{"id":1186,"date":"2012-01-30T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1186-tinkercad-updates-their-browser-based-3d-modeler-for-3d-printing.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:15:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:15:38","slug":"tinkercad-updates-their-browser-based-3d-modeler-for-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/tinkercad-updates-their-browser-based-3d-modeler-for-3d-printing","title":{"rendered":"Tinkercad Updates Their Browser Based 3D Modeler for 3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tinkercad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tinkercad<\/a> have made some advances in their quest to make 3D printing easy with their latest release of their browser based 3D modeling software.<\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:16026 --><a href=\"https:\/\/tinkercad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ScreenShot_front_page.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest iteration of the free software includes more complex base geometry, letters, numbers and symbols to make it easier to personalize and 3D print&nbsp;a design.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:16057 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screen-shot-DICE.png\"><\/p>\n<p>The most useful aspect in my opinion is the ability to basically &#8216;drag and drop&#8217; geometry to assemble a form as shown in the series of &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/tinkercad.com\/quests\/\" target=\"_blank\">quests<\/a>&#8216; used to teach people how to get started with Tinkercad. &nbsp;This would be even more powerful if one could import an STL like in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meshmixer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Meshmixer<\/a> to modify more complex forms such as an iPhone case or mouse housing.<\/p>\n<p>A&nbsp;beneficial&nbsp;aspect of a browser based modeling program is that Tinkercad can continuously update and improve the software without the need for users to download updates. 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