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Introduction
BoardCAD is an open source CAD-program for surfboards. With the release of version 1.0, modelling has become even easier than before. The new user interface lets the shaper design rocker, outline, and thickness of the board using 2D curves, while still having the possibility to directly edit the generated 3D surfaces as in previous releases. The result is a user-friendly system without any limitations on the design. BoardCAD can read files from aps3000, shape3D, surfcad and akushaper. It exports to STEP, DXF, and STL. Since BoardCAD is written in Java it works on any platform like Windows, Linux, and Mac OS.
Installing BoardCAD
The easiest way to start BoardCAD is to use Java Webstart. Java webstart is included when you install the latest version of Java. If you don't have Java installed you can find it here. By using Java Webstart you automatically make sure that you are using the most recent stable version of BoardCAD. This should suite most users.
To start BoardCAD, click here. If you have problems running it on a Mac try this version.
You can also choose to install a specific version of BoardCAD by downloading an executable Jar-file for that version from the Download:BoardCAD page.
Latest news
18 June 2009: New article on Using BoardCAD with a CNC machine in Help section
24 March 2009: BoardCAD CNC beta is released
22 September 2008: An alpha version of BoardCAD with CNC support is now available from the [download area]
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