Help & FAQ

A library of 3D-print files that carry a real, tested slicer profile. Browsing and searching are open to everyone. Verification is open to every printer our file checker recognises — every verified profile on the site today happens to be a Snapmaker U1.

Two separate checks, and a listing can hold either, both or neither. The file check: our server opens the file and confirms it carries a genuine, print-ready slicer profile, then names the printer that profile targets — so a U1 file reads ✓ U1. The print photo: a photograph from the maker, confirmed by a moderator as a real print rather than a render. Neither can be bought or self-granted, and they are counted separately on the verified page. The tag says whose print it is: unlabelled means the design's own creator printed it, and «another maker» means someone else did. On a listing that links to another site, it is always someone else — the creator is named on the source.

Yes — downloading a file needs a free account. Browsing, searching, filtering and the 3D preview need no account at all. Brand-new accounts can take a few files a day for their first day — that is what stops one person making many accounts to copy the library, and it lifts by itself.

Only designs marked 18+ ask for that, and only once per account. Until 24 August 2026 the step applied to every download; it now applies only where it is meant to.

Sort by Trending, Downloaded, Newest or Random, and filter by category, tag, printer brand and color count. Search understands a few operators: "an exact phrase" in quotes, -word to leave something out, and tag:name to match a tag exactly.

Those are aggregated links: the file lives on Printables, MakerWorld or Thingiverse, and the listing credits the original maker. The card shows the source and the page links straight to it. Only files hosted here can carry the file check, because there is no file here to read.

Upload it, or link to it on another site. Add a cover photo, a category, and tags. If you attach a tested profile, include a proof-of-print photo. Submissions are reviewed before they go public.

Upload a file that carries a real slicer profile and the file check runs by itself. The print photo is separate: post a make with a photograph of the finished print, and a moderator confirms it.

Yes. On any published design, share the print settings you used — they are attached to that design and credited to you.

Yes. A design can be set so its files need your approval: the listing stays public, and people ask for access.

You can put your own payment link on your listing, and buyers pay you directly. MakerRun is not part of the transaction and takes no cut — see the terms for what that means for both sides.

Signed-in makers can like a design, comment, and post a make (a photo of your own print of it). Your activity shows on your public maker profile.

Use the Report this file link on the design page (no sign-in needed). We review every report.

Each file shows its license. See the licenses page for what each one allows. Always respect the original creator's terms.

Multicolor files from MakerWorld, Bambu, Printables and Thingiverse are sliced for other printers (usually Bambu's AMS). The converter swaps the foreign printer profile for the real Snapmaker U1 profile, maps the painted colors onto the U1's 4 slots, keeps the original colors, and fixes the filament-change pauses.

For Bambu Lab files with 4 colors or fewer, importing into Snapmaker Orca often does carry the colors over — for that case it's fine. The converter matters when Import falls short: PrusaSlicer and Creality files import as 'geometry only' and the painted colors are dropped; the prime tower keeps non-U1 settings (a common cause of multicolor failures); the source printer's profile and speeds come along; files with more than 4 colors aren't reduced or mixed; and by-layer color files don't get the spool-swap pauses. BedReady handles all of that in one click and shows a 'what changed' report.

No. The converter runs entirely in your browser — your file never leaves your device. There's an optional server converter for very large files; even that processes in memory and stores nothing.

.3mf files from MakerWorld, Bambu Studio, PrusaSlicer, OrcaSlicer (including the Snapmaker Orca fork), and Creality Print. Plain STL/OBJ have no color data, so there's nothing to convert.

Yes — open the converted file in Snapmaker Orca and re-slice it. The converter sets up the profile, colors, and pauses; Orca generates the actual G-code.

Usually not. Floating bits or gaps almost always come from the original model (common with HueForge-style or hollowed designs), not the conversion — the geometry is passed through untouched.

Clean for U1 is the main one: the real U1 profile plus your colors mapped to the 4 slots. Import to current printer just strips the foreign profile so you pick colors in your own slicer. Geometry .STL exports the shape only, without colors.

For very large models we skip the live 3D preview to stay responsive — conversion still works on the full model. If the browser struggles, an optional convert-on-our-server button appears.

The U1 has 4 slots, so the converter reduces to the 4 closest colors by default. Or turn on Full Spectrum to approximate the extra colors by mixing your 4 physical filaments.

It dithers your 4 loaded filaments to fake additional colors, so a 6- or 8-color model can print with just 4 spools. You choose the 4 physical colors and the converter computes the mixes. It works best for areas of solid color; very fine detail mixes less cleanly.

Yes — use the ◀ ▶ buttons under each slot to rearrange them to match how your filaments are physically loaded. The print stays identical; only the slot positions change.

For files that change color by layer height, the converter inserts pauses so the U1 stops and lets you swap filament by hand at each change. You'll see the swap plan after converting.

Yes. When a file has multiple parts or plates, the preview lets you step through them by plate, by part, or all at once.

For multi-part files, it downloads a .zip with each part as its own single-plate file — re-centered on the bed and converted independently, so each file's 4 slots hold only that part's colors. Print them one at a time, swapping filament between parts.

Yes — it adds a “→ U1” button right on the download page at MakerWorld, Bambu, Printables and Thingiverse. Like the site, it converts in your browser and uploads nothing.

Yes — BedReady for Desktop, free for macOS, Windows and Linux. It runs the converter and the workflow tools offline, and can sync the designs you have saved here.

Yes — a versioned REST API under makerrun.com/api/v1, documented at docs.makerrun.com. It is what the desktop app and the Khayt app are built on.

Passwordless — enter your email on the login page and click the magic link we send. No password to remember.

Yes, on your account page — an authenticator app plus recovery codes to keep somewhere safe. Once it is on, the website and the API both ask for it.

Yes. You get an in-app bell for activity on your files, plus optional emails. Toggle the emails off anytime on your account page.

On your account page — set a display name, bio, and avatar. This is what other makers see.

Yes, free. We collect as little as possible and never sell your data — see the privacy policy.

No. It's an independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Snapmaker, Bambu Lab, or MakerWorld.