Evaluation of 3D Design Applications in STEM Education

The three-dimensional design and production technologies are today widely used in many fields. Automotive, health, art and education, and especially architecture and engineering are among the prominent examples. The three-dimensional design technology can be categorized into two dimensions: design and production. The first of these dimensions, three-dimensional design applications and software, is software that can practically transform ideas into realistic and three-dimensional models. The production part, which is the second dimension, covers the processes of physicalizing the designed model with various 3D printers. To this end, this research examines and provides information about three-dimensional design applications and software that can be used in STEM education. In this context, five different basic, intermediate, and advanced applications and software that do not have access problems are included in the research. The examined applications and software are analyzed from various aspects such as ease of use, file format, operating environment, language and platform support, and supported operating system. [For the complete volume, "Proceedings of International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences (Antalya, Turkey, November 11-14, 2021). Volume 1," see ED625228.]