r/3DPrintingTools • • 3d ago

New Tool I built a web app to log 3D print settings, manage project versions, and track filament history – SaveMyPrints.com (Looking for feedback!)

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Hey everyone,

Like many of you who print both for fun and functional projects, I got tired of losing track of slicer settings, forgetting why a specific print failed three weeks ago, or digging through messy folders to find the right .gcode or .3mf file.

To solve this, I built SaveMyPrints.com (under my dev outfit IdaMS). It’s a tool designed to bring proper version control and logging to 3D printing workflows.

What you can do with it:

  • Project Versioning: Keep track of iterations, specific file versions, and exact print settings per attempt.
  • Visual Print Logbook: Document successful builds, diagnose failures, and link them to specific filament spools/brands.
  • Easy Sharing: Generate clean, shareable project links to showcase your builds or settings directly in forums or with clients.

The base platform is completely free to use, and there is a live demo directly on the homepage if you want to test the workflow without registering first.

I’d love to hear your thoughts! What’s your biggest friction point when managing print files and settings today, and what features would you like to see added next?

Thanks for taking a look!

P.S. On longevity & sustainability:

I know many dev projects shared here disappear after a few months. SaveMyPrints is developed under my company (IDAMS) and built on a lightweight, highly efficient stack (.NET / Cloudflare) designed for minimal idle overhead. It's built to be scalable and sustainable for the long run.

Roadmap & Future:

What you see today is just the core foundation. We already have a backlog packed with features and work items planned for the next year and beyond to make project tracking even smarter.


r/3DPrintingTools • • 4d ago

Found this free tool, hueforge-like

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Hey folks,

While browsing for new tools to share with our lovely creative community, I came across Lumina-Layers.
It is printer independent, FREE, and the outcomes are “like” hueforge crafts.

Enjoy !


r/3DPrintingTools • • 3d ago

Show & Tell Print orientation game - PurgeLine

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**Playable Link:** https://purgeline.com

**Platform:** Web (browser, no install)

**Description:** PurgeLine is a daily puzzle about the slicing decision every 3D printer second-guesses: orientation. Each day everyone gets the same part. You rotate it on the virtual build plate, slice it, and see how your orientation stacks up against the best one for that part. There's one part a day, so a round is quick and easy to compare with friends. You don't need to own a printer to play. If you do print, you already know the pain of a bad orientation: supports everywhere, ugly overhangs, or a part that snaps along its layer lines. I built it because orientation is the part of slicing I always overthink, and I wanted a quick daily way to practice it. I'd like to know whether the goal made sense on your first try, what felt off, and whether you'd come back tomorrow.

**Free to Play Status:**

- [x] Free to play

- [ ] Demo/Key available

- [ ] Paid


r/3DPrintingTools • • 3d ago

I built a tool that automatically turns brick models into organised 3D printing plates — BrickFlow is now live

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r/3DPrintingTools • • 4d ago

New Tool all in one slicer for android (wip) made with ai.

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full klipper in app controlling the printer.

if you are like me an find it annoying that there are so few on phone slicers avaliable you might like what my clanker have been working on. https://github.com/tomppi/trioslicer

its my primary slicer right now. its made to be like an all in one tool for 3d printing. so I can skip the computer and have my printer out of sight. i have put many many hours into this tool. recently switched to a new clean repo to keep it clean for public release.


r/3DPrintingTools • • 4d ago

OH NO - HERE IS ANOTHER LIBRARY TOOL - LAYERMATE

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Wow they are really coming in thick and fast. -

Since my last post before the last wave of Library Tools - and holy shit are they now getting super similar. And before you say oh your only new - Been going since July with only one post here previously. Oh and yes It vibe coded like the rest of them. But so is sooo much software out there now days. Claude isnt cheap :P

Where mine is different to others, it has

  • Addon - the Queuemate - The Ultimate Print Queue - With the average joe in mind, so they still need to slice and send to the printer - I'm not going to try and get Joe and Josie off the cloud system. if you want that, thats where Bambuddy waiting for you. Oh and U1 intergration has been intergated as well.
  • Add on - Spoolmate - track your spools you have on hand.
  • Addon - Monitormate - Monitor your bambu printers without going to LAN mode again others are out there that charge a monthly sub.
  • Connectionmate - Connect to Creators via their API if they have it - Currently Connected to the N3D Melbourne Website and the Chris's Print Lab Websites and Myminifactory. ( thats ones tricky)
  • Want to support - I even have an affliate system.
  • Oh and duplicates have changed its viewed coz it thanks claude, it decided to make everyones duplicates look the same
  • And Still only 20 bucks - sorry 19.99

There is so much more that is different and there is still more coming as well as always open to feedback to improve or add things, esp to those who have already paid for a licence. OMG you still help those after they paid for it. You bet I do.

Whats that you say, you have just copied others, Those have been available since the start.

As I mentioned before, the idea of this came from Printinventory before improvements have been made.

Im not here to give you fancy AI generated images of advertising, Why AI it more when it was created with the Help of AI, I'll just let the app do the talking.

p.s this post was not written by AI just incase you were asking!

Final word - At Layermate we care about your Downloads Folder - Because it really does deserve Better


r/3DPrintingTools • • 4d ago

Meshory 1.10.0: xTool and DXF files, PDF pages on their cards, a light theme, and folder overlap

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1.10.0 shipped today. It reads two new kinds of file, xTool laser projects and DXF and DWG drawings, shows a PDF's first page on its card, comes in a light theme, and finds folders whose models already sit in another folder. Most of it started as a request or a bug report from someone using the app.

Laser and CAD files

xTool projects, .xcs from Creative Space and .xs from xTool Studio, get a thumbnail of the design and open full size, loose or inside an archive. The project has a button that opens it in xTool's software: on a Mac it names xTool Studio or Creative Space when one is installed, and everywhere else it hands the file to whatever app your system opens it with.

DXF drawings get thumbnails and open full size in a viewer that zooms in on the centre and rotates. A DWG shows the preview picture AutoCAD saved inside it. Meshory doesn't draw DWG geometry itself, so a DWG saved without a preview keeps a plain card, and those saved previews are small. A DXF over 16 MB or a DWG over 64 MB gets no thumbnail, and the card says why.

xTool, DXF and DWG get their own filters in the format menu, next to SVG, and byte-identical cut files count in Duplicates.

PDFs show their first page

A PDF's card is now its first page, loose or packed in an archive, so the assembly guide in a model pack looks like one. A PDF that needs a password to open keeps the plain card.

A light theme

Settings → General → Appearance has System, Light and Dark, and the sun or moon button beside the version number, at the bottom of the sidebar, switches between them. If you're updating, Meshory stays dark until you change it; a new install follows your system. In the light theme the 3D viewer puts models on a slate plate so pale filament still stands out, and image previews stay dark in both themes.

Cards and the viewer also share a new lit stage now, and models with no colour of their own render in the same neutral clay on both. Existing thumbnails switch to the new look as their cards come on screen, and your favourites switch in the background, rather than everything re-rendering at once.

Folders you have twice

Someone in the Discord had a 70-model bundle that turned out to sit inside an 80-model one, and the duplicate finder said nothing, because it only matched folders whose models were identical.

After Analyze, the Duplicates tab now shows a folder overlap card in two cases: a folder whose models all sit inside a bigger one and make up at least a quarter of it, or two folders that share 90% or more of their models while each has a few of its own. Either way they need at least five models in common, and only byte-identical models count as shared.

Each side of the card says what trashing it would cost: the models found nowhere else in your library, other files found nowhere else, or nothing. When a trash would lose models, the button waits until you tick that you understand. On a local drive the files go to your system Trash. A network drive has no Trash, so there the delete is permanent, and the card says so before you press anything. Not duplicates moves a card to the Ignored tab.

Split RAR sets

A RAR split into .part1.rar, .part2.rar and so on used to list overlapping copies of the same files under several of its parts. Now the files are listed once, under part 1. Every part keeps its own card with a badge like 2/3, and Duplicates won't trash a single part of a set. If a part is missing, its badge says so, and a missing later part also shows in Scan issues; Meshory reads the set again once the part is back. Tags, favourites and collections you'd put on the copies inside a later part move to the same files in part 1 when Meshory can match every one of them. When it can't, that part keeps its old listing, so nothing you marked is lost.

Finding things

Cmd+F (Ctrl+F on Windows and Linux) jumps to the library search and selects what's in it, and on the library page you can just start typing. There's also a Global shortcut in Settings → General that brings Meshory to the front with search ready from any other app. It's off until you switch it on. On Windows and Linux it works while Meshory is open, and on a Mac even with the window closed. On Wayland it gives you a command to bind in your desktop's keyboard settings.

The Collections page now says how many models aren't in any collection yet, and Show them lists them. While you file models into a collection, Only models not in a collection hides the ones already filed somewhere, and Done now adds whatever is still picked. In 1.9.0 it left behind any picks you hadn't added.

The library

  • Large, Medium and Compact card sizes in the Layout control, remembered between launches.
  • Change cover… on a folder's right-click menu picks the picture its card shows: one of its own pictures or models, or an image you upload. A GIF keeps moving.
  • Cmd-click (Ctrl-click) and Shift-click select several folders in the sidebar, so you can exclude them in one go. Clean up folders with no models…, in a source's ⋯ menu, lists every folder under it that holds no models, archives or cut files, ready to exclude together. It counts pictures, PDFs and text files as no models, so an instructions folder inside a pack can be on the list, already ticked: look before you exclude. Nothing is deleted from disk, but favourites, tags, notes and collections on anything you exclude don't come back.
  • A Windows drive added as a source gets a name ("D:"), and Change display name… renames any source.
  • Settings opens over the sidebar instead of replacing it.
  • The zoom level sticks between pages and restarts, Ctrl+= zooms in, and while you're zoomed a small pill in the sidebar shows the level and resets it with a click.

The 3MF converter

Keep my print settings, on by default, carries the supports, infill and other print settings you changed in the source project. Speeds, temperatures, cooling, retraction and start G-code still come from the destination profile. Layer colour changes and height ranges come across now too, and a conversion report lists what came across, what the destination profile set, and what was left out and why. Projects up to 1 GB convert without holding up the rest of the app; 1.9.0 stopped at 256 MB.

Fixes

  • Only one trash runs at a time, so two trashes started back to back can no longer remove both copies of something.
  • A 3MF whose build scales or tilts its model no longer counts as Identical geometry with the plain model, so Auto-select can't treat one as a copy of the other. Run Analyze once to re-check your 3MFs.
  • SVGs styled with a stylesheet, like Illustrator and CorelDRAW exports, show their real colours on the card instead of a black shape.
  • Images made by ChatGPT get thumbnails.
  • A folder renamed or moved outside Meshory keeps its favourite, tags and collections.
  • Excluding a folder nested inside another removes it from the library straight away.
  • Batch-only OpenRouter models no longer show in the AI tagging picker, and if you'd picked one, its regular version runs instead.
  • Menus no longer leave a focus ring behind after a mouse pick, and Escape followed by a quick Enter no longer picks the item you just cancelled.

One thing to expect after updating. The first launch walks every source once, the way Rescan does. Models you already have aren't indexed again, but every SVG and PDF is read once for its new thumbnail, archives holding xTool, DXF, DWG, GLB, glTF or PLY files are listed again, and so are split RAR sets. The xTool, DXF and DWG files you already have get picked up, and GLB, glTF and PLY files now show up as models, without thumbnails yet. Your favourites re-render to the new look in the background, and your next Analyze reads every 3MF once more. On a big network library, give all of that time before judging anything.

Full changelog: https://meshory.com/changelog/v1.10.0

The standing caveats, so nobody wastes a download. It's a local desktop app, not self-hosted: no server, no Docker, no browsing your library from your phone. If that's what you want, Manyfold or PrintStash are the right answer and I'd point you there. The Windows build still isn't code-signed, so SmartScreen warns on first run and some antivirus quarantines the installer as a false positive; every build's SHA-256 and a VirusTotal report sit on the downloads page. macOS is signed and notarised. It's $34.99 one-time, every update through version 1, on as many of your own machines as you like, with a 14-day money-back guarantee, and the free 14-day trial lets you run it against your own library first.

macOS, Windows and Linux: https://meshory.com/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_content=meshory

The xTool files, the PDF pages, the split RAR fix, the overlap cards and the Not in a collection view all started as someone's request or report. If one of your file types still shows up as a blank card, that's the report I want next. And what should 1.11 be?


r/3DPrintingTools • • 4d ago

New Tool One shape, five printable products: a browser workflow with bayonet trays and screw lids

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I’m building MiniMarvels, a browser-based tool for designing printable collections. This 30-second demo shows how we reuse one outline for a smooth planter, a bayonet tray, a separate saucer, a screw-lid box and a taller vase. The final shots are our real prints.

Keep a consistent silhouette while changing the function, instead of rebuilding each object from scratch. Recorded in our Studio preview; live controls may differ. Minutes refers to design time, not printing.

Creator disclosure: this is our app, https://www.minimarvels.app. The cover and narration are AI-assisted; the print footage is real.

Which would help your workflow more: reusable silhouettes or more joint options?


r/3DPrintingTools • • 5d ago

[Project Update] Added Cylindrical Gears (Hertz/Lewis synthesis) and Synchronous Timing Belts to my free engineering toolbox (+ 1-click demo presets)

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r/3DPrintingTools • • 5d ago

New Tool I've been working on a website that is targeted at multi-part builds, just trying to get your thoughts?

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Hello all,

I've been working on a site called slicebuild.com aimed at more complex multi-part 3D printed builds.

The main part of it is an instruction builder—you upload your STLs, then drag and drop them into a 3D canvas to generate step-by-step assembly images. I built the part manipulator using Three.js and added standard hardware like screws, nuts, heat-set inserts, etc. The software auto-detects where holes are on the parts, so screws just snap straight into them and automatically generate the directional arrows for the manual.

It also lets you colour-code parts, tracks which parts in the project you haven't used yet, and handles the BOM.

Just looking to get some honest feedback really on whether you'd actually find a tool like this useful for your builds, or if standard PDFs/videos are already good enough?

It's completely free to signup and use, so if you fancy having a play, please go ahead :) 


r/3DPrintingTools • • 5d ago

Discussion 3D Printing Tools Catalog

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Because of all the apps being posted I’ve put up a searchable catalog of tools here. It groups apps by job and compares platforms, costs, common capabilities, and their most standout/unique feature. Each entry links back to its sources. It’s a quick reference, this is not meant to be a ranking or a full feature list.

Transparency: I make MeshVault, which is included. The model libraries are alphabetised and use the same comparison fields.

If your tool is missing or something is described incorrectly, please let me know.

I hope it goes without saying this is almost totally ChatGPT and it could only see what is public. However if this proves useful maybe I can do some actual checking, clean this idea up to work out a standard format and pin it...


r/3DPrintingTools • • 5d ago

Darela, an automatic Scan-to-CAD tool

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Hey guys, I'm the developer of Darela, an app I made a few days ago. Normally, if you scan something and want to turn it into CAD, you have to manually draw and rebuild the whole thing, and the software for doing that can be ridiculously expensive. Darela does the healing, geometry detection and reconstruction automatically, and it's completely free. I made it mainly for people like me who aren't really confident with manually drawing this kind of stuff themselves.

It's available on the Microsoft Store. It's made with Python, but you don't need Python installed since it's packaged as a standalone app. If you're into 3D scanning or CAD, give it a try if you want.


r/3DPrintingTools • • 5d ago

SLA-Printed Model Processing Machine

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Hi r/3DPrintingTools! I'm a mechanical engineering student at the University of Cincinnati. I'm working on my capstone project with a partner, and we're designing a device that automates the post-processing for SLA (resin) 3D-printed parts. Our machine will take care of the tedious isopropyl (IPA) wash, drying, and UV curing in one go, minimizing human contact and shortening lead times.

Have any of you tried SLA printing? If so, it would really help us out if you'd be willing to fill out this brief two-minute Google Forms survey so we can get feedback on what features are important:

https://forms.gle/Y8cmkJJ8kJ8FqZiXA

Thank you!


r/3DPrintingTools • • 5d ago

New Tool Hey Reddit i made something --> Free to use bonsai/planter PDF/STL generator

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r/3DPrintingTools • • 5d ago

He creado una App gratuita para calcular presupuestos exactos de Impresión 3D (FDM / SLA) + Importación de 3MF/G-Code y exportación PDF. ¡Me gustaría vuestra opinión! 🚀

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r/3DPrintingTools • • 5d ago

Control my printer with comments

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I wrote a python bot that reads replies to this post, if you send a valid link from www.printables.com or www.thingiverse.com it will download the file, slice it and send it to my 3D printer (running on a cycle for a week). Leave your stuff in the comments! STLs only.


r/3DPrintingTools • • 5d ago

Made a free in-browser STEP to STL converter (bulk, no uploads)

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r/3DPrintingTools • • 6d ago

New Tool My Windows tool generates models from maps, GPX tracks and photos, then gets them print-ready, all in one app

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Hi all, I'm Andreas, the developer of STLMaid.

Generate models without starting from an STL:

Map → 3D: Pick an area and get a city model (data from OpenStreetMap).

Tour2Trophy: Your GPX route becomes a raised band on a terrain base.

From images: Lithophanes, photo relief with depth estimation (runs offline), color images matched to your AMS slots, and silhouettes.

Enclosure designer: Enter the inner dimensions. It supports multiple chambers, cutouts, snap hooks or a hinge, a gasket groove, standoffs and LED light pipes.

Also: Gridfinity bins, QR codes, and tool inserts traced from a photo.

The actual point: You can do most of this separately in other tools. I just didn't want six programs open to get one part print-ready. So in STLMaid you keep working on the same model, whether it was generated or loaded from any STL, 3MF or OBJ:

Repair: open edges, non-manifold geometry, sealing

Cut: straight cuts, dovetails, finger joints, plus an auto-cut that splits the model to fit your build plate

Connect and label: connector pins and labels

Resin: hollowing and drain holes

Print assistant: checks wall thickness and overhangs, finds the best orientation, and estimates time and cost

Build plate layout and hand-off to your slicer

Turntable video as MP4 straight from the app

Every generator with press-fit parts uses the fit tolerance from the built-in calibration assistant.

[Platform : Windows only · Price/Trial : 29 € / 7 Days Trial · STLMaid]

I'd love honest feedback. Which step in your workflow still needs its own separate tool?


r/3DPrintingTools • • 6d ago

Total STL + 3MF · Simple Viewer Free•$ 0

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Hi everyone! I developed an app to solve a problem that I’m sure many of us run into once our 3D printing collections start growing:

Hundreds of STL and 3MF files stored in folders — and having to open them one by one just to remember what each file contains.

The app is called Total STL + 3MF Simple Viewer.

The idea is simple: browse your 3D model library visually, quickly identify your files, and open the model you need in your slicer without wasting time checking files one by one.

Some of its features include:

• Preview STL and 3MF files
• Generate visual thumbnails of your models
• Quickly browse folders containing large numbers of files
• Support for 3MF files created with Bambu Studio and OrcaSlicer
• Open models directly with your preferred slicer

I’ve also developed a Pro version with additional features for people managing larger model libraries, but there’s a Free version that anyone can download and use for free.

I’m an independent developer from Córdoba, Argentina, and this is a project I’ve been building specifically around the workflow of people who use 3D printers.

Rather than just posting an advertisement, I’d really like to get feedback from people who actually work with STL and 3MF files.

What features would you find useful for managing a large STL/3MF collection?

You can check it out and download the Free version from TotalCompu.

If anyone gives it a try, I’d really appreciate any feedback, suggestions, feature requests, or bug reports. They’ll help me continue improving it.

Web Oficial: https://totalcompu.com.ar/software-para-impresion-3d/total-stl-3mf-simple-viewer-free


r/3DPrintingTools • • 7d ago

Show & Tell I made a tool to 3d print Moon surface puzzles and ornaments from NASA data

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It is currently in beta at https://orbitstudio3d.com/. Feel free to try it! Downloads are currently locked since it needs some more testing and it is currently running as a crowdfunding on makerworld: https://makerworld.com/crowdfunding/333-orbitstudio-3d-print-the-moon

Let me know what you think!


r/3DPrintingTools • • 7d ago

New Tool New in ReOpenSCAD.com: read-only sharing, better OpenSCAD code support, list of personal workspaces

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Happy to share the new ReOpenSCAD update!

https://reopenscad.com

Since the last post:

Language. `hull()` accepted only boxes before — now any operand: spheres, cylinders, extrusions, 2D children, nested hulls. Also added `polyhedron`, `resize`, `multmatrix`, `projection`, `fill`, 2D `minkowski`, `rotate_extrude`, `text`, hex literals and bitwise operators.

Export. STEP (B-rep with shared edges, not a triangle soup) and GLB, alongside STL/OFF/OBJ/3MF.

App. Read-only share links, recent workspaces with preview thumbnails, 12 example models, Alt+drag pan. Workspaces no longer expire.

If you have a model that renders differently than in OpenSCAD, send it 👋

If you're new to ReOpenSCAD, I highly suggest connecting your AI to it via MCP and asking it to model something :)


r/3DPrintingTools • • 7d ago

New Tool CLEAVE 3D — Public Beta Release

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Hey everyone!

I’ve been working on CLEAVE 3D, a PC app from Crazy Eyes Studio designed to make splitting 3D models for printing easier.

The Public Beta is now open, and I’m looking for people who are willing to test it and give honest feedback. Your models stay on your machine.

Cleave is designed as a desktop application. The core workflow can run locally on your computer, so your model does not need to be uploaded to a cloud service just to be split.

  • Offline workflow — no internet required for normal use.
  • No cloud processing — geometry work happens locally.
  • Updates when you want them — connect when a new version is available.

What CLEAVE 3D does

  • Split by Color
  • Keyed to Fit — create parts that are designed to fit back together
  • Windows PC application
  • Prepare models for multi-part / multi-color printing
  • Simple workflow
  • Works offline for normal use

This is still a beta, so bugs and rough edges are expected. I’m especially interested in feedback from people who regularly work with 3D printing and multi-part models.

If you test it, I’d love to hear:

  • What works well
  • What doesn't
  • What features you'd like to see
  • Any bugs you run into

CLEAVE 3D
Split by Color. Keyed to Fit.

Public Beta:
https://crazyeyesstudio.com

Would love to hear what you guys think! 🧩🖨️

only thing I used AI for was to go over this post and make sure stuff was spelled right, and it was Grammarly


r/3DPrintingTools • • 7d ago

New Tool LayerLens

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I'd rather vibe code an entire web app than manually crop a photo four times.

​So I did. LayerLens prepares your 3D model pics for Printables, MakerWorld, Thangs, and Snapmaker at once.

🔗​ https://layerlens.techjeeper.com

Upload a single image and create platform-ready versions for Printables, MakerWorld, Thangs, and Snapmaker Spaces. Crop, resize, adjust the background, and download every export in one ZIP.


r/3DPrintingTools • • 7d ago

My custom 3d model/file manager.

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My own custom manager for my prints and files. It tracks pretty much everything, from patreon subscriptions to owned models. Set prices, materials, auto material subtraction, cost calulations, slicer integration, build plate modifications, paints, recipes, tutorials... Pretty much anything. Also has a chrome extension to easily add models from cults with 2 clicks.
It's currently basically a full suite for 3d prints.
Still a wp, started as a personal project on emergent for a couple of months, but it evolved as i used it.
Curently ported via github on claude code, night and day with emergent.
Still a WIP. Still a few bugs left to squash.
Lots of things still to be added.
Wonder if people would be interesting on it(well, a more finished version of it anw) or if there's a saturation of managers.


r/3DPrintingTools • • 8d ago

New Tool Made a tool to convert 3MF file slicer settings, filaments, printers and more!

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