Microsoft has also been in the news recently with news relating to their new HoloLens. The Scann3D app in particular makes the process of capturing images and generating a mesh relatively straightforward.Īlso now in its beta testing phase is the WeDesign tool where a growing community of users are collaborating on the free desktop app to create some fascinating remixed designs. 3D builder for Windows phones joins an array of mobile 3D design apps, including Autodesk’s Fusion 360 & 123D Catch and Scann3D. However, if you don’t have a 3D printer, or don’t want to use a 3D printing service, Microsoft does enable images of the designs to be printed in 2D on paper. Allowing the user to quickly send designs to a third party and get them printed at a high quality standard. The designs created can be sent to Materialise for printing via the app itself. Microsoft 3D builder is not dependent on the user having a 3D printer. Moreover, the application supports 3MF, STL, OBJ, PLY, and WRL (VRML) files. According to Microsoft “ 3D Builder provides everything you need to make any 3D content printable.” The Microsoft 3D builder app being used to create a 3D football model. Image via Microsoft.įeatures of the mobile application include: a smoothing and simplifying tool, automatic repair model function, and the ability to drag and drop to build simple shapes. The app enables 3D scanning through use of a smartphone camera. This announcement comes shortly after Paint 3D, the 3D version of the famous Paint application, has been given an initial release. Furthermore, the app can make use of your camera in order to create digital 3D models from real objects, as seen below. While the desktop app has been available for some time, this is the first version for mobile devices. The 3D builder app allows users to scan, view, personalize and print 3D models. Microsoft have released a new 3D design application for Windows phones.

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