Wired

Want to Design and Print a Robot? Autodesk's Newest App Is for You

For a company best known for being the maker of high-end software used in construction projects (NYC's Freedom Tower), industrial design (Tesla cars), and blockbuster Hollywood special effects (Avatar ...
Business Wire

3D Modeling for the Masses Debuts with Autodesk 123D Design

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) introduced Autodesk 123D Design, a free* 3D modeling tool that allows users to create a digital model and then 3D print or fabricate their ...
Business Wire

Transforming 3D As We Know It: Autodesk 123D Family Expands

Autodesk 123D Make application is a also a new, free* technology preview for the Mac, capable of converting digital 3D models into 2D cut patterns that can be easily assembled in low-cost materials, ...
Hackaday

3D Printering: Making A Thing In Autodesk 123D

In the continuing battle against 3D printers used exclusively for fabricating plastic octopodes and useless trinkets, here’s yet another installment of a Making A Thing tutorial. If you’ve ever wanted ...
ZDNet

Do this right now to save your Autodesk 123D designs from shutdown oblivion

Let's get the most important detail out there right now. At midnight on April 1 (that's Saturday, folks!), any designs you have stored online in Autodesk's 123D service will be gone. Poof. No recovery ...
Hackaday

123D Design

Steampunk extraordinaire [Jake von Slatt] has released his latest creation. This time he’s built a Wimshurst machine from mostly 3D printed parts. The Wimshurst machine is an electrostatic generator ...
SFGate

App of the Week: 123D Design

In a nutshell: Software maker Autodesk released an app last week for iOS - nothing in Google Play yet - that lets you mock up real-life objects that you can print on a 3-D printer. Design new ...
MacRumors

Design, Paint and Print Monsters With Autodesk's '123D Creature'

Autodesk recently released a new iPad app for novice 3D modelers, 123D Creature, which allows creators to use gesture controls to mold monsters out of virtual clay. Creatures are designed from the ...
Lifehacker

Autodesk 123D Lets You Print Your Own 3D Objects with or Without a 3D Printer

Windows: You've got easy access to a regular printer any time you need one, but not everyone has a MakerBot or other 3D printer on their desk, and the learning curve for designing printable 3D objects ...
Wired

Democratizing Design: Autodesk's CEO Carl Bass Announces 123D

NEW YORK --Autodesk CEO Carl Bass wants you to be a maker -- and he's putting his company's resources where his mouth is. On Tuesday, at the Wired Business Conference, Bass announced the launch of a ...
ZDNet

3D printing hands on: How to design your first 3D project without tears

Beyond the ever-dropping cost of 3D printers themselves, one of the biggest perceived barriers of entry to 3D printing is the supposed difficulty of the design process. And, make no mistake: if you're ...