Gravity Sketch: 3D modeling for everyone - Shapeways Blog
Gravity Sketch: 3D modeling for everyone
March 24, 2016
Today, we’re excited to announce a partnership with a company that makes it easy to be a part of the 3D printing revolution – Gravity Sketch. 3D modeling software has moved leaps and bounds over the past decade. The imagination really is the limit these days as we see more and more incredible products produced by our printers. However, there can still be a steep learning curve when it comes to familiarizing yourself with 3D modeling. Until now, that is. With just an iPad and an idea, millions of creations will be coming to life with Gravity Sketch.
Inspired by Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences, the Gravity Sketch app offers a unique perspective on 3D creation that makes it easy, intuitive (and addictive!) for anyone to use. Their simple set of tools enables even beginners to create 3D shapes in just seconds. To help bring all these 3D shapes to life, the Gravity Sketch app is integrated with our API so users can easily get their creation uploaded to and printed by Shapeways.
Based in London, Gravity Sketch was founded by a group of graduates from the prestigious Royal College of Art. The founders’ mission is to help lower the barriers to 3D printing and help anyone get started with the technology through “direct 3D generation.” Using a virtual plane, the app allows users to see their designs in real-time as they are “sketching.” This makes the process incredibly intuitive and interactive for users.
Whether you have been making for years, just getting started or are looking for a new educational tool, Gravity Sketch is the app we’ve all been waiting for. With just an iPad and an idea, the possibilities are endless!
Comments
Howard Staniforth
March 28, 2016 at 1:34 pm
Pity it is just for the iPad which is a bit limiting for its use.
pjotr kyrillitsch
March 28, 2016 at 6:44 pm
Very regrettable that it is only for the Ipad. A mistake. Very much hope that it comes available for PC (and thus also using this with a wacom graphic tablet) and for ANDROID. Especially because of using this app on the superb Galaxy Note (10.1 or 3-4-5) with its wacom S-Pen
thomas kerr
March 28, 2016 at 2:35 pm
sounds fun but i do not own an ipad so cant use it to try.
Luc Dewaele
March 28, 2016 at 6:33 pm
I’ll try it tomorrow…
Stony Smith
March 28, 2016 at 6:46 pm
What? No Android love?
Pieter Limburg
March 28, 2016 at 6:51 pm
Great app! Worth a try, pretty cool and easy to use. But don’t take my word for it.
Barbara Casement
March 28, 2016 at 7:06 pm
I went to the app store and typed Gravity Sketch into the search box and “no results found”.
Dennis
March 28, 2016 at 7:08 pm
This is what happens all the time! Yeah we have something new! Something for EVERYBODY to endorse 3D Printing! YEAH RIGHT! ONLY APPLE USERS!!! Did the app creator really thought that EVERYBODY is using Apple?! I’m not even going to try it, even when they think on releasing an update!
aeronix
March 28, 2016 at 7:18 pm
So basically it’s a 3D modelling program that has a bunch of preset objects you can pick from that have parameters that can be changed with simple touch controls. I watched one of the sample creation videos on the app’s website and it seems cleverly designed.
Russ Anderson
March 28, 2016 at 7:24 pm
Bummer… iPad only 🙁 Will someone fax me when this becomes usable.