Necessary Software
Autodesk Student Software Autodesk Inventor - Student Version Inventor HSM Ultimate Cura Lulzbot Formlabs


Modeling Software
Autodesk Inventor Tinkercad - online 3D design and printing app Fusion 360 - 3D CAD/CAM Software


CAM Software
Autodesk Inventor (HSM) Fusion 360 (HSM)


3D Printing Software
Cura Lulzbot Formlabs - Dashboard


3D Scanning / Embroidery Software
Shining 3D EinScan - Embroidery software


Other Software

Raspbian - software for Raspberry Pi Arduino software download Bootstrap - website front-end libaray Firebase - mobile development platform Unity - download and learn to make games


Project Ideas and Contests

Lego Mindstorms - building robots Hackaday - project ideas and contests FabLab - project ideas and research The Thought Emporium (YouTube) - DIY project ideas RetroPie - turns Raspberry Pi into retro-gaming machine Thingiverse - 3D printing project ideas and gcode Instructables - project ideas GitHub - place to keep projects and community to see other's project Hackathons - computer compeitions all over U.S.