Cool Instructable about using free and open source software (SketchUp and Inkscape) to design in 3D and then layout your pieces for 2D laser cutting. www.instructables.com/id/… sketchup.google.com code.google.com/p/sketchu… www.inkscape.org
Wings is another piece of open source software available for Linux, OS X, and Windows. Here’s what a recent reviewer said: Wings is a great modeler that I have been using for years now. Don’t let the UI put you off. Similar to Blender, tt is fully cross platform which is why it doesn’t fit [...]
Another piece of nifty 3D modeling software. Open-source. Runs on Linux, OS X, and Windows. Quote from the website: Art of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio. It is written entirely in Java, and should be usable on any Java Virtual Machine which is compatible with J2SE 1.4 or later. [...]
Blender is an open source 3D modeling suite that runs on multiple platforms.
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