Panel colours
Upper, overlays, swoosh panels, laces, sole and stitching each coloured independently.
3D Shoe Configurator
A 3D shoe configurator for panel-level footwear customisation
Let customers colour each panel, choose materials, add artwork and personalise the pair — and see the finished shoe from every angle.
No credit card required
What customers can customise
Materials
Leather, suede, mesh and synthetics as PBR materials so texture is judged properly, not guessed.
Sole and midsole
Sole units and midsole colours selected separately from the upper.
Artwork and logos
The Design Canvas places graphics on the shoe where your production allows it.
Personalised text
Text Input adds initials or a name with font selection, rendered onto the shoe.
Price per configuration
Premium materials and extra personalisation move the total as the customer selects them.
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Customers expect to design footwear
Panel-level shoe customisation has been mainstream for years, and shoppers arrive expecting it. What they do not tolerate is a flat 2D mock-up that fails to show how a material actually looks on a curved upper. Real-time 3D with PBR materials handles that: suede reads as suede, mesh reads as mesh, and the customer can turn the shoe over to check the sole before ordering.
Graphics and initials on the shoe itself
A curved upper is exactly where a flat mock-up falls down. The Design Canvas places a graphic on the panels your production can print, Image Upload brings in the customer’s own artwork within the limits you set, and Text Input adds initials or a name with a choice of font. A logo saved as an SVG with distinct fill colours can be recoloured to suit each pair. The canvas module starts on the Pro plan.
Draft a shoe configurator with AI
Describe the pair, for example “a trainer with separate colours for the upper, laces and sole, and initials on the heel”, and Generate with AI plans the materials and options around a shoe model in your library, reading its real part names. The template catalogue also includes a Shoe Configurator to adapt. You approve the base price, and it does not create the 3D model.
How to build a 3D shoe configurator
The model does the heavy lifting; the options are quick once panels are separated.
Upload your shoe model
Import the shoe with upper, overlays, laces, sole, midsole and stitching as separate parts so each can take its own colour or material.
Build the fabrics
Build leather, suede, mesh and synthetic materials from your own scans. Footwear lives or dies on material realism, because the customer is judging a texture on a curved upper.
Add decoration and options
Restrict materials by panel and by model, so a customer cannot pair a material with a panel your factory does not cut it for.
Set rules and pricing
Price the base pair, then charge for premium materials and personalisation, so a customised pair prices above a stock one automatically.
Publish and sell
Publish and embed it on the product page and push the configured pair into your cart with its screenshot attached.
Example: how a shoe configurator can be set up
One way to set up a customisable trainer.
| What the customer chooses | How it is built | Rule or price example |
|---|---|---|
| Upper | Select Material for leather, suede and mesh | A Price Group charges for premium materials |
| Panel colours | Colour Variants on each panel | Colours are limited to what each material comes in |
| Sole unit | Thumbnail Selector | Hidden on models that cannot take it |
| Laces | Carousel of colours | No price effect |
| Initials | Text Input with a maximum of three characters | A Toggle Switch for initials adds a fixed charge |
Try a live shoe configurator
A trainer with its own colour swatches for each part. Launch it and build a pair.
What customers are saying
The team at Simplio3D is very easy to work with, great problem solvers and very budget sensitive.
Kyle FormanCEO · Krowne
The execution of ideas on paper to a finished, functional application couldn't have been done any better.
Matt WoodProduct Manager · The Wise Company
Simplio3D have significantly enhanced our product presentations, providing a unique and interactive experience for our clients.
Janick RolliDigital Marketing Specialist · digital M
Versatile, easy to use and easy to deploy 3D Configurator. Super simple to use and create configurations on.
John BergmannCEO · Waterloo Healthcare
I have used other similar platforms and find Simplio3D the most intuitive way to build a configurator. I'm not a CAD engineer so I wanted a solution without features I couldn't understand.
Joshua TisoMarketing · Thermogreen AG
It was so simple to get started, and the results have been very impressive. We now have it live on four different platforms.
Kenneth RotchellProject Manager · Evergreen Shutters
Part-by-part customisation in production
Socks designed with the customer’s own artwork, and track tops with 17 fabric colours for every part: the panel-level choices a shoe configurator offers.
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SocksFactory: designing your own socks in 3D, in three languages
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Fanbedarf.de: a 3D jacket configurator for fan club track tops
Fanbedarf.de, a club wear workshop in Nuremberg, added a 3D jacket configurator: four Track Top models, 17 fabric colours for every part of the jacket and a non-binding request.
Frequently asked questions
As many as the model separates. Uppers, overlays, laces, soles, midsoles and stitching are commonly exposed as individual options.
Yes. PBR materials carry the texture maps that make leather, suede and mesh read correctly under the scene lighting.
Yes, using Image Upload or the Design Canvas, within the placement areas and file limits you allow.
Yes. Conditional logic restricts material or colour options based on earlier choices so an unmakeable pair cannot be ordered.
Yes, through the WooCommerce or Shopify integration, which passes the configuration, the price and a screenshot of the result.
Yes, with touch controls, and AR can place the configured product at true scale where that is useful.
Yes. The setup depends on how the model is built rather than the style of shoe, so a 3D sneaker configurator and a made-to-order Oxford use the same option blocks, with the parts of each model exposed as options.
Apparel and accessories
Clothing, socks and jerseys share the same decoration blocks and fabric material approach.
Socks to match
Colour by zone, repeating patterns and the customer’s own artwork.
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