{"id":1074,"date":"2011-10-26T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1074-what-is-your-favorite-3d-modeling-software-for-3d-printing.html"},"modified":"2022-09-22T16:20:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T20:20:01","slug":"what-is-your-favorite-3d-modeling-software-for-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/what-is-your-favorite-3d-modeling-software-for-3d-printing","title":{"rendered":"What is Your Favorite 3D Modeling Software for 3D Printing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- s9ymdb:11361 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"600\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/6.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>There are so many <a href=\"\/tutorials\/supported-applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">software options<\/a> now to 3D model for 3D printing we would like to know which CAD packages you use?<\/p>\n<p>Let us know so we can consider what tools we can provide to make 3D printing with Shapeways easier for you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last time we asked on Facebook the most popular were <a href=\"http:\/\/usa.autodesk.com\/3ds-max\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D Studio Max<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/usa.autodesk.com\/maya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maya<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixologic.com\/home.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ZBrush<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blender.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blender<\/a> with 36 different applications being used..<\/p>\n<p>So what do you use?&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many software options now to 3D model for 3D printing we would like to know which CAD&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":11838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[481,478],"tags":[560,944],"class_list":["post-1074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shapeways","category-community","tag-software","tag-whats-hot"],"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/6.jpg","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Your Favorite 3D Modeling Software for 3D Printing? - Shapeways Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are so many software options now to 3D model for 3D printing we would like to know which CAD packages you use? 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