Hello All,

Tinkercad is great, but I find it a bit fiddley. Sketchup is really nice and does not require an internet connection. I use them both; I wish I was better with Tinkercad because I love the concept.

I've never used Shapeways. But just out of curiosity I uploaded one of my 3D elevation models (.stl) to Shapeways to get a quote-- nothing fancy, just regular ABS. $800! The model itself was 15cm x 15cm x 2cm. But it had a ton of vertices. I print the same thing on my RepRap Prusa for less than $5.