Yes Shapeways is in fact few point click with a mouse to get an object. Google sketchup is push pull object with a mouse to make it 3d.
you clearly missed the point of what I was saying, shapeways does not just have all these models up there for purchase, someone has to create them. Which is no different than buying a prop from someone who scratch builds it, that person puts in the work to create a master product, or in this case 3d file. and someone is purchasing a copy of that. no difference at all.
someone has to use something like sketchup, 3dsmax, maya, modo, zbrush, cinema 4d, lightwave, blender, or any other 3d package to create those 3d models you buy on shapeways. The way you are describing things here is as if there was no work behind them. Which is completely false. 3d models don't just appear out of nowhere.