Academic software options

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

This is in the context of TinkerCAD having been mentioned at:

What did you cut on your Shapeoko/ Nomad today?

My 3rd grade student designed this. I came across a website called Tinkercad, which is a CAD-type program designed to introduce kids to CAD. I quickly learned I could create free student accounts using Google Classroom, which then allows me a connection to each of their accounts. I found that you can create an STL file in Tinkercad. Knowing that, I told my kids that I would make one of their designs using my CNC. They were super excited. This is the first one. Yes, I’m using cheap pine, which c…

Another program/site to suggest, which I’ve used here on occasion is:

https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/