{"id":1412,"date":"2019-08-06T08:27:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T13:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/makerlab\/?page_id=1412"},"modified":"2022-01-04T10:12:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T16:12:26","slug":"software","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/makerlab\/software\/","title":{"rendered":"SOFTWARE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.6&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#f05a28&#8243;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.6&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.6&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.6&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|700||on|||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;48px&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;48px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><strong>RECOMMENDED SOFTWARE<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/makerlab\/adobe-illustrator\"><strong>Adobe Illustrator<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abilene Christian University is an Adobe Creative Campus.\u00a0ACU students, faculty and staff have full access to Adobe\u2019s industry-leading creative tools for web, media and design, all free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tinkercad.com\"><strong>TinkerCad<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Easy way to get started with 3D modelling. No software to download and install, just create and account and work in your browser. Models can be exported as .STL files for 3D printing. Did we mention it was free to use?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"app.sketchup.com\"><strong>SketchUp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another free, browser-based tool to build 3D models.\u00a0No software to download and install, just create and account and work in your browser. Models can be exported as .STL files for 3D printing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimaker.com\/software\/ultimaker-cura\"><strong>Cura<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cura is slicing software used for preparing models to print in our Ultimaker 2+ printer. This is a free download.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/formlabs.com\/software\/\"><strong>Preform<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Preform is slicing software used for preparing models to print in our FormLabs printers. This is a free download.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/create.arduino.cc\/\"><strong>Arduino Create<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Arduino Create an integrated online platform that enables Makers and Professional Developers to write code, access content, configure boards, and share projects.\u00a0The web editor is easy to access and use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.6&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#e7e0d0&#8243;][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RECOMMENDED SOFTWARE Adobe Illustrator Abilene Christian University is an Adobe Creative Campus.\u00a0ACU students, faculty and staff have full access to Adobe\u2019s industry-leading creative tools for web, media and design, all free of charge. &nbsp; TinkerCad Easy way to get started with 3D modelling. No software to download and install, just create and account and work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10437,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1412","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1412"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3701,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1412\/revisions\/3701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}