Awesome 3D Printing

A curated list of awesome 3D printing resources.

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Contents

• 3D Printer Brands
• CAD Tools
• Control Software
• AMS / Filament Changer
• 3D Printer Firmware
• File Formats
• Slicers
• Scanner
• Online 3D Model Repositories
• Online Tools
• On Demand 3D Printing Services
• Marketplaces
• On Demand 3D Printing Price Comparison
• Technologies
• Filaments
• Related

3D Printer Brands

• 3D Systems - 3D printers, print materials, on-demand parts services and digital design tools.
• Annex Engineering
• Anycubic
• Artillery
• Bambu Lab
• Craftbot
• Co Print
• Creality
• Dremel - 3D printers and laser cutters.
• Elegoo
• Flashforge
• Flsun
• Formlabs
• HevORT - Advanced DIY 3D Printer.
• innovatiQ
• Infimech
• Kentstrapper
• Lulzbot - Open hardware 3D printers and accessories.
• Lumi Industries
• MakerBot
• Makergear
• Monoprice - Monoprice branded Wanhao printers.
• Mosaic - High-Volume Automated 3D Printing.
• Printcepts - Innovative printer concepts.
• Prusa Research - 3D printers from Josef Prusa.
• QIDI - Affordable, fast, large scale printers.
• Rat Rig
• RepRap - Free desktop 3D printer.
• RoloHaun 3D
• Robo3d - Robo R1, R2 and C2 3D printers.
• Sharebot - Innovative, easy to use 3D printers for professional results.
• SToN
• Tiertime
• Tronxy
• Trideo3D - FDM 3D printers focusing on the experience in 3 sizes.
• TwoTrees
• Ultimaker
• VoronDesign - Open source 3D printer designs.

CAD Tools

• AutoCAD - 2D and 3D CAD design software. (commercial)
• Autodesk Fusion 360 - 3D CAD, CAM, and CAE tool for product design and manufacturing. (free for personal / non-commercial use)
• Autodesk Inventor
• Blender - 3D modeling and sculpting app. (open source)
• build123d - 3D CAD design software for python programmers. (open source)
• caddiff - Command-line tool that diffs two revisions of a CAD assembly and reports what changed. (open source)
• CaDoodle - Offline drag-and-drop CAD app for Windows, macOS, Linux, and ChromeOS with boolean operations and STL, SVG, and OBJ export. (open source)
• DeclaraCAD - 3D CAD tool using Python. (open source)
• FluidCAD - Browser based CAD tool that describes the 3D model with JavaScript. (open source)
• FreeCAD
• OpenSCAD - 3D CAD tool that describes the 3D model with code. (open source)
• Onshape
• Plasticity - Solid and surface modeling desktop app. (commercial)
• Prompt2CAD - Browser-based AI CAD tool that turns text prompts into parametric CAD models and exports STEP, DXF, STL, OBJ, and GLB. (freemium)
• Rhinoceros 3D - CAD application software. (commercial)
• Shapr3D
• SketchForge - Browser based 3D modeling tool to shape, combine, refine, import, and export models. (open source)
• Solidworks - 3D CAD design software. (commercial)
• SolveSpace - Minimalist CAD software. (open source)
• Tinkercad - Browser based free app for 3D design, electronics, and coding.
• Truck - Rust based CAD Kernel.

Control Software

• Bambuddy - Self-hosted print management tool for Bambu Lab printers with real-time monitoring, print archiving, scheduling, and notifications.
• Kiln - MCP server for AI agents to control 3D printers.
• OctoPrint - Web interface for 3D printer.
• PrintRun - Pure Python 3d printing host software.
• Repetier - Place, slice, preview and print.
• SimplyPrint - Cloud-based platform for remote monitoring, management, and automation of 3D printers.
• SpoolEase - Filament manager with weight & location tracking, printer slot configuration, slicer integration, printer monitoring, and NFC-powered automation - running locally and cloud-free.

AMS / Filament Changer

• AMS - Bambu Lab Automatic Material System for multi-color printing.
• BoxTurtle - Open source multi-color filament system.
• CFS - Creality Filament System for multi-color printing.
• EnragedRabbitProject - Multi-color addon for Voron 3D printers.

3D Printer Firmware

Open source if not labeled differently.

• CR-30 Firmware - Creality CR-30 Belt Printer.
• G3Firmware - The firmware for generation 3 and later RepRap electronics.
• Grbl - CNC milling controller written in optimized C that will run on a straight Arduino.
• Klipper - Offloads processing to a host for faster, more precise printing with advanced features.
• Marlin - Marlin is an one of the most widely used firmware.
• Prusa Firmware - Custom firmware for Prusa printers, based on Marlin.
• RepRap Firmware - Highly customizable firmware with strong network capabilities and web-based control.
• Repetier-Firmware - Supports multiple extruders, network connectivity, and a web interface.
• SMI-Taz-Firmware - Marlin firmware for the Lulzbot Taz 3 with the E3Dv6 head.
• Sailfish - Sailfish, faster than a Marlin.
• Smoothieware - CNC controller written in Object-Oriented C++.
• Sprinter - Firmware for RepRap printers and similar devices.
• Teacup_Firmware - Firmware for RepRap and other 3D printers.
• UnifiedFirmware - Both 8 bit and 32 bit based machines/boards.

File Formats

Slicers

Convert 3D models into G-Code.

• BambuStudio - Slicer specific to Bambu Printers.
• CraftWare - Free slicer for 3D printers.
• Cura - Open source 3D printer / slicing GUI by Ultimaker.
• Kiri:Moto - Web based slicer for 3D printers, CNC mills, and Laser cutters.
• KISSlicer - Cross-platform slicer for STL files.
• MatterControl - 3D printing software.
• OrcaSlicer - Slicer forked from PrusaSlicer and BambuStudio.
• PolyCut - Converts SVGs and images into G-Code to use a 3D printer as a vinyl cutter, pen plotter, or engraver. (open source)
• PrusaSlicer - Slicer specific to Prusa Printers.
• Slic3r - Open source 3D printing toolbox.
• Strecs3D - Generate optimized infill based on structural analysis.

Scanner

• MakerBot Digitizer
• Matter and Form - Professional grade scanner.

Online 3D Model Repositories

From 3D printer manufacturer:

• Creality Cloud - From Creality.
• MakerOnline - From Anycubic.
• MakeItReal - From Eufy Make (formerly Ankermake).
• MakerRoad - From SUNLU.
• Makerworld - From Bambu Lab.
• NexPrint - From Elegoo.
• Printables - From Prusa Research.
• Thingiverse - From Ultimaker.

Independent:

• 3D Kitbash - Premium 3D-printable 3D models of toys.
• 3D Via
• Astroprint
• CGtrader
• Cults - Find, share and sell 3D print files.
• Free3D - Free and premium 3D models.
• GrabCAD
• MakerRepo - Git-based platform to share and collaborate on parametric CAD models.
• MyMiniFactory - 3D print files for tabletop gaming, toys, gadgets.
• Pinshape - Find, share and sell 3D print files.
• PrintPal - Model-sharing + marketplace + AI tool + manufacturing platform.
• Redpah
• Sculpteo
• Shapeways
• SketchFab
• Turbosquid
• YouMagine - Community for RC creators and makers.

Self-Hostable:

• Manyfold
• PrintStash - Self-hosted storage and organization system for 3D printing files with automatic tagging, search, and slicer integration.

Online Tools

• 3D Box Generator - Webapp to generate STL files for boxes of custom size.
• 3D MakerBench - Browser-based generators for STL files such as lithophanes, cookie cutters, Gridfinity bins and gears.
• 3D Print Estimation Studio - Webapp to estimate 3D print time, filament weight, and material cost from 3D models.
• BotQueue - Control your 3D printers over the internet.
• Clara.io - Cloud-based 3D modeling, animation and rendering.
• Filament Price Tracker - Tracks 3D printing filament prices and price history.
• FilamentProfilesHub - Database of community-verified print settings for any printer + filament combination.
• Filameter - Filament Inventory Management.
• Filwiz - AI-powered filament profile generator from TDS, multi-slicer export, inventory tracking, and print troubleshooting.
• Free Universal Construction Kit - A set of universal connectors to link together popular toy construction systems.
• gcode.ws - Gcode analyzer.
• GCodex - Free browser-based G-Code viewer, simulator and analyzer for CNC and 3D printing. No upload, no signup required.
• Gridfinity Layout Tool - Browser-based tool to plan Gridfinity drawer layouts and export STL, STEP, and 3MF files for 3D printing.
• HelloTriangle - Cloud-based 3D modeling using Python.
• img2stl.art - AI-powered image to 3D printable STL converter. Upload a photo and get a ready-to-print STL file in seconds.
• Meshdiff - Compare two versions of a 3D model (STL, 3MF, OBJ) and visualize the differences.
• OctoEverywhere - Remotely monitor your OctoPrint.
• Polyvia3D - Browser-based 3D file converter, viewer, and repair tool supporting OBJ, STL, GLB, PLY, and 3MF. Runs locally via WebAssembly.
• QRCode2STL - Browser-based generator for 3D printable QR codes, Spotify codes, and text tags.
• Ritn3D - Convert a floor plan into a 3D printable house model.
• SimplexGen - Browser-based AI image-to-3D generator with a full mesh editing toolkit (simplify, smooth, repair, retopology, boolean, UV) and a 3D-print prep editor.
• Vectary - Browser-based 3D modeling.
• Vectiler - Online tool to generate 3D printable map and terrain models from real-world geographic data.
• Open Filament Database - Open, community-driven database of filament materials, colors, and print settings.
• PROLED3D - Generate manufacturable LED channel letter parts from SVG (STL + DXF) for real fabrication.

On Demand 3D Printing Services

• 3D Hubs
• Beamler - Global industrial 3D printer network.
• Craftcloud - Streamlined 3D Printing Service.
• Jiga - Manufacturing as a service with known machine shops.
• Murtfeldt Additive Solutions - Industrical 3D printing service.
• Rapidobject - 3D printing solution provider.
• Scultpeo - Online 3D printing service.
• Shapeways
• Vikings - 3D printing and fulfillment on demand.
• DIVO3D - Washington State 3D printing, 3D design and 3D Scanning with local pickup and national shipping.
• Upside Parts - Greater Boston 3D printing service offering FDM, SLA and SLS with nationwide shipping.

Marketplaces

• Microscape - Minature scale 3D printed architectural models.
• iGo3D - 3D printing online store.

On Demand 3D Printing Price Comparison

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Technologies

• Carbon3D - Balancing the interaction of light and oxygen for fast resin based 3D printing.
• iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088 - 3D printed components with ultrasonically arranged microscale structure.

Filaments

• Creality
• Elegoo
• Hatchbox 3D - High-accuracy affordable filament, includes PLA, PLA PRO, ABS, PETG, TPU, carbon fiber, wood, glow-in-the-dark, and color changing with multiple surface finishes.
• Micro Center Filaments & Resins
• Protopasta
• SUNLU
• eSun

Related

• Awesome-Extruders - Curated list of 3D printable extruder designs.