How to find FREE 3D Printing models using search engines
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- Trying to find the perfect model to 3D Print? Did you know you can search ALL the 3D Printing repositories at once? Using these search engines - you can!
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McMaster Carr also has a HUGE number of mechanical drawings you can download. I use it a lot to get screws when I'm doing digital prototyping and I'm being far too completionist.
McMaster is awesome for files
Definitely! I learned this a while back from an AVE video and it has been very helpful
mcmaster parts are not accurate especially there gears
I use them almost daily .😀
Exactly!!! If you have the skills you could bang together all the parts required to design a CNC machine in a couple of hours! The gears are very useful... but only if you know how to choose correct matching gears 😆
Yeggi! I've used them for years when I want to search for a particular thing across sites. They've been (and still are) an excellent resource!
A lot of lighting companies have 3D versions of their lamps and such on their website. I've used that when doing architectural renderings.
Neat! Makes sense if they want people to design around their products
This is awesome.
I really could not have got started in 3d printing with out you and your videos 5 years ago thanks mate
Cheers!
Agreed completely! Angus@MakersMuse, TeachingTech, CNCKitchen, ThomasSanlander…… The quality of the content and the guy’s at the center of it, just incredible teachers and not only their designs, but the content, video, lighting, damn all of it… Humbling. An incredible amount of work. THANK YOU ANGUS! Edited to add: Joining your community Angus! Great Idea! Looking forward to being a part of it!
Even though not for 3D printing, but I have been looking for search engines of this kind for ages, for a browser-based hyper-dimensional grid-dungeon-crawler game (like Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder, Bloodwych, just without absolute spacial connections between grid fields), in order to get appropriate looking NPCs, monsters, items and so on - and it seems that 3dmdb does give a lot more results than any other website I've come across over the last 12 months. I actually had to pause development for about 5 months now, because I was unable to find ANY suitable 3d models after a while, and at that time I only had like 3 or 4 okay-ish models... barely enough to do the stories I wanted to tell. So, thank you so much for this video, it helped me a lot! :)
Thanks so much like always ! Having more places to search is always GOOD.
Thanks, great info 👍🏼
Since this video there have been noteable advancements in learning based representations for meshes and scenes. Meaning we now have text to 3D retrieval and also image to 3D etc.
GrabCAD has been very useful for me to put references into Fusion360 and then model parts on top of that. Instead of sitting there with calipers recreating my own models.
This is exactly what I needed. I just got my ender put together and had no idea where to get files to try out.
I've been using Thangs, but it's good to know there are other options. I like having options. Thanks for sharing!
Excellent Video, just what i needed, Thank you for doing all the hard work!
The things in those search engines are licensed. looking at there sum of the searches to see what's been done is simple enough, knowing how to upload and sell is important. Supporting the community.
Very cool resourcing, and informative! Thanks Angus.
I didn't know about all of these - thanks for sharing!
Just echoing what has been said: McMaster is amazing for an immense amount of hardware. Strongly recommended. Haven't found a model that I couldn't use. Sometimes their modeling technique takes some getting used to but otherwise, very solid
McMaster is also really good for mechanical parts. Can either use the parts as part of a design or modify and print
Great video! For mechanical parts ServoCity have a STEP library of all their parts, I've printed gears/pulleys for bots before from there. Also, it's amazing how often "thing-I'm-looking-for stl" works as a google search
Ah nice! very handy.
Thanks mate! Good one! Cheers, Mick 🇦🇺
Thanks for this one. It's a HUGE time saver.
Awesome resource video, thank you Angus!!
Hey Angus, this was amazing, even after the 3 main sites. Worth watching the whole video
I didn't know about any of these. Thank you now I know what to do once the upgrades come in
Awesome video - very helpful- thank you 🙏
That’s a great list! It amazes me how poorly some of the larger 3D File sites run or are just bloated with ads (looking at you Cults, MMF, & Thingiverse)
I pretty much only use Printables & Patreon now… if only someone would make a 3D File Patreon repository
I'm all for supporting creators but yeah, keeping tabs on multiple patreons is a bit challenging! I much prefer buying models as required. Might do a supplementary video to this on how I handle paid models with gumroad etc.
I just don't even bother with Cults, images take waaaaaaay too long to load. It's just not worth the time.
Won’t be bloated with ads if you use and adblocker like everyone else
@@aminfozdar or you could be like thingiverse and block downloads if you have an adblocker haha
cults is apparently hosted on a 56K line or something of that sort, it's ridiculous how slow the site is.
That is really useful, I use Design Spark Mechanical as its free and I am just a home diy creator mostly designing parts for my son’s broken toys, diy house and car part repairs. It’s a shame dsm doesn’t import fusion or solid models, as that would open up a huge resource for low budget creators. Many thanks, great content.
Thank you for another helpful and informative video.
Great video as always 👍
Thanks for sharing your expirence with all of us 👍 😀
Helpfully info thank you
thanks Angus, very helpful as usual
Thangs has been a go to for me for a while now. It's often a lot cheaper & easier to find something there than on Turboquid or some other "proper" 3D model vendor.
Thanks Angus. I know this will help me locate more models.
I found I'm spending more time on my own 3D print designs than finding & printing other peoples designs. Though I do love seeing other people's 3D print designs, always looking for new ideas & ways of designing.
Nice, Thanks for this.
3d printing wouldn't be as big as it is today, if there wasn't so many models for free. If you would have to pay for every single model, people wouldn't like that. So..thanks a ton to every modeller. Very appreciated
The Grabcad homepage had what looked like a dual pinball ramp. 3D pinball playfield parts would be awesome.
I've always wanted to try that!
Did you see this: th-cam.com/video/oUE3zWnZbTo/w-d-xo.html
I just wish I had the space for it 😞
Thank you for this!!
Thank you for this.
Best reference video … thanks!
Great information, thank you!
Very helpful - Thanks!
super helpful, thanks
Hello from Tampa, Florida! Thanks for the video, great information.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this
Another helpful video. I have had good luck with stlfinder as a search. As good as thangs if not quicker.
Man, all I was aware of was stlfinder. Thanks for this!
Good stuff as always.
Brilliant thank you
thats genius! thx for info, sooo goood. useful!
Great video thanks
Thank you, this was very helpful. I had never heard of 3Dmdb before or Traceparts.
Could you do a video on converting STL files into useful files like STEP or others to get it into CAD software so you can make modeling changes? I've tried FreeCAD and others and often have a problem with large STL files being unusable. Either won't open it at all or won't convert it into a solid even if I let the software run for a long time.
Thanks Angus. Hopefully the search engines will save me from searching multiple sites. As well gadgets and models for 3d printing. I am now looking for CNC models as I now have a 5 axis Pocket NC CNC as well as a 6040 CNC set up for 4 axis(5 axis when I put together a 5 axis controller)
Yesssssss this came in handy to find a bracket for my gazebo that nearly flew away last weekend. The bracket broke when it decided it was over being a gazebo and wanted to be a kite. I had searched thingyverse and it gave me nothing useful but used the 3dmdb and it found the exact part on thingyverse using the same search string.
Ah awesome!
Hello can you please tell me where can I learn the post processing required to fix the 3d models into printable form?
McMaster Carr also has models files available on their website for free. There’s even integration to pull them into Fusion if you use that.
What would you recommend for resin 3d printers and what would happened if I used a pla print on a resin printer
Thanks!
Thank you
G'day again. Wow, you've done a lot of videos. Have you done 3D scanner comparisons? Undecided about purchasing... they seem to be out of my budget, some are WAY outside!
Cheers, Mick🇦🇺
huge thanks!
G'day Mr Muse, you are a farking legend awesome genius god! Traceparts...mate, it's engineering gold. Can't thank you enough, you got a new subscriber and a 👍. Cheers mate, Mick 🇦🇺
I've found GrabCAD really useful for referencing other objects for use in designing printed parts. e.g. a model of a Hemera extruder and an Ender 5 carriage plate so I can design a custom printed mount.
Exactly the comment I wanted to make. I really like Grabcad
You should have talked about McMaster. You can import parts from their catalog directly in fusion 360.
neat! McMaster used to block Aussies from ordering or even browsing the site, but maybe that's changed...
@@MakersMuse I use their step files for all kinds of fasteners. Hopefully you can as well
I might watch this even if I had no interest in 3D printing, just for the sheer charisma of the guy
Festo and allied electrical also have great cad info. Skf does too:)
This type of high-level resource video truly "empowers my creativity".
I've done some original designs, but the vast majority of what I make are tweaks to other designs. I love how a search that shows my design ALSO goes to the original site where I give credit to the original creators!
I suck at "starting from a clean slate". I'm much more productive when I can "scratch an itch" based on another work. This is also how I "Learn by Tweaking", where I don't need to know EVERYTHING to be able to do SOMETHING special!
The thing is, when I do post my crude from-scratch models, the community dives in and makes them wonderful! I can learn both from what others have created, but also from how others tweak what I created!
I wish my time in uni worked more like the 3D printing community.
GrabCad is great! I 3d printed a gate valve off there! It was a bit of tweaking to make it printable, but far less time than making it from scratch. How did you overlook McMaster Carr?! Lots of parts have the CAD equivalent to download off there!
I really want to get into three D printing, but
I'm living very close to train track that shakes the building.
Or should I just farm out the project?
I want to see is your review on that X1 Carbon behind you, Love you videos, keep on the good work ;)
Another good one is McMaster Carr. They have a lot of models for things you could use in your projects
Another good resource similar to traceparts is McMaster-Carr
This helped me finally find a model of my brothers (unfortunate) favorite car - an AU Falcon.
I’d be interested in seeing your thoughts on Slicer.
I used to be an inventor user back in HS and college, but I’ve recently been using slicer because it’s affordable and easy to use
Is slicer a cad package? Did you replace Adsk Inventor with it? Cheers, Mick 🇦🇺
Before I retired, I used to use the 3DContentCentral site to find models of parts and hardware. The site is run by SolidWorks' parent company, but it is free and models can be downloaded in neutral formats.
This is the kind of content I like. Useful to us. Other type of content like robots, fixes, challenges, are nice but this one is nice and useful. Even what to print this month is good.
Saved this one.
I've been using Yeggi as my go-to 3D search engine for a while. Actually used it earlier today
Hi, thanx for sharing this amazing video. I was wondering if there is a possibility if there is a website where you can drop the link of a model in the website and then download it.
You mention that Yeggi shows results from CGTrader which may need a lot of tweaking to print. I doubt that that is the case, since CGTrader has a search option to only show items labeled as 3d printable which I imagine Yeggi would use.
Thanks for this! PrusaSlicer supports importing STEP files now, btw ;)
Oh yeah! Very handy
McMaster-Carr is great place to find cad/step files for hardware and random materials. I've printed brackets, levers, bolts, nuts, extrusions that i've downloaded from there, for free.
I like to use GrabCAD and TraceParts to pull down models of components so I can make accurate mounts while designing parts to print. ;)
Also 3DContenCentral is good CAD file source for mechanical parts and electronic components. They have 2.5 million users and supplier contributed models.
Onshape has a lot of public models that can be printed without any modifications. There I found many parts of the stock Creality CR6 SE hotend which were really useful for me and some parts for printing.
So which one of the ones you listed would you say is the best/do you use the most?
Usually yeggi unless it's mechanical design, then it's grabcad.
Noice! TY!!
Bought a printer for my son... Do I need to download software to download onto as well as find the prints on Google or something
Search isn’t my biggest issue. It’s a central library of prints I like/liked/want to look at later. Favorites or Collections, for example
I actually had no idea about MyMiniFactory... already managed to find a lot of good models I'd love to use, both in part and as a whole.
Thangs also has an app which is helpful for those who have wifi printers
What is thr use case of Thangs geometry search? Seems to me if I already have the geometry I don't need to search, lol.
You are the best
Very Good
Very Nice
I have seen McMaster-Carr used like Trace Parts
Grabcad is great for sourcing .step files which are almost entirely missing on traditional 3D printing websites. I wish it would become new standard to share .step file along .stl or .3mf files.
The step file is solid part model, in opposition to STL or 3mf which are surface files. Solid parts are heavier in size because they contain much more information which are used by CAD/CAM/CAE programs.
@@mil3k I think that's entirely the point. It's far easier to use a STEP file to modify in CAD than an STL. I'm lucky enough to have access to very expensive, high end CAD through my job but the rigmarole required to make an STL useable means I generally opt for remodelling from scratch. Having a STEP would be a massive time-saver.
@@jezward7227 I see a lack of understanding different types and purposes of 3d models. STL was created to describe the surface of model and then transfer it to the printer. STEP was created to allow transfer solid based models between different CAD software. In other words STL for artists STEP for engineers. With modern technology both of these worlds interchange. For example car chassis, if you compare the shape of modern car with a car from 80s or 90s. They are rounder, more aerodynamic, spacious inside. All of that is possible due to surface modelling. But these surfaces were not possible to manufacture in the past except aerospace industry, and cost of tooling was humongous. With the raise of multiaxis CNC machines, rapid prototyping and 3d printing tooling for complicated surfaces can be manufactured for the fraction of old tools.
@@mil3k I completely understand the difference between the two file types and their intended uses. If all I ever wanted to do was print objects people had shared, then STL would be fine, but 90% of the time I want to make modifications and that's when a STEP would be more useful, for reasons you have described perfectly in both your posts.
Your potted history of improvements in CAD/CAM technologies is interesting but tangential.
yeggi is goated
it's the OG haha
Is there a marketplace for 3D printing services to get something printed from various providers?
I see you now have a Bambulab there in the background. Did you break down and buy one after seeing that it's the real deal, get one after it became available for normal folks or is it perhaps a review unit?
Should we expect a review of it/the p1p coming soon?
They asked if they could send one now that kickstarter rewards are going out and I agreed. It really is an incredible machine, but I've not got a p1p unit. I "try" not to overhype new printers but Bambulab really are doing something new and it's refreshing.
is there a program where i can put a structure onto bricks or other parts .now everithing is flat
i would also add Mc Master-Carr for hardware modelos.
Is there any Midjourney type for 3D Models?
is there links to these websites so that I can use?
Excellent share - Happy Thanksgiving from a Yank.