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Autodesk Print Studio now supports the 3D printing format 3MF
The 3D print application Autodesk Print Studio (see older article ) for preparing 3D prints of models and for communication with 3D printers now supports in the newly released version 1.6.0 also the new XML-based printing format 3MF . Besides the STL and OBJ models you can print also models supp…

123D Catch - turn your mobile phone into a 3D scanner
The mobile application Autodesk 123D Catch employs cloud technology for easy to use 3D scanning. It converts a series of photographs of any object taken from different angles to a realistic textured 3D model - directly on your smartphone or tablet. 123D Catch was available only for iPhone, iPad o…

Autodesk Memento copes with very large mesh models
Autodesk just launched a new update of Project Memento , a technology preview Windows application with tools for converting photos and scans into high quality 3D mesh, plus powerful tools for mesh clean up, fixing and optimizing mesh models for further use - e.g. CAD or 3D print. See the announceme…

Please touch the museum artifacts
The american Smithonian Institute now offers 3D scans of museum specimens in a form of an interactive software application X 3D developed by Autodesk. Precious artifacts are no longer separated from visitors and researches with security glass - on the contrary - visitors are encouraged to "t…

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 …