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!