Modeling & Rendering Links – The Purdy Studio @ gatech

3D Printing

3D Forged A site dedicated to helping beginners get started in 3D printing
3D print Manual A lot of reviews
3D printer and 3D printing news, trends and resources A variety of 3D information
3D Printer Test Kit A neat set of 1o objects that help you understand your RP machine's capability
3D printing and More Includes machines to print copper and vacuum form
3D Printing Glossary A good set of terms to help introduce you to the main concepts of 3D printing
3D Transparent Parts Learn How to Make Your 3D Prints Truly Transparent
Cubify A 3D Printer for the home.
Figulo 3D Ceramics Printing
firstcut Custom CNC Machined Parts | Aluminum & Plastic | Precision Machining & Milling
Forecast 3D Forecast3D - Rapid Manufacturing & Rapid Prototyping, Short Run Production, Custom Parts with Additive Manufacturing Technologies
Hubs On-demand manufacturing and rapid prototyping.
ICOMold Custom Plastic Injection Molding with 30-Second Injection Molding Quote
MakerBot MakerBot Products and Community
Material Guide 3D printing guide - good resource
Print Quality Examples of print quality issues and possible ways to fit them
Protomold Injection Molding | Rapid Prototyping | Plastic & Rubber Injected Molded Parts
Quickparts Rapid Prototyping and Injection Molding Services
Redeye Rapid Prototyping Service & Prototype Manufacturing
Shapeway 3D Printing Make & Share Your Products With 3D Printing
Stratasys Printers 3D Printers - Mojo, uPrint SE & Dimension
Tolerance Analysis for 3D printed pars Very detail and well worth reviewing if you are trying to print multiple parts.
Tolerance Analysis for 3D Printed Parts Great information about how to properly allow for tolerance for 3D printed models
Ultimaker the fast, easy to build, affordable 3D printer - 3D printing for everyone!
Ultimaker Highly complex 3D prints, industrial-grade materials, maximum performance, and future-ready 3D printing experience.
Voronator Converter Tool

3D Resources

3D Forged A site dedicated to helping beginners get started in 3D printing
3D printing and More Includes machines to print copper and vacuum form
3D Printing Industries 3D Printing Industry - Latest news, insight articles and videos
3D Total Shop Full of resources for 2d and 3d artist
Artland Design Professional 3d Realistic Visualization
Material Guide 3D printing guide - good resource
Plastic Injection Molding Company World-class manufacturer of custom plastic injection molding and CNC machining
Print Quality Examples of print quality issues and possible ways to fit them
Renderbot – 3d models library. 3d people, animals, anatomy for static render
The Invention Studio The Invention Studio offers free RP output services for studio and skill based course. You can also bring a STL to the lab (2nd floor of the ME building).
Tolerance Analysis for 3D Printed Parts Great information about how to properly allow for tolerance for 3D printed models
uniSWF Pro Flash to Unity - Simply publish assets from Flash® and they seamlessly appear in the Unity editor.
VECTARY – The Ultimate Online 3D Tool A cloud based 3D tool
Yobi3D – Free 3D Model Search Engine
zSpace An integrated pen, tablet & glasses that provides an immersive interaction with 3D content
ZZ Industrial (Shanghai) Co Provides a high quality affordable custom metal fabrication solution according to customer requirements.

Books/DVDs

Digital Lighting & Rendering By Jeremy Birn who is a Lighting Technical Director at Pixar Animation Studios
Lighting and Rendering in Maya Pixar Technical Director Jeremy Birn has lit shots in movies such as Wall-E, Ratatouille, Cars, and The Incredibles
The UX Book Good overview of the UX design process

Business

FreelanceSwitch Freelance Jobs, Freelance Forum & Directory
Goodsie Online retail should be easy.
Kickstarter Fund & Follow Creativity
Product Design Hub Industrial Design Articles - Community - Jobs - Store - Training - Competitions

Game Engines

Game Salad Game Development Tool & Marketplace
Games @ Georgia Tech Game Research, Education and Culture
Garage Games Development Tools and Software
uniSWF Pro Flash to Unity - Simply publish assets from Flash® and they seamlessly appear in the Unity editor.
Unity Game Development Tools
Unreal Game Engine Technology

Input Devices

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3Dconnexion 3D mouse Revolutionize the way you work with 3D applications
Leap 3D Leap 3D Lets Users Control Their Macs Without an Input Device
LEAP Motion The Leap Motion Controller tracks both hands and all 10 fingers with pinpoint precision and incredible speed.
Lexip Be 3D Combines the rotational power of a 3D Mouse with the click control of a traditional mouse.
SpaceController 3D Mouse for CAD and DCC. Supports CATIA, Google Earth, Solid Edge, SolidWorks, Autodesk, 3D Studio Max, and many more...
Spatial Freedom The astroid will revolutionize the way you work.

Models

3D CAD Browser 3D CAD Browser - 3D Models, CAD Models
3D Content Central Free 2D and 3D CAD Models of User-Contributed and Supplier-Certified Parts & Assemblies
3D Export Sell & Buy 3D Models, 3D Printings & VR / AR
3D Human CAD Models High quality 3D human models for today's design and engineering needs. Home Store Contact Gallery High Quality 3D Human Cad Models.
3D Insider
3d models 3D Models Free Download
3D Ocean 68,246 3D print models and CG textures from $2
3D Science 3D Human Anatomy
AllThat3D
Amazing 3d Models 3D Models and 3D Multimedia Graphics
Artec 3D Models
CG Axis Your 3D models boutique including textures & HDRIs
CG Studio Professional Grade 3D Models
CGTrader - Buy or download free 3D models ready to use in rendering, 3D print, games, animation or any other project.
ConsumerAffairs 3D Printer Guide
Digimation The Model Bank Library. Ready to Render. Ready to Rock.
fabneo A boutique for unique and exclusive 3D printed items!
Flat Pyramid Over 100,000 3D Professionals Use Our 3D Models
Free 3D A good collection of free models.
Grab CAD Free 3D CAD models from a community of mechanical engineers
Hum3D 3D Models for design - Very hi-end models
Humster3d Browse the biggest online collection of cars, electronics, weapons and other 3d objects.
Mesh Factory Mesh Factory 3D Catalog
Realspace 3D
Render People 3D People are photorealistic human 3D models.
TurboSquid 3D Models, Textures and Plugins at TurboSquid
Xfrog Plants Realistic, highly detailed, 3D Models of plants, trees, etc.

Rendering/Render Software

3D Render Great general resources
Architectural Rendering
CL3VER Interactive 3D Product Experiences
hdri haven 100% free HDRIs - do support this guy!!
HDRI Light Studio - Lets you easily create and edit HDRI environment maps in real-time.
Lagoa Web-based platform for 3D visualization and rendering.
Render People 3D People are photorealistic human 3D models.
UK'S PREMIER BRAND FOR QUALITY 3D RENDERING SERVICES

Research

Sketch It, Make It SIMI is a research prototype demonstrating a collection of sketch-based interaction techniques that let people design for laser cutters
ZeroTouch ZeroTouch™ Sensor for multi-touch and free-air interaction

Sketching

ID Sketching Industrial Design Sketching and Drawing Video Tutorials
Pixlr Photo editor online - includes sketching
Sketch-A-Day Daily Sketches from Industrial Designer, Spencer Nugent

Wireframe

Axure Interactive Wireframe Software & Mockup Tool
Balsamiq Mockups Meet Balsamiq Mockups, our Rapid Wireframing Tool
GUI Elements iPhone, iPad & Android GUI elements in PSD formats
MockFlow Design, collaborate user interface concepts for your software and websites.
Prototyping, Mockup, and Wireframing Tools 21 Prototyping, Mockup, and Wireframing Tools for iPhone App Development