# Shapes3D V3.0 now available
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/shapes3d-v3-0-now-available/17482
**Category:** Gallery
**Created:** [January 31, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/shapes3d-v3-0-now-available/17482 "2020-01-31T17:53:33Z")
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### Author:  [@quark](https://discourse.processing.org/u/quark)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/shapes3d-v3-0-now-available/17482/1 "2020-01-31T17:53:33Z")
The Shapes3D library has been completely rewritten from the ground up. There are so many improvements I suggest you look at the extensive documentation on my [website](http://lagers.org.uk/s3d4p/index.html) and the examples that come with the library.
Some notable improvements include
- more accurate shape picking
- marquee selection of shapes (multiple shape picking)
- movies can be used to texture shapes
- users can create animated textures through manipulating text coordinates
- shapes can be seen in View and GPeasyView controls from G4P
- …
This version is not backwardly compatible so will not run sketches using earlier versions of Shapes3D.
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### Author:  [@trikaphundo](https://discourse.processing.org/u/trikaphundo)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/shapes3d-v3-0-now-available/17482/2 "2020-01-31T23:06:52Z")
I have just read the documentation. It looks interesting and easy to use, I am definitely trying it out. Don’t know yet what to do with it though, as I seldom work in 3D; maybe this is good chance to change that, any ideas or starting point you could suggest me?
By the way, the toothpaste looks great!
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### Author:  [@quark](https://discourse.processing.org/u/quark)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2020, 9:21am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/shapes3d-v3-0-now-available/17482/3 "2020-02-01T09:21:39Z")
You could try making tableaus like Toothpaste but start small. Try with just one or two shapes and get used to applying colour and textures. The ShapeEditor example ([see video](http://www.lagers.org.uk/gallery/gy-shape-editor/index.html)) can be used to experiment with modelling tubes and extensions, try it out and copy the code to a new sketch then modify it to apply textures etc.
The thing is start small and build up to more complex projects as you gain experience and confidence in using Shapes3D