Snapmaker Launches 3D Printing Repository With a Purpose

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Snapmaker Launches 3D Printing Repository With a Purpose

Where do you look for models to 3D print? Assuming you aren’t designing your own all the time, that is. It’s a question we asked a while ago (Bambu launched their own platform shortly after). And now there are even multiple sites promising to generate a perfect, 3D-printable model on demand. It seems an increasingly crowded space to launch a new platform into. But it seems Snapmaker isn’t one to back down from a challenge.

Today, Snapmaker announced the open beta of Snapmaker Space. They’ve built up a collection of 2,500 for launch, which seems like a decent number to start. To encourage contributors, they’re offering reward points for user-submitted designs that go viral. Designs that use multiple colors (ie, designs that play well to Snapmaker’s strengths) get extra points.


Featured image by Snapmaker. Model is Night Elf, shared by @SUN3D.

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Sam Freeman is an Online Editor at Make. He builds interactive art, collects retro tech, and tries to get robots to make things for him. Learn more at samtastic.co, or on socials @samdiyfreeman.

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