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3D Crafter

3DCrafter is a real-time 3D modeling and animation tool that incorporates an intuitive drag-and-drop approach to 3D modeling.

Blender

Blender is a free and open source 3D animation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, even video editing and game creation.

Autodesk 123D free

Autodesk® 123D® products are useful tools for making things—for quickly giving shape to your idea, exploring it, and most importantly, making it. The Autodesk 123D family is free* products that connect simple 3D modeling tools together with content, community, and fabrication services, so anyone can create, explore, and make their project.

Sketchup

There’s a reason SketchUp is synonymous with friendly and forgiving 3D modeling software: we don’t sacrifice usability for the sake of functionality. Start by drawing lines and shapes. Push and pull surfaces to turn them into 3D forms. Stretch, copy, rotate and paint to make anything you like. If you want to be productive within a couple of hours, you’ve come to the right place.

Shapeways (printing service)

Create high-quality 3D prints in over 30 materials. Products are made to order and delivered wherever you are in the world.

I.Materialise

i.materialise is an online 3D printing service for all people with an eye for design and a head full of ideas. Turn your ideas into 3D printed reality.
Create, share, and sell your designs with i.materialise.

Sculpteo

Sculpteo helps people and businesses buy, sell and 3D print ideas as solid objects.

Sculptris

Sculptris provides an excellent gateway into the exciting world of 3D. It's features are easy to learn, even for someone with no experience in digital art, yet robust enough for creating base models that can then be refined in other applications, such as ZBrush.

Ponoko

Print your objects out of 80+ materials.

Alibre

 Geomagic Design 3D CAD software provides end-to-end design and manufacturing solutions.

Consumer Affairs 3D Printer Reviews

Do you want to find a good 3D printer? Consumer Affairs has a user review page of many popular brands. It's a good place to start if you want to read about the direct experiences users have had before buying your own.

Custom Prototypes (Toronto Canada)

A  3D  printing  service  company that provides 3D printing, CNC, Vacuum forming and prototypes.