Tinkercad introduces their Shape Scripts API
3D modeling platform, Tinkercad, has just launched a powerful and easy-to-use shape scripts API that lets users define shapes mathematically in Javascript.
Category: Software
3D models need structure in their lives
Frustrated by the lack of structural integrity of 3D printed models he’s printed, Bedrich Benes of Purdue University wrote software to add the missing structure.
Big Tinkercad update: now import 2D and 3D models
Tinkercad has added the ability to import both 2D SVG and 3D STL files. This is great news indeed for the first browser-based 3D design platform for the masses.
Places to watch for 3D printing progress
Here are a few places, industries, and websites that the author expects to see transitioning to 3D printing in the near future.–places to keep your eye on.
3D Systems unleashes Cubify Invent 3D design program
3D Systems’ new Cubify Invent is a 3D modeling program that is expressly developed with 3D printing in mind, and works hand-in-hand with their Cube 3D printer.
3D printing overview and matrix graphics
Objet’s Tuan Tranpham sent us two graphics he created that provide an overview and matrix of the 3D printer market.
More action for 3D-printed action figures
Harvard researchers have developed software that analyzes 3D models and then determines and places the best types, positions, and sizes of joints in the model, bringing 3D prints more to life.
Arduino is Open Source Imagination and Invention
Massimo Banzi gives a terrific 15-minute TED talk, describing how the maker movement is creating the future, hands on, with the Arduino microprocessor.
Sculpteo’s New 3D Printing App!
One of the cloud providers in the 3D Printing space, Sculpteo, has just introduced the first mobile application for 3D print design.
3D Printing: A Primer by Lisa Harouni at TED
Lisa Harouni gives a TED audience a useful introduction into the world of additive manufacturing, what we like to more commonly call 3D Printing.