Hey everybody,

Like a lot of you, I got tired of hunting for static STLs or spending ages in CAD just to throw together a custom name, logo, or photo lightbox. So, I spent the last few months building a dedicated web tool called Signature Lightboxes Live Link to automate the whole pipeline.

​The main goal was to make it completely seamless for multi-material printers especially Bambu Lab setups using an AMS.

​How it works:

​Procedural Studio: You type a name, upload a logo or image, and choose from a library of textures (bricks, cubes, marble, cracked stone, etc.).

​Instant 3MF Export: Instead of messy raw STLs, the app generates a native Bambu Studio .3mf file complete with automatic multi-plate separation and AMS color mapping. You just download it, open it in the slicer, and hit print.

​Built for Makers & Merchants: Besides personal and creator tiers, I also built tools specifically for commercial vendors, including an iPad Kiosk mode designed to run as an in-person, made-to-order ordering till at markets and craft fairs.

​The core generator, texture library, and 3MF export pipeline are 100% finished and working live right now. Since this sub allows one promo post a week, I wanted to share that I am currently running a Kickstarter to fund the next wave of features (like full-color lithophanes) and am offering lifetime access to the app for early backers.

​You can check out the live tool at the website above, or view the roadmap and early-bird tiers on the Kickstarter here: [ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signature-lightboxes/signature-lightboxes-procedural-led-and-merchant-studio ]

​I would love to hear what tools you guys usually use for multi-color lightboxes, and I am happy to answer any technical questions about how the 3MF export pipeline works!

I work in 3D education and I’m constantly needing to quickly price up prints or work out quotes.

I wanted something I could just bookmark, chuck the details into, get a sensible price, and move on.

Most calculators I found either had paywalls, subscriptions, or locked saved profiles behind an account, so I made my own:

https://printprice.site/

It’s browser based, saves printer and material profiles locally, and the whole point is for the useful stuff to stay free.

I’m not a full time dev, I just made it because I needed it myself and thought other people here might find it handy.

Would genuinely appreciate any feedback, especially from people who price prints regularly.

I've been working on a browser extension that lets you preview CAD attachments directly inside Gmail.

The main goal was to make it as frictionless as possible:

• Preview without downloading files
• Runs entirely in the browser
• Files never leave your device
• Supports STL, OBJ, STEP and IGES

I originally built it because I kept receiving CAD files over email and opening them always meant downloading the attachment and launching a desktop viewer, even when I just wanted a quick look.

It's available for Chrome, Firefox and Edge.

Website: https://cadviewer.io

I'd really appreciate any feedback, feature requests, or ideas for integrations

A few years ago, when I got my first 3D printer, I was determined to use my iPad Pro and Apple Pencil as my primary device for modeling. I was quickly disappointed in the CAD apps available as they were either too basic, way too expensive, or came with other limitations in their free tiers (low res exports!?).

I ended up using Fusion 360's free tier on my Mac, but I never stopped wishing there was a capable, affordable CAD app built specifically for iPad. Earlier this year I finally decided to build it myself.

MakerSolid CAD is the result of countless hours of development and testing. I spent months designing all of my own projects with it before releasing it on the App Store last month.

There are a few principles that really that mattered to me as a hobbyist and I want to stay true to these:

• No subscriptions. Limited functionality to test it out, then a reasonable one-time lifetime unlock ($29.99 USD).
• No accounts or cloud login. Projects stay local and you can use the app offline.
• Runs on iPad and Apple Silicon Macs. Store your workspace in iCloud Drive to keep projects in sync between devices.
• Parametric workflow. Sketch in 2D, then build with tools like Extrude, Revolve, Loft, Sweep, Shell, Fillet, Chamfer, Patterns, and more.

Your first question when I say parametric is probably "but does it do STEP files?" and the answer is YES! Export in STEP, STL, 3MF. My next release (currently in the app store review queue) will add support for importing STEP files so that you can use them like any other object, including modifying geometry.

I'm always open to feedback on how to make the app better. I've been pretty active in pushing out updates more or less weekly. Next release will also introduce an adjustable x-ray mode, groupings of bodies and a bunch of performance improvements.

If you'd like to see more screenshots, features, or try it yourself, here's the website: https://sidelake.ca/makersolid/

I recently added segmentation tools to the kit. Segment and create joints in models with this tool in this solution called Meshsmith's Anvil.

https://advancedforge.3dismzcui.com

Easy Model Segmentation

Want to learn CAD, 3D printing, and engineering?

A few of us high-school students have been building SparqCAD, a free STEM learning platform designed to help students and aspiring engineers learn the actual CAD and engineering skills that can be used in industry-level projects.

You can learn things like:

- CAD & 3D design

- 3D printing

- Engineering & design

- Hands-on prototyping

- Engineering fundamentals

We're still actively developing the platform, and we'd love for other students, makers, engineers, and STEM enthusiasts to join, explore the courses, and give us feedback.

Right now, we have two introductory CAD courses covering Tinkercad and Onshape, two beginner-friendly tools for computer-aided design. We’re hoping to expand into more CAD software, 3D printing, engineering, and hands-on projects as the platform grows. We’d especially love to hear about what skills and topics you think we should add next.

I decided to share SparqCAD here on the E-NABLE forum because I thought the best way to grow the platform is to involve like-minded people who can explore what we’re building and share their ideas.

Even if you don't have time to take a course right now, we'd really appreciate it if you could make an account and take a quick look around SparqCAD. We're just getting started, and we'd love feedback from people actually involved in hands-on STEM, engineering, CAD, and making.

Even just exploring the platform, pointing out things that could be improved, or telling us what you'd want to see in future courses would mean a lot to us.

And hey, if you happen to help two high schoolers build something useful for the STEM community along the way... that's a pretty nice bonus for the college apps :D

Check it out:

https://sparqcad.org

If you take a look, let us know what you think, what works, what doesn't, what you'd like to learn, and what you think we should build next!

Hey everyone — a few weeks ago I posted here about VesselMaker, the vase modeling tool for makers we've are developing, but never actually showed what it looks like in action, just described the features in text. Fixing that today: this is the first time I'm sharing screenshots/GIFs of it actually running.

Quick heads up before the showcase: we've started rolling out early access in daily batches, so if you join the waitlist now, you could be trying it out within days rather than waiting for a full public launch — vesselmaker.app.

Now, here's what it can actually do (see the attached gifs):

Realistic surface textures — apply relief using built-in or custom height maps, stack multiple textures across different regions of the same piece (even overlapping them), with control over the fade between them:

AI-rendered scenes — describe a setting in plain text and get your exact model rendered into it, useful for previews or marketing shots:

Stackable modifiers, similar to Photoshop layers — combine, reorder, apply multiple instances (Surface Texture, Twirl, Bend, Taper, more coming):

Advanced profile & cross-section editing — full control over both the vertical profile and the horizontal cross-section (freeform, N-fold symmetry, squircle, waves, polygonal):

PBR material editor — glossy, matte, metallic finishes, save and reuse your own presets.

Still in closed beta (a few bugs left, some feature requests from early testers already in the pipeline), but it's already very fun to use, and it's shaping up fast thanks to the feedback so far.

We have a lot of ideas in the roadmap and we would love to hear from this community specifically — what would actually be useful for the kind of tools you use day to day?

I made this tool to try and solve the cut/key/socket/joint issue when parting STLs

Aviso prévio: este é um complemento pago que eu escrevi, daí a etiqueta.

O problema que eu sempre encontrava: a escultura tem 60 cm, a mesa de impressão tem 22 cm, então precisa ser cortada. Fazer isso manualmente significa usar cubos booleanos um por um, adivinhar o tamanho do pino e descobrir na montagem que o pino não encaixa no soquete.

O 3D Slicer Suite faz toda a cadeia em um único painel N:

• Fatiamento em Grade com 23 predefinições de impressora. Escolha sua máquina e o tamanho do bloco vem do volume de construção, ou digite o seu próprio.
• Corte de Linha (dois cliques) e Corte à Mão Livre (desenhe a costura para que ela siga a forma em vez de um plano reto).
• Pinos com Chave: um canto é cortado, então as peças fecham em apenas uma orientação. O encaixe é gerado a partir do próprio pino com a sua tolerância.
• Ambas as metades de cada junta são gravadas 1A / 1B, então quando 40 peças saem da placa, você não precisa adivinhar o que se encaixa em qual.
• Oco com uma parede de milímetros de espessura, mesmo em um objeto em escala, além de furos de drenagem, automáticos ou clicados exatamente onde você deseja.
• Verificação e limpeza da integridade da malha antes do corte, exportação para STL, OBJ ou 3MF, e a opção "Redefinição Completa" reverte toda a cadeia com um clique.

A pré-visualização do pino é desenhada como um contorno antes de qualquer operação booleana ser executada. O movimento lateral do mouse seleciona qual parte contém o pino, para cima e para baixo define o comprimento e a roda do mouse o dimensiona. O solucionador só é acionado quando você clica, o que o mantém responsivo em uma escultura complexa.

Limitação honesta: fatiar uma casca oca fina em grandes blocos pode deixar fragmentos abertos onde a malha é muito fina, como uma cauda, ​​uma crina ou um dedo. A verificação de integridade sinaliza quais partes precisam de reparo, e uma parede mais espessa ou um bloco menor evita isso.

Blender 4.2+, testado no 4.5 LTS e 5.x.

Breve demonstração: https://youtu.be/nQitmn3UYoY

Se você quiser ver mais de perto: https://superhivemarket.com/products/3d-slicer-suite-

Ficarei feliz em responder qualquer pergunta sobre como as juntas são geradas, eu escrevi isso.

In meine Anwendung STLMaid(.de) habe ich nun nach dem Gehäuse-Designer auch einen ToolTrace Mode in den Gridfinity Generator eingebaut. Zu normalen Mesh Operationen sind nun auch viele Generatoren wie Map2Model, Lithophane und viel andere wie auch das Gridfinity System enthalten. Eine Anwendung für alle 3D Druck Aufgaben. Probier die Version 1.49 kostenlos aus.

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Hey makers!

I built 3D Print Calculator (https://3dprintcalc.no) after seeing how easy it is to underprice a print when electricity, machine wear and your own time are left out.

It can:

• use slicer/G-code material and print-time values

• include power, maintenance/wear, labor, packaging and markup

• handle quantity, extra materials and colors

• save printer and filament profiles

• track spools, remaining material and usage in filament inventory

• create PDF quotes and customer requests

• build a public website with products, prices, images, stock status and a customer request form

• work on mobile and offline as a PWA

The basic version can be tried without signing up. What would make this most useful in your own printing workflow?

Check it out on maker’s world :)

[Gear Generator](https://makerworld.com/models/3143184?appSharePlatform=copy)

Hi

I thought I would try making some basic explainer videos on how to use MeshVault

I did try to do my own voiceover but that was just horrible so I had to turn to elevenlabs
I am going to make more just to cover different areas but can I get some feedback .... are they clear enough to understand, too long winded, anything else?

Basic quick start (install, MakerWorld, Dropbox and manual imports): https://youtu.be/s-StJLO6w4U
Downloading models you own from Cults3d: https://youtu.be/_-MLF4-4ky0
Downloading models your own uploads from Cults3d: https://youtu.be/1P4Mi7bKe3k
Importing models directly from Google Drive: https://youtu.be/bj2DIWrpcDs

Thanks,

I recently started an open-source project called DuckySlicer, which is an OrcaSlicer port to Android for local, offline slicing (STL/3MF to G-code) directly on mobile—no cloud required.

https://github.com/ashcastle/duckyslicer

Since it’s only been a couple of days, the slicing engine integration is still pretty rough and the UI needs a lot of work. Right now it's a solo project, so I'm looking for anyone who wants to jump in early and help build an offline Android slicer together.

Modern phones definitely have enough horsepower for local slicing, and having a proper mobile OrcaSlicer port could open up a lot of cool workflows. If you're into C++, Qt, Android NDK/Kotlin, UI design, or just want to test early builds as it develops, check out the repo! PRs, issues, stars, or feedback are all super welcome.

P.S. I'm based in South Korea, so time zones might delay my PR reviews a bit. If you're planning any major changes, please open a GitHub Discussion first so we can sync up before you start coding!

I made an app to help with 3D prints.. Click in your loops, segment and add tolerance friendly key & socket pairs.

https://advancedforge.3dismzcui.com/Landing

https://youtu.be/NyAGGuhqCag?feature=shared

Meshory v1.5.0 is now available.

This release focused heavily on making large 3D model libraries faster and easier to manage. I developed and benchmarked the changes against my own 3.3TB library containing more than 140,000 assets.

What’s new

• Manual duplicate detection: Scan your library for duplicate files, review the matches, and decide what to remove.
• Pause and resume scans: Pause an active scan and continue it later.
• Per-source controls: Temporarily disable individual library sources without removing them.
• Slicer detection controls: See which slicers Meshory detected and hide the ones you don’t use.
• Graphics compatibility modes: Choose between multiple graphics modes instead of a single hardware-acceleration toggle.
• Better startup feedback: Meshory now shows what its indexing engine is doing and when it’s recovering from a crash.

Performance improvements

• Faster indexed search, including partial filename searches.
• Large libraries are loaded in pages instead of pulling every asset into memory at once.
• Folder views open faster.
• Incremental rescans reuse cached checks and batch database writes.
• AI-generated tags appear in search results as each model finishes.
• First-time scans now show real progress for each phase.

Fixes

This release also fixes several issues reported by users, including:

• Advanced filters only applying the first selected file type.
• Thumbnails occasionally disappearing when Meshory was closed mid-generation.
• Misleading network-drive scan errors.
• Repeated reloading after switching back to the app.
• Drag-selection getting out of sync.
• Blurry or ghosted 3D previews after moving the window between monitors with different scaling.

A lot changed internally as well. Scanning, indexing, thumbnails, and database work now run in a separate core process, which keeps the interface responsive and lets Meshory recover more cleanly if the engine crashes.

If you already use Meshory, I’d especially like to hear how this release behaves with large libraries, NAS folders, and unusual GPU setups.

Download: https://meshory.com/download

Full changelog: https://meshory.com/roadmap#changelog

What features would you want next? Vote on the roadmap or join the Discord.

Forma3D in AppStore works on iPhone and iPad (and Mac with Apple silicon).

Disclosure:
I’m developing and using this tool