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Imagine, Invent, and Innovate

Is there an App for that?


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A Digital Toolbox for

Tomorrows Engineers

Imagine, Invent, and Innovate Theres an App for that, too!


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Fun ways to experience

engineering conceptsWorld of Goo

Caseys Contraption

Tinkerbox

Geared, Geared 2,

Gears Busy


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Getting Started with 3D modeling

A fun way to get started with 3D modelingis to download this fabulous app from thevery reputable AutoDesk.

123D

Sculpt (Free) http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/123d-

sculpt/id446119510?mt=8


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3D Modeling iTracer HD

iTracer HD By Fabio Policarpo Tracer is a 3D modeling and rendering app for the iPad and iPhone. Create custom 3D scenes and share it easily with friends. Render beautiful high quality images from any view point and save them to your photos album. https://volume.itunes.apple.com/us/app/itracer-

hd/id375748902?mt=8&term=iTracerHD&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Reviews 4+ $4.99 ea. (1-19 units) $2.49 ea. (20+ units) iTracer got the highest reviews for ease ofuse. But even after I downloaded I found

myself scratching my head as to how to get started. Press the info button on thesoftware to get to the iTracer Users Guide. Perhaps find someone who has some

design experience to help you

also. Here is a little You

Tube (no so

und) t

utorial to getyou started http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTxgZ2Bwifg

The only other tutorials Google turned up were from a site namedTutorialBlogger.info which made me a little nervous due to the amount of popups andpotential spam, so I would suggest you stay away from it. The short visit there didnot result in anything useful.


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3D Modeling -iSculptorHD

iSculptorHD By Lost Pencil Animation Studios Inc. Description iSculptorHD is a 3d polygon modeling application for the iPad. We

also have a separate version for the iPhone/iTouch called iSculptor. Reviews (Medium) $4.99 (no discount) The Lost Pencil Website felt professional and was filled with good

tutorials such as this one on how to model a chair) Tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS2iYGenh3Y&feature=related They had a whole series of Tutorials that looked very well done. I

think this would be very helpful for someone new to 3D modeling. http://www.lostpencil.com/?page_id=399


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3D Modeling

possibilitiesThe following 2 apps also got my attention, but I decided to put these on the backburner for now. Id love to hear from anyone who has

experience with these or any 3D modeling tools.iMeshBy Juan Mara Clavera Rosario

Description

Create and edit polygonal objects. Extrude polygons, collapse vertices, move edges and much more and you will be able to build any object youcan imagine.

Reviews (not too many reviews, but compared to Wings3D and Maya)$ https://volume.itunes.apple.com/us/app/imesh/id460703614?mt=8&term=iMesh%20for%20iPad&ign-mpt= uo%3D4

(no discount)

This was was lowprice and looked friendly, but searching for tutorials did not yield much (mostly just bit torrent program (same name, differentfunctions). So I chose not to download this one yet.

Finger3D HD

By Gianluca Natalini - NGCYBIT RoboticsDescription

"Finger3D HD" turns your device into a three-dimensional modeler, the smallest and portable in the world.With "Finger3D HD" you can make any shape / object / three-dimensional model, you can model shapes with your fingers of yourhands.

https://volume.itunes.apple.com/us/app/finger3d-hd/id393729482?mt=8&term=Gianl uca&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 $9.99 ea. (1-19 units)$4.99 ea. (20+ units)Ratings (not enough to tell)Features seem very advanced. Many features. Perhaps too advanced for beginners, so I decided to put this one on the back burner for now.


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Two apps to challenge the

imaginationBlueprint Lite

Free App - Rated very highI felt that this App would be good to

help students design the next

video game or future smartphone.Students can use it to design a

prototype. It appeared to be justthe right tool for designing a goodUser Interface Design for futuredevices.

Sensor Monitor

The reason this app caught myattention may not be obvious atfirst. The app displays severalsensor values of your iphone/ipad.It is helpful in understanding

sensors and perhaps creativeideas about what you could dowith this type of data if you were atoy designer. Have students usethis app to experience sensorsand then have them Imaginethese sensors combined withmaterials around them to sparkcreative ideas about the nextplayful invention.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sensor-monitor/id381075251?mt=8


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Create Fun Playful Prototypes

AppCraft HD

Free

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/appcraft/id439627746?mt=8

Download this app and startworking your way through thetutorials. By the time you areget to Tutorial 7 you are readyto make an Angry Bird TypeGame in Tutorial

7Unfortunately, we have notfigured out how to export thefiles or import them to anotherplayer yet.

Demibooks Composer

Free Base Model.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/de

mibooks-composer/id462838680?mt=8

This App will let you create someFun & Interactive PlayfulBooks for the Ipad


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2D Drawing Tools

Intaglio Sketchpad

https://volume.itunes.apple.com/us/app/intaglio-sketchpad/id337562591?mt

=8&term=Intaglio&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Full featured drawing application(vector graphics)

$14.99 ea. (1-19 units), $7.49ea. (20+ units)

Lite Version AvailableiDesign2D verctor drawing and design

for the ipadGood reviews

Sketchbook Prop by AutoDesk

https://volume.itunes.apple.com/us/

app/sketchbook-pro-for-ipad/id364253478?mt=8&term=sketchbook%20pro&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Professeional grade paint and drawproogram

$4.99 ea. (1-19 units)$2.49 ea. (20+ units)

Lite version is free

Everygood inventor or designer carries a Sketchbook tocapture their inspiration. You just never know what will inspireyou. These 2D Drawing Tools that have earned high marks inthe ipad World.


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Fun ways to

discover engineeringTinkerBox HD (free)http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tinkerbox-

hd/id415722219?mt=8

World of GooThe iPad Game of the Yearhttp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/world-of-goo-hd/id401301276?mt=8

Caseys Contraction

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