3D+Modeling

These sites provide tools for creating 3D objects.

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 * 3Dtin **
 * Website: || [] ||
 * Distribution: || In browser, Web GL ready browser required ||
 * Anonymous User: || View, create and edit 3D models ||
 * Logged-in User: || Save and share models with others online ||
 * Email Use: || Required for log-in account creation ||
 * Paid Option: || Create private sketches, remove ads, run in full screen ||
 * Comparison: || Very robust 3D tools, focused on building 3D from interplay of
 * Comparison: || Very robust 3D tools, focused on building 3D from interplay of
 * Description: || By combining faces, arcs and 3D shapes in 3D space, and
 * Uses: || User could make a personal avatar, an invention they
 * Photosynth **
 * Website: || [|http://photosynth.net] ||
 * Distribution: || Download (Windows XP or higher) ||
 * Anonymous User: || View published photosynths ||
 * Logged-in User: || Create, edit and comment on photosynths ||
 * Email Use: || Required for log-in account (allows users to make a hotmail
 * Email Use: || Required for log-in account (allows users to make a hotmail
 * Paid Option: || N/A ||
 * Comparison: || Program automatically generates 3D "point cloud" from
 * Description: || By taking a series of pictures which overlap around a 3D space
 * Uses: || Students could render their classroom in 3D, make a synth of

media type="custom" key="12959176" account if no email address exists) || additional data to 3D model || 2D shapes, extensive tutorials, can be overwhelming to initally learn || choosing the texture of the objects created, users create their own 3D rendering of whatever they decide to design || existed, a location of a current event ||
 * Sketch-up **
 * Website: || [|http://sketchup.google.com] ||
 * Distribution: || Download (Windows XP, Mac 10.5 or higher) ||
 * Anonymous User: || Download, run and create 3D models with the program ||
 * Logged-in User: || Share models with others online ||
 * Email Use: || Required for log-in account (allows users to make a gmail
 * Email Use: || Required for log-in account (allows users to make a gmail
 * Paid Option: || Automatically create 2D blueprints, export 3D objects, add
 * Comparison: || Very robust 3D tools, focused on building 3D from interplay of
 * Description: || By combining faces, arcs and 3D shapes in 3D space, and
 * Uses: || User could make a personal avatar, an invention they wish

media type="custom" key="12959112" other software || creates human (or relatively human) avatars, only image exporting is free || of a 3D human avatar. The avatar can be saved and shared. || representations of who students aspire to be, create historical figures ||
 * Digi mi **
 * Website: || [] ||
 * Distribution: || In browser, flash plug-in or download (Windows or Mac) ||
 * Anonymous User: || View and create digital avatars ||
 * Logged-in User: || Save and publish digital avatars ||
 * Email Use: || Required for log-in account creation ||
 * Paid Option: || Additional outfits, expressions, eye colors, export 3D mesh to
 * Paid Option: || Additional outfits, expressions, eye colors, export 3D mesh to
 * Comparison: || Easy to use, wide variety of preset options available, only
 * Description: || User can choose body type, clothing and other characteristics
 * Uses: || User could create a representation of themselves, create