Pen drawings can allow simple, inexpensive and intuitive two-dimensional (2D) fabrication. Materials scientists aim to integrate such pen drawings to develop 3D objects. In a new report now published ...

Here's how to get your head around adding a third dimension to your art.

Are you fond of drawing some random doodles? Have you ever imagined some magic tricks that would transform your boring 2D picture into a realistic 3D model? Well then, turning a 2D shape into a 3D ...

There are apps like uMake that rather easily turn 2D sketching into useful 3D models for prototyping, but the new app Mental Canvas takes a different approach. It fuses the illustrator’s need for ...

TurboViewer is a free mobile app for viewing 2D and 3D drawings. Users can pan, zoom and 3D orbit around CAD files. Import files into TurboViewer through CAD file email attachments or view through the ...

In the same way that it’s easier to order takeout food rather than whipping up a home-cooked meal, it’s much more straightforward to download a ready-made 3D printing model than it is to create your ...

Simus systems has expanded its simus classmate software suite with AI-based capture and assignment of drawing information for 3D models. The classmate DRAW module is now available as a standalone ...

Major update introduces 3D wireframe editing and enhances the mobile CAD experience for engineers, designers, contractors, and other professionals. SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES, August 20, 2026 ...

It’s easy enough to draw a basic floorplan of your home, but turning that floorplan into 3D rendering typically falls into the realm of professional designers. With home.me, TechCrunch Berlin ...

We spoke with Cartoon Saloon's Eimhin McNamara, who was tasked with helping create these scenes, to find out how they did it and why they chose to lean into hand-drawn animation over 3D CGI.

TL;DR: AutoCAD is an industry-leading software designed to expand 2D and 3D design capabilities and automate business processes for designers, architects, engineers, and construction professionals.

I’ll admit it—I simply can’t draw. Stick figures push my creative limits. Imagine my surprise, then, when I found that creating 3D objects and dioramas is actually easier in Microsoft’s Paint 3D than ...