{"id":636,"date":"2010-11-05T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T07:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/636-ipad-as-3d-modeling-interface.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T16:59:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:59:50","slug":"ipad-as-3d-modeling-interface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/ipad-as-3d-modeling-interface","title":{"rendered":"iPad as 3D Modeling Interface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brilliant, let&#8217;s not get bogged down in trying to model 3D objects with the limited CPU of the iPad, but use it as a control interface for software running on a networked computer.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interactivefabrication.com\/projects\/beautiful-modeler\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beautiful Modeler<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interactivefabrication.com\" target=\"_blank\">Interactive Fabrication<\/a> even uses the iPad&#8217;s accelerometer to control the rotation of the object, very cool.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:2018 --><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/BeautifulModeler-Sequence-585x3292.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; width: 640px; height: 353px;\"><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/REI4rJVXQJg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/REI4rJVXQJg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><i>Beautiful Modeler and the Beautiful Controller were created using <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.openframeworks.cc\/\">openFrameworks<\/a>. 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