Mold Sculptures On an iPad App, Then Print Them With a 3D Printer [Video]

We’ve already ascertained that 3D printers are cool. But when connected to an iPad, running the Beautiful Modeler app? Consider our collective minds blown. You’ll be able to mold digital clay into whatever you will want, then print it with a 3D printer .

You’ll desire a 3D printer, obviously- MakerBot’s Thing-O-Matic is the least expensive, at $1,225.

It’s probably one of the simplest ways to design 3D objects, without mucking around on CAD or other design programs. Actually using your fingertips to bend the lump of clay throughout the iPad app, turning it into a touch object to print out-well, it feels like a dream come true. Imagine your mom making Christmas tree ornaments this kind, or having the ability to conjure up a bit doohicky for sliding under a brief table leg, within minutes?

Never have I wished a 3D printer so much before.

The source code is out there to grab from the Interactive Fabrication site now, and cleverly the program actually hooks up your laptop whilst, so you will discover your object’s progress there, and model it on the iPad. [ Interactive Fabrication via CreativeApplications via FastCo ]

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