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3D Printing Stocks: Taking Investing Lessons From Apple NASDAQ Apple ( AAPL ) is by many counts one of the most successful brands of all time. After dark days during the '90s, Apple re-emerged to pioneer new products like ... See all stories on this topic »
NASA targets 3D printing for astronauts, cheap satellites Computerworld Computerworld - SAN JOSE --- NASA contractors have created 3D printed satellites -- tiny wafers that could be deployed by the hundreds from a mother ship to ... See all stories on this topic »	Computerworld
3D printing techniques will be used to construct buildings, here and ... Computerworld Computerworld - SAN JOSE -- Within a couple of years, researchers at the University of Southern California believe 3D printing techniques will be used to ... See all stories on this topic »
Inside The Inside 3D Printing Conference Forbes Jonathan Schwartz's first Inside 3D printing conference earlier this year in New York City surprised him. "I thought to myself, "Wow, This is really small," says the ... See all stories on this topic »
Slideshow: 3D Printing in the Medical Cloud Design News The cloud is being used for lots of things these days, such as storage, design collaboration, editing code online, and manufacturing quantities as low as one. See all stories on this topic »
3D printing in pole position Engineering Capacity Nazeing-based Industrial Plastic Fabrications (IPF) is supporting car and bike race teams at every level with 3D printed parts for a variety of on-vehicle and ... See all stories on this topic »	Engineering Capacity
3D printing advancing into medical field Arirang News 3D printing advancing into medical field. Kim Min-kyoung, an office worker in her late 20s, recently decided to get double jaw surgery. She was very hesitant ... See all stories on this topic »
Designer Camilo Alvarez Creates Spring/Summer 2014 Collection ... Azom.com The ability to print with multiple materials having different physical properties was the most important criteria for Alvarez when selecting the Connex 3D printing ... See all stories on this topic »	Azom.com
3D Printers Arrive in US Stores Voice of America These machines were once only used by universities and big corporations, but now, stores with 3D printing services are popping up around the United States for ... See all stories on this topic »

Need a Free CAD Software to Make Your 3D Prints From? Check Out The Free 3D CAD Software List Below...

Free 3D CAD Software

The average 3D printing enthusiast rarely has the budget for a high end CAD system to build their designs. You could always download models created by someone else or shop any of the top 3D printing shops on the internet.  For the rest of us, there are plenty of great modeling tools available for free.  I have included the list below which I am positive is not a comprehensive list.  Please feel free to post a comment if you have a favorite free 3D modeling software I missed on my list.

Free CAD - "FreeCAD is a general purpose feature-based, parametric 3D modeler for CAD, MCAD, CAx, CAE and PLM, aimed directly at mechanical engineering and product design but also fits a wider range of uses in engineering, such as architecture or other engineering specialties. It is 100% Open Source and extremely modular, allowing for very advanced extension and customization."

SketchUp Make - "Hobbyists, kids and backyard spaceship builders all agree that SketchUp Make is the easiest, most fun, entirely free 3D drawing tool in the world. We think you will, too."

LibreCAD - "LibreCAD is a free Open Source CAD application for Windows, Apple and Linux. Support and documentation is free from our large, dedicated community of users, contributors and developers. You, too, can also get involved!"

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 3D creation for everyone, free to use for any purpose. Free Software, great community, and 100% open."

Scupltris - "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."

Creo Elements/Direct Modeling Express - "Creo Elements/Direct Modeling Express 4.0 is a popular 3D CAD choice for leaders in product design who have short design cycles and frequent one-off designs. Its speed, flexibility and responsiveness to change also make it the ideal tool for short-series production runs."  This one I have actually tried.  It's a little hard to get used to compared to Creo Parametric.

What free 3D modeling software did I miss?