Slicebuild

Product

How Slicebuild works

A project is not a zip of STLs. It is the printed parts, the hardware, the print notes, and a step-by-step assembly manual — one record you can follow at the bench.

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Four pieces, one record

  1. 01

    Printed parts

    STLs live on the project, not in a sidecar zip. Each part can carry print notes so a builder is not guessing walls, infill, or material from a forum thread.

  2. 02

    Hardware on the step

    Vitamins are attached to the instruction that uses them — M3×12, an insert, a bearing — then rolled into a bill of materials on the public page.

  3. 03

    A guide you can step through

    Studio writes the manual. The public build page is crawlable HTML; “Start the guide” opens the player for the bench.

  4. 04

    Publish when it can stand alone

    Drafts stay private. Publishing lists the project on Explore and in the sitemap. Creators can unpublish later without deleting the files.

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Who it is for

Builders

People assembling a machine who need quantities, print specs, and an order of operations — not a folder named final_final_v3.

Creators

People shipping a revisioned project. The manual is part of the release, not a PDF you forget to update.

Designers

CAD stays the source. Slicebuild is the distribution layer: parts, vitamins, notes, and assembly in one place builders can find.

Questions

How is Slicebuild different from Printables or YouMagine?
Those sites are strong at hosting files. Slicebuild is built around the assembly layer: each step knows which printed parts and hardware are in your hand, and the public page is a readable manual — not only a download button.
Do I need an account to follow a guide?
No. Published projects are public. Open the build page, start the guide, and step through it. An account is only required to create or edit a project in Studio.
What has to be true before a project can be published?
The manual needs at least one real step. Drafts stay private. Publishing lists the project on the homepage and Explore, and puts it in the sitemap for search engines.