. Your price is locked the moment you reserve.