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CAD

• Sketchup  - Cross platform.  Made by Trimble (formerly by Google).  The   The basic version is free and online only.  The Pro version is available free for educators and the lab versions are inexpensive (<$20 per seat). 
• VectorWorks and TurboCAD are mid-range 3D CAD programs that have Mac and Windows versions.  ITS doesn't have licenses, but they are an option for higher-end Mac 3D CAD.  

• Auto Desk Revit

  1. BIM—Building Information Modeling
• Rhino 3D Design.  Available on Swarthmore Lab computers. One copy purchased by the Art department and is installed on the Media Center computers.  
• Grasshopper is a visual rendering application by the same company that created Rhino. 

• AutoDesk Fusion 360

  1. Free for small companies > 100k and hobbyists
  2. CAM features
  3. Mac and Windows Compatible
  4. Basic Simulation software
  5. Good mesh modeling
  6. More intuitive  than programs like Solidworks
  7. Cloud based
  8. Import objects from McMaster Carr

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• Thingiverse - has a huge number of user-contributed downloadable models
• Sketchup has a large 3D warehouse of models people have contributed
• GrabCAD
  
  

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