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So you have a 3D printer and need to print something of your own design. That’s a problem if you don’t know how to create and edit 3D objects. In this post, we’re continuing our previous misadventures ...

In the April 2025 issue of KITPLANES, Eric Stewart wrote a cool article showing how he used 3D printing to make mold forms for carbon fiber parts. In the epilogue to his story, Eric mentioned how one ...

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Use AutoCAD's "Extrude" and "Revolve" commands to turn 2-D designs into 3-D models. "Extrude" is how 3-D modelers to refer to the technique of stretching a 2-D shape into 3-D space. AutoCAD performs ...

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Do any of you have recommendations for 3d cad software on a tablet? I have both Android and iOS available. Currently I’m using Tinkercad on the desktop, as it was about the easiest one to learn and ...