3D Design
Lightburn
LightBurn is layout, editing, and control software for your laser cutter. With LightBurn you can:
- Import artwork in a variety of common vector graphic and image formats (including AI, PDF, SVG, DXF, PLT, PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP)
- Arrange, modify, or even create new vector shapes within the editor
- Apply settings like power, speed, number of passes, cut order, and much more
- Send the result directly to your laser cutter
Tinkercad
Tinkercad is a free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding. It's used by teachers, kids, hobbyists, and designers to imagine, design, and make anything!
Solidworks Apps for Kids
Ready to fully realize your own concept? Start from scratch and release your inner artist! Sculpt, build from blocks or form the shape with sliders. More CAD-like features coming soon.
Leopoly
Ready to fully realize your own concept? Start from scratch and release your inner artist! Sculpt, build from blocks or form the shape with sliders. More CAD-like features coming soon.
3D Slash
The perfect tool for non-designers and children to create in 3D
A unique interface: « slash » a cube, using a set of tools
As fun and compelling as a building game!
VR View!
Elevation API
This site will capture 3D models of landforms from Google Earth! You can then import these into other 3D modelling software (such as the ones above) to alter or add to your model.
The settings in the picture below are the best for importing into CoSpaces.
Slice
Slicer for Autodesk® Fusion 360™ is a tool to turn your digital 3D models into appealing artefacts.
It slices and converts 3D models into 2D patterns that you can cut out of any flat material. Slicer for Fusion 360 also creates 3D instructions you can interact with, to help build a model.
MakerCase
Sometimes you just need to make a box quickly!
This site lets you create boxes of different dimensions and specific the joint method.
Great for creating boxes that can be used in larger projects or just on their own.
Boxes.py
Create boxes and more with a laser cutter!
Boxes.py is an Open Source box generator written in Python. It features both finished parametrized generators as well as a Python API for writing your own. It features finger and (flat) dovetail joints, flex cuts, holes and slots for screws, hinges, gears, pulleys and much more.
Gear Generator
Gear Generator is a tool for creating involute spur gears and download them in DXF or SVG format. In addition it let you compose full gear layouts with connetcted gears to design multiple gears system with control of the input/output ratio and rotation speed. Gears can be animated with various speed to demonstrate working mechanism.
Vectr
Vectr is a free graphics software used to create vector graphics easily and intuitively. It's a simple yet powerful web and desktop cross-platform tool to bring your designs into reality.
Unlike raster graphics, vector graphics are always crisp and clean. Create blur-free laser cutter designs! Also great for logos, presentations and any other 2D graphics.
Click the 'Use online' button to get started.
Vectornator
Vectornator is a free iOS app to create vector graphics easily and intuitively.
Vectornator transforms your iPad and iPhone into a professional creative tool that enables you to create high-quality illustrations anywhere you go. With its powerful tools, deep integrations and intuitive user interface it allows you to create high-quality illustrations, logos, marketing materials, app interfaces, and pretty much anything you can imagine.
