Software and Useful Links
No need to buy expensive software for your project. All of our software is free for educational use or is open source.
Necessary Software:
Autodesk Inventor - Student Version
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Modeling Software:
Tinkercad - online 3D design and printing app
Fusion 360 - 3D CAD/CAM Software
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CAM Software:
3D Printing Software:
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3D Scanning / Embroidery Software:
Shining 3D EinScan - 3D Scanning
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Other Software:
Raspbian - software for Raspberry Pi
Bootstrap - website front-end library
Firebase - mobile development platform
Unity - download and learn to make games
Project Ideas and Contests:
Lego Mindstorms - building robots
Hackaday - project ideas and contests
FabLab - project ideas and research
The Thought Emporium (YouTube) - DIY project ideas
RetroPie - turns Raspberry Pi into retro-gaming machine
Thingiverse - 3D printing project ideas and gcode
GitHub - A place to keep projects and community to see other's projects