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Printytron
Create 3D prints by describing them. Download the STL.
Printytron shortens the distance between "I need a thing" and a file on the print bed, for everyone, at any skill level. Describe what you need. Explore the 3D preview. Refine by chatting. Download the STL, or send the link to a friend with a printer. Printy applies print best practices automatically, she's building for a print bed, not a screen. Multi-part models, 1,000+ fonts, and a public gallery where every model is remixable. Free, no login. Register (still free) for much higher limits.
The actual printing of stuff isn't the effort/time consuming part.
The printer does its job in an hour. Getting to a file it can print is where the evening goes... hunting Thingiverse for something close enough, tweaking someone else's model, or spending hours in CAD for something to keep you moving in a project.
Printytron exists to shorten that distance, for anyone, at any skill level. If you own a printer and don't want to spend an evening in Fusion 360 or OnShape or whatever for a tripod adapter for some obscure old camera - describe it, check the preview, download the STL, get back to the actual project. You can be specific with Printy too, she's capable of handling specific dimensions and measurements.
If you don't own a printer at all but you know someone who does, you can make the file yourself and send them a link, which turns "can you design and print me a thing" into "can you print this." Which is a different ask entirely!
The other big reason this exists: I wanted to build a product with no commercial pressure on it at all. No pricing page, no growth targets, no roadmap items I personally didn't choose. Just my love for the craft of making products which people like using.
It's free and I don't have any plans to change that. If the bill I'm personally funding becomes unmanageable, I'll try to work out a way which doesn't involve charging users, but that'd be a good problem to have and I have ideas if we get to it.
If you try it, the thing I most want to know is where did you feel points of friction? Where did you think to yourself "Oh I wish it could do XYZ...".
And obviously, please report bugs! This is my first Product Hunt launch, so I expect it'll have some rough edges.
About Printytron on Product Hunt
“Create 3D prints by describing them. Download the STL.”
Printytron was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 11 upvotes and 5 comments, placing #41 on the daily leaderboard. Printytron shortens the distance between "I need a thing" and a file on the print bed, for everyone, at any skill level. Describe what you need. Explore the 3D preview. Refine by chatting. Download the STL, or send the link to a friend with a printer. Printy applies print best practices automatically, she's building for a print bed, not a screen. Multi-part models, 1,000+ fonts, and a public gallery where every model is remixable. Free, no login. Register (still free) for much higher limits.
On the analytics side, Printytron competes within 3D Printer, Artificial Intelligence and 3D Modeling — topics that collectively have 486.9k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Printytron performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Printytron?
Printytron was hunted by Cadell Falconer. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Printytron including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Cadell Falconer