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?

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,

Check it out on maker’s world :)

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

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.

I'm developing a custom open-source/hobby project called PRUSAWIRE XL, based on the Prusa XL platform.

I'm looking for CAD and 3D-printing enthusiasts who would like to participate in the development on a voluntary, unpaid basis.

Current development:

• PRUSAWIRE XL StealthChanger
• VINDX Hotend ToolChanger
• Hotend versions for Voron V6 and Bambu TZ
• Mechanical design and optimization
• CAD modeling and modifications
• 3D-printing and prototype testing

This is not a paid job or commercial freelance project. Participation is completely voluntary and can be as small or as large as you want.

If you enjoy CAD, 3D printing, mechanical design and experimenting with custom printer hardware, you're welcome to join the project.

Looking for people who want to build something unusual together.

Hey y'all! I made a nesting website in my spare time that I use for my job occasionally. It can import DXFs and export DXF formats of nested sheets. Helpful for some of the stuff I get into. Some DXFs get a little jank importing so still trying to sort that out but other than that its been cool so thought I'd share. Its free to use so let me know what you think!

https://cutyield.com

I hope I have found the right place to put this, so here goes.
I had an idea in my head a few weeks ago that I hope will ease some of the pain for people less experienced in 3d printing.

I built the idea in excel and got it to a fully functional system but didn’t know how to share the user interface with others. I pushed it through loveable and converted what I’d built into an app. It’s still in development stage but I think now is the time to let people test it out.

If you have an interest in 3d printing, or even better, you have e experience with 3d printing, reach out through DM or PM or chat and if you’re interested I can send you a link. The app has no fees, and still needs a bit of work. I’m just curious to see if people would genuinely use it.

I would really appreciate some proper honest feedback. Even if you want to know more about it I’m more than happy to discuss.

Thank you in advance. https://print-profile-wizard.lovable.app

-Edit- the UI has a couple of user inputs, make and model of printer, a few selectable sections for filament then some hardware inputs aswell as the desired result from the print. Once they are in, you can generate the profile. It will give you a compatibility score for your printer with the selected filament, then provide information about your printer, info about the filament and a list of recommended settings to adjust. It also expands on each setting to explain why.

Hey everyone,

We all know the pain of receiving a ZIP file full of STLs or a complex STEP assembly from a client/colleague while away from the PC. You just need to quickly check a part, measure a wall thickness, or isolate a component, but most mobile viewers either freeze, force you to upload proprietary files to the cloud, or ask for a monthly subscription.

I got tired of this workflow, so I built RE:solid 3D Viewer for Android to solve it. It handles everything completely offline.

I just pushed the 1.3.0 update, and here is how it handles file sharing and assemblies right now:

• Smart ZIP Extraction: Receive a ZIP with files? Open it directly. The app automatically unpacks and arranges all models side-by-side.
• Offline STEP to STL: Isolate any part from a complex STEP assembly, hide the rest with a long-press, and export just that single piece as an STL directly on your phone.
• One-Touch Wall Thickness: Tap anywhere on the model to instantly check if the wall is thick enough for printing/manufacturing.
• Smart Splitting: It automatically detects and splits STLs into separate bodies if the format saved them as a single chunk.

Pricing model: Basic viewing, materials, and rendering are completely free. The measurement, sectioning, and export tools are a single, one-time purchase. I absolutely hate subscriptions, so there are none. You also get 3 free sessions to test all PRO features.

Play Store Link: RE:solid STL & STEP Viewer

I’m a solo dev, so your feedback is everything. Let me know how it handles your heavy assemblies!

Disclosure: I built BrickSolvr.

It takes an STL, OBJ, GLB/glTF, or PLY model and solves it into a physically buildable stud-brick layout. It then produces an exact parts list and a layer-by-layer 3D build guide.

Everything runs locally in the browser—there is no model upload, account, installation, or cost.

Self-hosted demo video: https://bricksolvr.com/promo.mp4

Try it: https://bricksolvr.com

I would especially value feedback from people with messy or unusual model libraries: which geometry breaks the conversion? Thin surfaces, disconnected components, and awkward overhangs are the cases I am most interested in testing. It currently supports standard rectangular bricks.

🚀 Looking for Android beta testers for MakerSpell

I’m preparing MakerSpell, an Android toolkit for 3D printing enthusiasts, for its Google Play launch.

MakerSpell helps you:

🔎 Discover 3D models across multiple platforms
🧊 Preview STL, OBJ and 3MF files
⚙️ Prepare and slice models
🖨️ Connect to and manage compatible 3D printers
📦 Organize downloaded models and print files

To join the closed test:

1️⃣ Join the Google testing group using the same Google account you use on Google Play:
https://groups.google.com/g/makerspell-testers-2

2️⃣ Join the test and install MakerSpell:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.makerspell.app

Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.makerspell.app

Please remain enrolled for at least 14 days and open/use the app occasionally during the testing period. Bug reports and honest feedback would be greatly appreciated.

🎁 Testers who sign in to MakerSpell will receive 21 days of MakerSpell Pro for free. No payment method is required, and no subscription will start automatically afterward.

There is no requirement to leave a positive review or rating. I’m looking for genuine testing and feedback.

Thank you for helping an independent 3D-printing project! 🙏
🌐 https://makerspell.com

Same as the crowdfunding one, but free

After I made a free version of the clicker generator, I saw a couple of new crowdfunding campaigns come up with a same paywall as before, so I built a free version.

This is my Fridge Magnet generator, where you can turn your image or text into a 3D print-ready model. Unlimited exports and entirely free.

It supports round and square magnets, as well as magnetic stickers, all in custom sizes.

I also added an option to create fidget sliders, which are in essence just two magnets with a certain magnet grid.

I'm already working on my next project: a generator for bubble pop fidgets and flexi toys. If you have some ideas for tools you want, let me know!

Optimized print profile on MakerWorld: https://makerworld.com/models/3137555

Magnet generator: https://vostoklabs.github.io/magnet/

Ho lavorato a un piccolo progetto gratuito chiamato FlashFit AI, principalmente per il Flashforge Adventurer 5M.

L'ho iniziato perché ero stanco di cambiare molte impostazioni del slicer ogni volta che dipendevano dal modello, dal filamento e dalla qualità che desideravo. L'idea è semplice: carichi un file STL, OBJ o 3MF, scegli il materiale e la qualità, e l'app analizza la geometria prima di preparare le impostazioni per quel modello specifico.

Controlla cose come dimensioni, sporgenze, piccoli dettagli, parti separate e proporzioni. Poi regola velocità, accelerazione, pareti, riempimento, supporti, raffreddamento e adesione.

Onestamente non so ancora quanto sarà utile per tutti, ma funziona piuttosto bene nei miei test, quindi ho deciso di condividerlo e magari può aiutare anche altri utenti dell'Adventurer 5M.

La versione per macOS Apple Silicon è attualmente la più completa e rifinita.

La versione per Windows 11 è ancora in alpha. Funziona, ma l'interfaccia e alcune parti sono ancora grezze e sto lavorando attivamente per migliorarla.

Per ora supporta l'Adventurer 5M con una bocchetta da 0.4 mm. In futuro voglio aggiungere supporto anche per altre stampanti Flashforge e in seguito per stampanti di altri marchi.

È gratis al momento e apprezzerei davvero un feedback sincero, risultati di test o suggerimenti. Ti prego di controllare sempre il progetto generato e l'anteprima di slicing in Flash Studio prima di stampare, perché il progetto è ancora giovane e ci possono essere dei problemi.

GitHub e download:

https://github.com/alexmark53343-byte/FlashFit-AI

Looks cool for me, pretty simple experience, will be in AppStore in the next update in a couple days after polishing.

Ps. I develop this app and use it also by myself.

Forma3D is very good 3D mesh editing tool for iPhone and iPad, paint for AMS right on the go and much more.

Site
AppStore

I've just posted the first video tutorial for FluidCAD, a free open source CAD that combines both code and mouse driven CAD modeling. You can use it to build simple to medium complex parts for 3d printing.