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.
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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 in [...]
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.
The current [...]
Blender is an open source 3D modeling suite that runs on multiple platforms.
Yep, that’s right, Rhino is working on a Macintosh OS X version of their 3D modeling software. The link is here.
