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Changelog

What changes in each version.

0.1.0

First public release.

First release of URO Board Designer for Windows 10 and 11. It’s the program we design our boards with, packaged with its installer.

Installation and licence

  • Per-user installer, no administrator rights needed, in five languages.
  • Installs Microsoft WebView2 if it’s missing.
  • Option to add the program to “Open with” for .s3dx files.
  • User account and per-computer licence, with transfer to another computer.
  • 30 days of offline use; automatic renewal when you’re online.
  • Without a licence, view-only mode: opens and shows boards, but doesn’t save, convert, export or create.

Open, convert and create

  • Opens .s3dx (Shape3d format) and STL files.
  • Convert panel (key V): STL → editable .s3dx and .s3dx → STL, one file or several, never overwriting.
  • STL → .s3dx conversion with detection of units, orientation and rail type. Mean error of 0.09 to 0.16 mm on 4 real boards.
  • 17 templates: wing foil, surf, windsurf and SUP; kitesurf starts from the shortboard ones.
  • Create from photos or measurements (key N): length, width, thickness, rocker, litres, stations, rail, bottom and bulb, with a check of what you asked for against what you got.
  • Copy a board from photos: calibration, outline tracing, profile, inner rail edge, boxes, inserts and pad.
  • Command line for batch conversion.

3D viewer

  • Views 0–5, wireframe, see-through mesh, light or dark background, PNG capture.
  • Model information in mm, cm or inches, with the equivalent in feet and inches.
  • Measure (M), Cut in x (C) and Compare two models with a deviation map in mm.
  • Rescale (R) to other litres or dimensions while keeping the rocker, with the hardware repositioned.

Shape editor (key E)

  • 3D, Plan, Section, Profile and Bottom views.
  • Editing of points, knots, tangents and sections; master guide curves.
  • Shaper tools: thickness, rocker, tail kick, rails, outline, V and concave bottom, bottom by sections, deck, bulb, lock a dimension, flat foil zone and tail step.
  • Live measurements against the original, curvature comb and volume distribution.
  • Colour-mapped bottom and flow lines.
  • 3D layers: pad, deck recesses, tail cut and bottom cutout.
  • History with jump to any step, Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y. Saving always creates a new file.

Hardware (key P)

  • List, detail and warnings for material, overlaps and outline.
  • Move, rotate, duplicate, delete, hide in 3D and change type in place.
  • Catalogue of 17 hardware items, copy from another board and preset kits.
  • PVC foil block.

Finish and render (key A)

  • Colours, textures and gloss per face.
  • Logos on deck, bottom, rail and pad, with debossed logos on the pad.
  • Pad pattern: plain, diamonds or grooves; pinlines.
  • Straps proposed from the inserts, single or V, in 12 styles.
  • Hardware shown in 3D in the render.
  • Studio, beach, water, workshop or your own image as the scene; focal length from 14 to 300 mm.
  • Output image up to 16384 px per side (8K as standard) with transparent background.
  • “Final quality” ray tracing.

Dimensioned drawing (key B)

  • Deck, bottom, profile, sections, stations, hardware, straps and stance.
  • Units in mm, cm or feet and inches; manual dimensions with snapping.
  • Export to SVG and PDF at 1:1 scale, and to PNG up to 8000 px.

STL for the CNC

  • Closed STL in millimetres, with or without pad, recesses and box and plug cut-outs.
  • STL split into pieces (for example, 800 mm maximum), each one closed and in place.

AI (key G)

  • MCP server with 65 tools.
  • Connect your AI panel for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and VS Code, plus set-up for any MCP client.
  • Read-only mode by default; write mode with one click.
  • Follow the AI live, edit together and pause the AI.
  • Projects: each board in its own folder.

Languages

Interface, help and installer in Spanish, English, French, German and Italian. The translations are AI-made and pending review by native speakers.

Known limits

  • Windows only.
  • The hardware catalogue only includes types with a real block in URO boards.
  • Hardware can’t be added to asymmetric boards.
  • What the program generates hasn’t been checked in your design program: review it before manufacturing.