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Autodesk Offers Free Software to Over 1000 Fab Labs Worldwide

Autodesk now grants access to its full Autodesk Product Design Collection to more than 1000 registered Fab Labs worldwide, in an effort to support the maker community. 

Fab Labs are a global network of small-scale workshops offering digital fabrication tools, including 3D printers. The first Fab Lab was founded at the MIT back in 2001 and the network has since grown to an international community of makers, designers and educators.

Autodesk has already granted access to Tinkercad, 123D Circuits and Fusion 360 to Fab Labs last year and expanded the free offer to its full portfolio earlier this year. All Fab Labs registered with the Fab Foundation can request access here to receive 10 subscriptions which can be used on or off-site by its members. The 3D design software available includes Fusion 360, Inventor Professional, AutoCAD, ReCap 360, 3ds Max as well as 25 GB cloud storage.

“Autodesk and the Fab Lab network are a perfect match, so it’s great we’re teaming up. Getting easy access to core Autodesk products and technologies with lots of flexibility around license allocation will be really beneficial for the entire Fab Lab community – and for the maker movement as a whole. Autodesk is wisely putting itself right at the heart of this movement and helping encourage a global culture of experimentation,” said Andrew Gregson, Co-Founder and Director of Fab Lab London.

“The maker community in Japan is growing rapidly, and Autodesk has been a leading supporter of the movement through its software and services. Here at Fab Lab Shibuya, we created a project for Maker Faire Tokyo and used Autodesk tools like A360 for design collaboration and Fusion 360 for CNC fabrication. We see that Autodesk’s services are expanding to a broader range of integrated digital manufacturing, so we’re thrilled to learn of this announcement at Fab 12,” said Mr. Hiroaki Umezawa, Chief Director of Fab Lab Shibuya.


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