{"id":2072,"date":"2013-05-19T00:34:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T00:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/2072-autodesk-saves-tinkercad-from-extinction.html"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:18:55","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:18:55","slug":"autodesk-saves-tinkercad-from-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/autodesk-saves-tinkercad-from-extinction","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk Saves Tinkercad from Extinction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tinkercad.com\/2013\/05\/18\/autodesk_tinkercad\/\" target=\"_blank\">Autodesk has announced that it has purchased Tinkercad<\/a> and it&#8217;s core technology to&nbsp;resurrect&nbsp;the browser based 3D modeling app from the dead.<\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:33396 --><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tinkercad.com\/2013\/05\/18\/autodesk_tinkercad\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"674\" 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