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Bunny masquerade in new Autodesk Meshmixer
Meshmixer is the newest member of the Autodesk 123D family. Meshmixer is a powerful software tool for 3D mashups and remixes. You can mash, mix, sculpt, stamp or paint your own 3D designs. The mesh models can be exported to OBJ, DAE or STL file formats or directly printed on a 3D printer. The lat…

Icosidodecahedron and other 3D folded paper models from 123D Make
Autodesk 123D Make is a free maker application which can process 3D models and allow to make them real using stacked cardboard slices. This web application now offers also a second producing method for your 3D models - folded paper panels. Load any mesh model (STL or OBJ file), set the "fol…

Acquisition of Circuits.io and libraries for Intel Edison
In September 2013, Autodesk started cooperation with Circuits.io and integrated this cloud app with its own tools of the Autodesk 123D family. Autodesk now performed a complete acquisition of the technology and development team of Circuits.io incorporating this design tool to its portfolio of ap…

Ready to print with Autodesk 3D Print Utility
"Ready to print" is the most characteristic message of the new free tool from the "maker" application family Autodesk 123D - Autodesk 3D Print Utility . This utility allows to read 3D models in the STL and OBJ formats and perform final pre-flight checks and adjustments before …

New cloud service Autodesk ReCap Photo
Those who have tried the application Autodesk 123D Catch, formerly known as Photofly, will get it quickly. The new cloud tool "ReCap Photo", now included in the standard function set of the "Autodesk 360" cloud, uses similar technology. ReCap Photo can convert a series of photos…

Autodesk Fusion 360 - full 3D CAD in the cloud
On the Autodesk University 2012 conference, Autodesk has announced a new cloud application - Fusion 360 - the first full-featured 3D CAD software based on the web cloud. Autodesk Fusion 360 builds on the concepts of "Inventor Fusion" and of the recently released maker apps "Autode…

Autodesk 123D Design - 3D modeling for everyone
Not only an easy to use 3D modeling but also 3D printing and CNC machining is now available for free for everyone and virtually on any device. The family of web cloud applications Autodesk 123D was extended with the "123D Design" tool - a very easy 3D modeling application, which runs dir…

Go mobile from photos to 3D models
The application Autodesk 123D Catch (formerly "Photofly"), which uses web-cloud technologies to convert a series of photos to a realistic 3D model, now works also on Apple iPad and in web browsers (Google Chrome). So you can control the whole conversion process on your mobile device - f…

Materialized mathematics - print math expressions in 3D
The 3DPlot AutoCAD add-on utility we have released a couple of days ago can be used to "materialize" (print) math expressions describing interesting 3D surfaces. This can be used both for educational purposes and for manufacturing nice pieces of technical art. 3DPlot generates 3D mesh…

Autodesk 123D Make - not only for 3D toys
The new web version of Autodesk 123D Make is another example of cloud services provided by Autodesk. The application 123D Make is a part of the "DIY" family Autodesk 123D . You can use these 3D applications - for free - for 3D scanning/capturing (123D Catch), modeling (123D), sculpting (…

Autodesk 123D Catch and other free 3D tools
The popular tool for conversion of photos to a realistic 3D model - Autodesk Photofly (Photo Scene Editor) - is now part of the "DIY" or "maker" family of applications "Autodesk 123D", under the new name - Autodesk 123D Catch . The 123D family now contains four tools…

Autodesk 123D as a free 3D CAD converter
Autodesk has released a new software for do-it-yourself users and makers, "123D" (one-two-three-dee) . It is a great tool to design 3D models and have them physically manufactured in many interesting ways. Not only through 3D printing. 123D is based on Autodesk Inventor Fusion and uses…