There are lots of 3D Modeling (CAD) software options. My preference are the free-ish versions so that students can continue to use the software after they graduate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fusion 360 by Autodesk<\/a> – Preferred for mechanical CAD, blueprints, rendering, light STL modification. Register with your educational e-mail to maximize the features available. The free version is functional but has limitations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Blender<\/a> – Preferred for art, sculpting, and STL file manipulation<\/p>\n\n\n\n Utility Programs: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meshmixer<\/a> – Older, but reliable software for fixing and manipulating meshes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are lots of 3D Modeling (CAD) software options. My preference are the free-ish versions so that students can continue to use the software after they graduate. CAD Software (Free): Fusion 360 by Autodesk – Preferred for mechanical CAD, blueprints, rendering, light STL modification. Register with your educational e-mail to maximize the features available. The … Continue reading “3D Modeling”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1015,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-solid-modelingcad"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/digital-fabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/digital-fabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/digital-fabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/digital-fabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/digital-fabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/digital-fabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":707,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/digital-fabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269\/revisions\/707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/digital-fabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/digital-fabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/digital-fabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}