123D Sculpt offers many of the familiar interface elements from the Autodesk SketchBook Pro.Īutodesk 123D is available for free (“for a limited time”) from the iPad App Store. Users can import their own images or snap photos using iPad 2’s camera, and then stencil onto their 3D creations for ultimate personalization. Users start with pre-defined basic objects, then add sculpting effects.

Share: When a creation is complete, users can snap a photo or record an HD turntable movie to share directly from within the app, via email or through Facebook, Flickr, or YouTube. Users also can add creative details with a palette of stamps, textures and images. Sculpt and decorate: Users choose from a variety of tools to enlarge, shrink, warp, or refine features to achieve desired effects. Select a shape: Users can choose from one of 17 starting shapes, including creatures, people, vehicles and basic geometric objects. The guiding usage philosophy is based on a three-step method: 123D Sculpt provides what Autodesk calls “simple yet powerful tools within an intuitive user interface” to enable users to sculpt on their iPad.

The user interface also draws from Autodesk’s popular Sketchbook Pro. The app is one more product Autodesk’s new consumer products division is releasing to appeal to the rapidly growing group of consumers who self-identify as Makers.ġ23D Sculpt is an extension of the technology behind the free desktop application 123D, based on Autodesk Inventor Fusion.

The child of Inventor Fusion and Sketchbook Pro technologies, we speculate the ability to 3D print iPad digital sculptures can’t be too far off.Īutodesk has released 123D Sculpt, a 3D sculpting and painting app for iPad.

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