Microsoft 3D Builder Alternatives

Microsoft 3D Builder is described as 'View, capture, personalize, and print 3D models. Download many kinds of 3D files and edit them using the 3D modeling space. Take a picture with your webcam and make it 3D' and is a 3D Modeler in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Microsoft 3D Builder for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPad apps. The best Microsoft 3D Builder alternative is SketchUp. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try OpenSCAD or MeshLab. Other great apps like Microsoft 3D Builder are Autodesk AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS, ZBrush and Autodesk Fusion.

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    KISSlicer is a fast, easy-to-use, cross-platform program that takes 3D files (STL) and generates path information (G-code) for a 3D Printer. The FREE version has all the features needed for the hobbyist who uses a single-head machine.

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    Archimedes is a free and open source CAD (Computer Aided Design) software. It is a robust system built over Eclipse’s Rich Client Java Platform fully based on plug ins. This means it is easily extensible but also has a pretty thin core that allows you to select the features you...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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  3. Curvy 3D icon
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    3D modelling software for artists. An easy to pick up, fast, non-technical modelling tool, ideal for first time 3D modellers. Draw in 3D, Sculpt and Paint.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Steam
     
  4. Voxelizer icon
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    Personal fabrication is easy with Voxelizer - dedicated software for 3d printing with ZMoprh. Apart from being a ‘host’ software to control your machine, it is able to generate gcodes from three dimensional geometry in completely new way.

    15 Voxelizer alternatives

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    • Free
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  5. Vectorworks icon
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    Vectorworks is a computer-aided design (CAD) software program developed by Nemetschek North America that is used for drafting, technical drawing and 3D modeling. Vectorworks offers 2D, 3D, production management, and presentation capabilities for all phases of the design process.

    44 Vectorworks alternatives

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    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Cobalt is a parametric 3D modeling software for product design and development that's easy to use. It offers wireframe, solid and surface modeling with precision drawings, renderings and animation.

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    • Subscription
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    • Mac
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  7. Archipelis 3D icon
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    With Archipelis 3D, creating 3D content is accessible for everyone. No need to be an expert to create organic shapes and textured 3D models.

    43 Archipelis 3D alternatives

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    • Paid
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  8. CUR3D icon
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    CUR3D, the first real 3D printing prepress, will revolutionize your workflow with 3D printers. No matter what type of vision models you want to print, CUR3D will revolutionize, accelerate and simplify your work with 3D printers.

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    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Steam
     
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    Working with 3D files using MeshMagic free 3D modelling software is intuitive. Quickly draw a 2D design and expand it to a 3D mesh. Import an existing STL file or other 3D file and modify it.

    89 MeshMagic 3D Modeling Software alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  10. Blacksmith3D icon
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    Paint in 3d across texture seams with ease. Choose from clone & projection tools, paint from a photo resource, make seamless tiles, sculpt existing models with chisels or hammers or make new morphs,.

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    • Paid
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    SuperSkein is a first-order model slicer that runs in Processing. It's pretty basic still, but since it's object oriented and in Processing (which could be quickly ported to C) it should be easy for the community to hack and improve.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    Graphite is an easy to use precision 2D/3D CAD software for product design and development. Formerly known as Vellum, Graphite offers extremely powerful, precision wire-frame drafting with the elegant ease-of-use that makes it productive even when only used occasionally.

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    • Subscription
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