Autodesk's Tinkercad is a free Web-based design tool that enables you to create 3D objects, then download those creations in a printer-friendly format. Here's how to get started.

With Style2Fab, makers can rapidly customize models of 3D-printable objects, such as assistive devices, without hampering their functionality.

Soon, anyone will be able design an object in 3D and then print it out -- provided Sixense's upcoming Kickstarter campaign for the MakeVR technology is successful.

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But for free-form or sculpted 3D objects, Blender shines. By keeping in mind the above tips when making your models and checking with Blender’s tools before exporting, printing should go smoothly.

It’s going to get easier to create 3D designs and print the objects that you’ve created thanks to the combination of Sixense’s MakeVR design software and 3D printers.