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How to Design Your First 3D Print
Last updated October 2026 You can design something to 3D print for free in under an hour using Tinkercad. It runs in your browser, needs no download and is made...
How to Design Your First 3D Print
Last updated October 2026 You can design something to 3D print for free in under an hour using Tinkercad. It runs in your browser, needs no download and is made...
What Can You 3D Print? 20 Useful Ideas
Last updated October 2026 You can 3D print almost anything that fits in a 256mm cubed box. Here are 20 ideas to get you started. Every one can be printed...
What Can You 3D Print? 20 Useful Ideas
Last updated October 2026 You can 3D print almost anything that fits in a 256mm cubed box. Here are 20 ideas to get you started. Every one can be printed...
What’s the Biggest Thing You Can 3D Print?
Short answer: we can print parts up to 256 × 256 × 256 mm in one piece. That’s about the size of a basketball. Bigger models can be split into...
What’s the Biggest Thing You Can 3D Print?
Short answer: we can print parts up to 256 × 256 × 256 mm in one piece. That’s about the size of a basketball. Bigger models can be split into...
3D Printed Maps: Your Favourite Place in 3D
Last updated October 2026 Turn any place in the world into a 3D printed map. Your home town, a mountain you’ve climbed, a race track or where you got engaged....
3D Printed Maps: Your Favourite Place in 3D
Last updated October 2026 Turn any place in the world into a 3D printed map. Your home town, a mountain you’ve climbed, a race track or where you got engaged....
STL vs STEP vs 3MF: Which File Should You Upload?
Last updated October 2026 Short answer: upload a 3MF if you have one, a STEP if you designed it in CAD, and an STL for everything else. Rapid3D.ie accepts all...
STL vs STEP vs 3MF: Which File Should You Upload?
Last updated October 2026 Short answer: upload a 3MF if you have one, a STEP if you designed it in CAD, and an STL for everything else. Rapid3D.ie accepts all...
Broken Plastic Part? We Can Print a New One
Something broke? Don’t throw it out. A lot of broken things just need one small plastic part. We can print a new one for you. Things we can replace: Battery...
Broken Plastic Part? We Can Print a New One
Something broke? Don’t throw it out. A lot of broken things just need one small plastic part. We can print a new one for you. Things we can replace: Battery...