3D Printing with Autodesk 123D, Tinkercad, and MakerBot

Of all the beginner's books about creating designs for 3D printing, this is by far the best one. There are loads of tips and tutorials and each exercise builds on the last. As the cover states, this book covers the 123D suite of tools as well as TinkerCad which provide the beginner and hobbyist with a great suite of free design tools. This is certainly my "go-to" book and the one I continually keep by my desk as I design my projects.

This book is a great help to start with all autodesk software that can be applied for 3d printing designEasy to read with very simple applications, it permits to start with zero backgroundFinally, the price is attractive.

wenn jemand das genauso einfach in Blender übersetzen könnte, wäre das tol, dabei ist auch ein Tinkercad für Minecraft, für Schulkinder

Excellent introduction to 123D. Clear guidance with good tutorial style examples to follow. Helped me get started, which is often the most difficult part of using a new programme

My colleague and I just purchased two Makerbots for our high school, and settled on Autodesk's 123D suite of software for student use.The software has gone through so many revisions so quickly that many of the online video tutorials are dated, with command menus and defaults changing on the way. Plus, having to sit through a 5 minute video is a bit frustrating when what you really want to do is leaf through an index and get to the point.Though new to 3d printing we are reasonably computer and software savvy - therefore this book isn't exactly the user manual I wanted. It is aimed much more squarely at the rank beginner, but as such, it does a pretty good job walking you through the various sorts of design software in the 123D suite and explaining how they work together. I am confident that I could hand this book to one of my more curious but non-techy students, and that they would be able to follow it. The book is rather brief, just a few quick exercises in each piece of software showing you the basics, but it gives you the overview.