Category Archives: Design

Shapeways’ Friday Finds Showcases the Best of 3D Printing Design

Looking for some impressive examples of 3D printing? Check out Shapeways’ Friday Finds. These are a curated collection of designs from the Shapeways community.

More on the Shapeways blog.

Design Your Own Chess Pieces – Win a MakerBot

3D design software company Tinkercad is hosting a contest: submit your chess set design to win a new 3D printer.

The challenge: model all six pieces (king, queen, rook, castle, bishop, pawn) in Tinkercad’s browser-based 3D CAD software.

The prize: a MakerBot Replicator, retail price $1,740. The MakerBot Replicator is one of the leading consumer 3D printers on the market.

Deadline: April 1, 2012

Contest details: available at Tinkercad

Good luck!