"Autodesk and Fab Lab share a vision about the important role digital fabrication plays in the future of making things. Digital fabrication is opening new possibilities for makers and manufacturers alike to create a new generation of better, more personalised, connected products. And the Fab Lab community is proving this again and again around the world," said Samir Hanna, vice president and general manager, Autodesk Consumer & 3D Printing Group. "Digital fabrication can't happen without digital design tools first, and we want the Fab Lab community to have great cloud and mobile design software in the world to help solve design challenges and bring their ideas to life."
Autodesk has made available to the global Fab Lab community free access and training for the following software:
Tinkercad — Tinkercad is an easy, web-based 3D design and modeling tool for all. Tinkercad is a strong, robust and simple tool that allows users to go from imagination to design in minutes, and then connect to 3D printing services directly within the app.
123D Circuits — 123D Circuits is a free online tool that lets users design electronic projects with Arduino, create custom PCB boards and test with real-time simulation.
Fusion 360 — Fusion 360 brings CAD, CAM and CAE together in the cloud. It's an integrated, connected, and accessible platform built for the new ways that products are being designed and made.
"Fab Lab and Autodesk have multi-year history of collaboration at the local level, and we're thrilled to be expanding the relationship to a global level. Coupling Autodesk's intuitive and powerful software with Fab Lab's worldwide network of fabrication facilities will help us grow and empower even more makers to do great things and solve problems in countries around the world," said Sherry Lassiter, President of the Fab Foundation.
