Free 3D CAD tool claims 35 million users. Tinkercad was born of a desire to extend 3D CAD and along the way 3D printing to the world. Original founders Kai Backman and Mikko Mononen were determined to break the logjam that has grown along with interest in 3D design. They could see that there was huge interest in 3D design to enable 3D printing, create rendered … [Read more...] about Tinkercad celebrates its 10th birthday
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Goodbye 123D
Autodesk to streamline online consumer CAD portfolio. Autodesk has informed users of its various free online 3D design tools that early in 2017 it will consolidate the product line. Many existing applications including the 123D series of design and 3D printing tools will cease to exist as stand-alone products; the features from these apps will be blended into three remaining … [Read more...] about Goodbye 123D
Tinkercad to close
The founders are pivoting their work to Airstone Labs to create a cloud-based simulation platform for manufacturing. Today Tinkercad announced it is phasing out its cloud-based 3D CAD software. Users have until June 30, 2014 to finish their use of the service. Effective today the Tinkercad.com home page shows a letter from the company announcing the closure; only previously … [Read more...] about Tinkercad to close
Year in review: Looking forward to moving forward
2012 may be remembered as the year the computer graphics industry waited for better times. By Kathleen Maher [Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles from team at Jon Peddie Research. Links to previous articles are at the end.] What, another year over? On one hand it feels like so much has happened, and on the other hand, it doesn’t really seem like … [Read more...] about Year in review: Looking forward to moving forward
GrabCAD, Sunglass, and TinkerCAD are leading a CAD industry pivot
WebGL and HTLM5 opened the door to using 3D CAD models in a browser; these start-ups are now delivering a browser-based challenge to the established order. Until recently, if you wanted to create and interact with a three-dimensional model of a physical object, you had to either buy or download a CAD product. From the free and popular SketchUp to the famous—and famously … [Read more...] about GrabCAD, Sunglass, and TinkerCAD are leading a CAD industry pivot