MakerBot Releases IPad App For Easy 3D Printing

MakerBot Releases IPad App For Easy 3D Printing

makerbot-printshop-1For consumer-oriented 3D printing companies, “easy to use” is the new “innovative.”

Apparently many potential buyers are staying on the sidelines, convinced that 3D printing is too complicated, too techie.

And they are right.

So advances in easiness are significant, for the entire additive manufacturing industry.

MakerBot, which probably feels that it has to lead in user interface to stay ahead of a yappy pack of competitors, may just have one with the brand new Print Shop, a free iOS app for the iPad.

The app’s primary thrust is steering users to pre-selected designs that are optimized for ease of use. Three categories are featured at launch: rings, bracelets, and type.

makerbot-printshop-03
A selection of easy-to-print bracelets from MakerBot’s Print Shop.

The goal: enable new users to accomplish the easy stuff, score some early wins, and gain some momentum.

Then they can move on the the complicated, techie stuff

 

0 thoughts on “MakerBot Releases IPad App For Easy 3D Printing

  1. glmeece says:

    .

  2. Leif Burrow says:

    Something like that has been available in Android for a while https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.dietzm.gcodesimulatorprinter&hl=en. I haven’t tried it though as I would get pretty upset if a long print was interupted by a phone call!

Discuss this article with the rest of the community on our Discord server!
Tagged

DC Denison is the co-editor of The Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection of makers and business. That means hardware startups, new products, and market trends.

DC manages customer stories at Acquia, the digital experience company.

View more articles by DC Denison

ADVERTISEMENT

Maker Faire Bay Area 2023 - Mare Island, CA

Escape to an island of imagination + innovation as Maker Faire Bay Area returns for its 15th iteration!

Buy Tickets today! SAVE 15% and lock-in your preferred date(s).

FEEDBACK