Awesome 3D Printing

A curated list of awesome 3D printing resources.

Table Of Contents

• 3D Printer Brands
• CAD Tools
• Control Software
• File Formats
• Slicers
• Scanner
• Online 3D Model Repositories
• Online Tools
• On Demand 3D Printing Services
• Marketplaces
• On Demand 3D Printing Price Comparison
• Search Engines
• Technologies
• Education
• Filaments

3D Printer Brands

• 3D Kreator - Manufacturer of the "Kreator Motion" universal 3D printer.
• 3D Systems - 3D printers, print materials, on-demand parts services and digital design tools.
• CraftUnique
• Cubify
• Dremel - 3D printers and laser cutters.
• Flashforge
• Formlabs
• German RepRap
• Kentstrapper
• Lulzbot - Open hardware 3D printers and accessories.
• Lumi Industries
• MakerBot
• Makergear
• Monoprice - Monoprice branded Wanhao printers.
• Printrbot
• Prusa Research - 3D printers from Josef Prusa.
• RepRap - Free desktop 3D printer.
• Robo3d - Robo R1, R2 and C2 3D printers.
• Sharebot - Innovative, easy to use 3D printers for professional results.
• Sindoh - Enclosed xyz 3D printer "3DWOX".
• Tractus3D - Delta 3D printers in 3 sizes.
• Trideo3D - FDM 3D printers focusing on the experience in 3 sizes.
• Ultimaker
• Up3d
• VoronDesign - Open source 3D printer designs.
• Wanhao

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)
• FreeCAD
• OpenSCAD
• Rhinoceros 3D - CAD application software. (commercial)
• Solidworks - 3D CAD design software (commercial)
• Tinkercad - Browser based free app for 3D design, electronics, and coding.

Control Software

• Makerbot Desktop - Discover, manage and share your 3D prints.
• OctoPrint - Web interface for 3D printer.
• PrintRun - Pure Python 3d printing host software.
• Repetier - Place, slice, preview and print.

File Formats

Name	License	Encoding	Features
3MF	Open	Compressed XML	geometry, material, metadata, signature, texture, thumbnail
ACIS		text or binary
AMF	Open	Zipped XML	color, constellations, curved triangles, formulas, geometry, material, metadata
CKD	Proprietary
DWG (Drawing)	Proprietary	OpenXPS
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)	Proprietary	text/binary
DWF (Design Web Format)		OpenXPS	Communicate design information
IGES (Initial Graphics Exchange Specification)	Vendor-neutral	text
OBJ (Object)	Open	text	geometry
PLY (Polygon File Format)	Open	text or binary	color, geometry, normals, texture, transparency
STL	Proprietary	text or binary	geometry, normals
STEP	ISO

Slicers

Convert 3D models into G-Code.

• 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.
• Slic3r - Open source 3D printing toolbox.

Scanner

• iSense 3D scanner
• MakerBot Digitizer
• Matter and Form - Professional grade scanner.
• Sense - 3D Scanner.

Online 3D Model Repositories

From 3D printer manufacturer:

• Thingiverse - (from Ultimaker)
• Printables - (from Prusa Research)

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
• MyMiniFactory
• Pinshape - Find, share and sell 3D print files.
• Redpah
• Repables
• Sculpteo
• Shapeways
• SketchFab
• TF3DM
• Turbosquid

Self-Hostable:

• Manyfold

Online Tools

• BotQueue - Control your 3D printers over the internet.
• Clara.io - Cloud-based 3D modeling, animation and rendering.
• gcode.ws - Gcode analyzer.
• GetAnywhere - Remotely monitor your OctoPrint.
• Vectary - Browser-based 3D modeling.
• WeDesign - Collaborative platform for 3D design.

On Demand 3D Printing Services

• 3D Hubs
• Beamler - Global industrial 3D printer network.
• 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
• Toybuilderlabs
• Vikings - 3D printing and fulfillment on demand.

From game assets:

• Fabzat - In app custom merchandising.
• Toyze - Bring game characters to life as customized toys.

Marketplaces

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

On Demand 3D Printing Price Comparison

• 3yourmind

Search Engines

• 3Dshap.es - Find 3D Printable Designs Using 3D shapes.

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.

Education

• Makerclub - Online courses for 3D printing and the internet of things.

Filaments

• Protopasta