FINALLY a podcast of 3D CAD fueled edutainment for the tweet attention span generation...

According to the bio:

Engineer Vs Designer is the dankest product design podcast on the block all thanks to JOSH MINGS of SolidSmack.com, and ADAM O’HERN of cadjunkie.com. Each week we’ll bring you the latest digital design news, tips & tricks, Q&A, and an industry special guest.

Engineer Vs Designer is an entertaining and informative twenty minute podcast on all things 3D CAD and product design related, delivered at Red Bull speeds.  Subscribe to the podcast to get your weekly fill and listen to the likes of our very own Jeff Bare discuss the division of the brain when designing, being part engineer, part designer, and (ahem) Shapeways..

Image: iPad 2 Wrap: Hexstar by Jeff Bare

Note: I cant believe my spell check let edutainment slide..

So, I guess it is time to reveal the winner of $500 worth of Shapeways 3D printing....

Sweet...

via Fastco

3D Printing just got a whole lot easier with Tinkercad browser based solid 3D modeling and direct upload to Shapeways.

Tinkercad is a very fast and simple way to start 3D modeling, lowering the barrier to entry with it's intuitive austerity.  The refined interface has no clutter with (currently) only four basic tools: Add, Sub, Workplane and Measure on the left side with basic navigation on the right.

With the limited tool-set you are not about to start modeling complex organic forms but if you wanted to teach somebody the fundamentals of solid 3D modeling you would be hard pressed to find a simpler starting point: Extrude a form, Subtract from form, repeat process, 3D print (with Shapeways .

Tinkercad uses WebGL and is currently supported in Firefox and Chrome but apart from that is operating system agnostic, requires no downloads, all you need to do is register and you are ready to start 3D modeling.

The models we show at the events are used until they are damaged, at which point they are destroyed and we never sell your designs without giving you your specified mark-up. When we would like to use your designs for promotion we will contact you to ask your permission, we will only request permission for items that are on public display on the Shapeways site.  We hope that you are excited to have us promote your designs as we do see an increase in sales with promotion of items both online, and in the flesh.

If you would like us to consider your models for use at shows please email me duann (at) Shapeways.com with the subject 'Use Me' and I will send you a permission document and add you to our database.

Check out the amazing level of detail in these Frosted Ultra Detail 3D prints at 1:1200.

Would you like to have a glimpse behind the scenes at Shapeways to see how the 3D printed goodness makes it's way to your door? You're welcome to take a peek in our Eindhoven facility Friday, September 30, 2011, 3:00 PM.

We will be running these tours every couple of months but if you would like to attend, be sure to RSVP via our Meetup page as spaces are limited.

We are looking forward to seeing you there. Now, time to 3D print a megaphone.

Photo: Mickey Mouse Tour Guide by Veeyawn

A big thanks to Rene and Todd for coming along and helping us out at the booth, handling questions and explaining the massive potential of 3D printing with Shapeways.  Our next events are Maker Faire in New York, Tent in London and Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, we are looking forwards to seeing you there.

Showing off the 3D printing awesomeness.

The Shapeways booth at SIGGRAPH in Vancouver has been an incredibly exciting place to be over the last few days.  We have seen thousands of people come through and the most common word I hear from almost everybody's lips is awesome.

The Shapeways team here have been doing a fantastic job of explaining how 3D modeling experts, teachers and students can use Shapeways to make their 3D models into reality with 3D printing.

Our booth is one of the busiest at SIGGRAPH with many people returning multiple times a day, bringing friends and colleagues to see examples from the Shapeways community to show the huge range of what can be produced with 3D printing with popular items including the work of Batsheba, Virtox and Ceramic Wombat.

Even our booth is 3D printed with the entire structure held together by 3D printed connectors to showcase the strength and flexibility of 3D printing, an ambitious endeavor that even caught the attention of some seasoned booth designers/constructors... The booth would not have been possible without the hard work of John Briscella, many thanks.

If you are in Vancouver be sure to drop in to booth 816 to say hello.

Oh, and....
Happy Birthday Bart !!!!!!!!!!!!

Just a quick update to let you all know that our 3D Printed Silver production is purring like kitten, running like clockwork and any other cliches that may apply to say that we are on target with our delivery times for silver.

As mentioned previously in the Shapeways blog, we added 3D printing capacity, have streamlined our distribution and we are seeing the benefits as 3D printed silver is racing out the door. 

Thanks for keeping us busy with the amazing designs...

Yeah!