Materials Library
Nine materials. One right answer per part.
Material choice decides more than the printer does: stiffness, surface, sunlight survival, skin safety, price. Each material below has its own page with properties and best-fit uses — or skip the homework, upload your file, and let us match it.
FDM filaments
FDM filament materials
PLA
The everyday prototyping default — stiff, crisp, quick and the friendliest price on the wall.
PLA properties → FDMPETG
The durable middle child: tougher than PLA, easier than ABS, happy outdoors.
PETG properties → FDMABS
Heat and impact resistance for enclosures, automotive-adjacent parts and hard use.
ABS properties → FDMTPU (Flexible)
Rubber-like flex for grips, gaskets, bumpers and anything that must bend, not break.
TPU properties →SLA resins
SLA resin materials
Standard Resin
Maximum detail per dollar — the presentation-model and pattern-making staple.
Standard resin → SLATough Resin
ABS-like resilience with SLA detail, for snap fits and parts that get handled.
Tough resin → SLAClear Resin
Polish-to-transparent for lenses, fluidics and see-inside housings.
Clear resin → SLABioMed Resin
Biocompatible-class material for skin-contact and medical-adjacent prototypes.
BioMed resin →SLS powder
SLS powder materials
Let the part pick the material
Describe what the part must survive — load, heat, weather, hands — and your quote will name the material and the reason.