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New free edition of 3DCoat lets you create models for 3D printing. Has all of 3DCoat's sculpting tools, and is licensed for commercial use.
Wednesday, June 29th, 2022
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iPad app CozyBlanket puts the fun back into retopology
Ex-Blender dev Pablo Dobarro's app lets you topologise 3D models by sketching in new edge flows.
Friday, May 6th, 2022
ArmorPaint 0.8 ships
Huge update to the open-source 3D texture painting app adds real-time path tracing, edge wear materials, decals, and live links to Blender and Maya.
Friday, October 22nd, 2021
Download 10 free 3D scans of people (and a dog)
Get Renderbot's free scans of adults and children for use in commercial visualisation work.
Sunday, January 10th, 2021
Polycam turns your iPad Pro into a real-time LIDAR scanner
Updated - now on iPhone Pro too: neat $12 app builds up 3D scans of objects as you walk around them.
Thursday, November 5th, 2020
Check out Laan Labs' free iPad 3D Scanner App
Capture textured 3D scans of objects or environments using the LIDAR sensor on the new iPad Pro.
Sunday, October 4th, 2020
Check out open-source 3D painting tool ArmorPaint
Version 0.7 of the Substance Painter-like texture painting tool adds live links to UE4 and Unity.
Monday, January 13th, 2020
Pixologic ships ZBrush 2020
Major free update to the sculpting app adds new history-aware brushes, option to paint or sculpt on the UV unwrap of a model.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2019
Free 3D viewer Emb3D adds option to display models in AR
iOS and Android model viewer gets augmented reality support, plus new web app and cloud services.
Monday, September 30th, 2019
Adobe ships Dimension CC 2.0
Designer-friendly 3D software gets support for layered decals, FBX and STL import, interactive web export for design reviews and AR.
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
Pixologic ships ZBrushCore 2018
Free update to ZBrush's cut-down edition adds new VDM brushes, Gizmo3D deformers and 3D text.
Friday, July 13th, 2018
Marmoset ships Toolbag 3.04
Now available: big update to the real-time toolkit adds scores of new features for rendering, texture baking and the Marmoset Viewer.
Thursday, April 26th, 2018
Trimble cans SketchUp Make, launches SketchUp Free
Old free desktop edition of the software replaced by new browser-based version. Check out the differences here.
Thursday, November 16th, 2017