Find here software, resources and links for 3D Design 2 Build and Print environments. These are the software apps and programs used in my 3D Design and Animation courses.
Autodesk Free Education License for design apps – Autodesk offers free licenses to students and educators
Autodesk Tinkercad – Online 3D Design adn Print program – Free.
Autodesk 123d Catch – Capture places, people and things in 3D using your Windows Phone or Mobile device, iPhone, iPad, Android device, or any camera. Share your catches, or 3D print a real object!
Autodesk Fusion 360 – the updated 3D design app by Autodesk – Educators and students can now download this app for free.
Fusion 360 Tutorials and Help:
Learning Fusion 360 – Autodesk tutorials
Fusion 360 for Tutorial for Absolute Beginners
Fusion 360 Tutorials – 5 Things Beginners Want to Know
Fusion 360 Tutorials: Design a 3D Printed Lampshade
Fusion 360 Tutorials: Fidget Spinner
Fusion 360 Tutorials Tips Series on Youtube
Autodesk Remake – (PC Only) ReMake is an end-to-end solution for converting reality captured with photos or scans into high-definition 3D meshes. These meshes that can be cleaned up, fixed, edited, scaled, measured, re-topologized, decimated, aligned, compared and optimized for downstream workflows entirely in ReMake. It handles reverse engineering as support for design and engineering, for asset creation for AR/VR, film, game, art, for archiving and preserving heritage, digital fabrication or publishing interactive experiences on the Web and mobile.
Autodesk Recap – (PC Only) Use ReCap™ reality capture software to convert reality into a 3D model or 2D drawing that’s ready for further design.
Autodesk 123d Design Apps (123d Design is no longer being supported by Autodesk)
Free and excellent suite of 3D design software for multiple OS and devices. This is one of our staples in 3D design and printer output.
Autodesk Maya – 3D Modeling and Animation
3D Modeling and Animation software – ROBUST, AWESOME! Integrates with 123d Design apps. Free for students and educators!
Excellent and intuitive software for the Makerbot printers.
Excellent handshake to Autodesk 123d Design software, and ideal for prepping files for 3D print output.
Excellent site for 3D resources, movies, links, etc.
This Google SketchUp is fun and free, and is known for being easy to use. To build models in SketchUp, you draw edges and faces using a few simple tools that you can learn in a short time.
Great web-based 3D design site – good lessons and good 3D design playground, serious design jump-off to printing.
Another great web-based design site – simple tools, good tutorials, nice place to play and then get serious.
Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License. Blender was developed as an in-house application by the Dutch animation studio NeoGeo and Not a Number Technologies (NaN). It is a powerful program contains features that are characteristic of high-end 3D software.
Download for PC, Mac, or Linux – software for creating solid 3D CAD objects – advanced CAD design software
Sketchup Tutorials:
Make a bowl or a dome in Sketchup
How to make a simple chair in Sketchup
How to Create a vase in Sketchup
Sketchup tutorials for all levels
123d Design Tutorials:
123d Design How To Video Tutorials
123d Design Construct Features