A thin sharp metal tool that is pre-cut to the shape of the model and cuts uppers or soles out of the hide under pressure; it is of a certain thickness so as to cut many layers of hide simultaneously.
PS-Shoemaker also includes a new range of design wizards to simplify the development process. These include automated routines for generating heel designs for ladies´ fashion shoes, for producing a three-dimensional model of the sole from a two-dimensional profile, and for calculating the shape of the punch to be hollowed out of the sole.