Pinshape.com is an online platform that connects 3D designers, makers, and enthusiasts from around the world. It serves as a marketplace for users to discover, share, and sell 3D printable designs. With a vast library of designs across various categories, Pinshape provides easy access to high-quality digital files that can be transformed into physical objects using 3D printers. The website features a user-friendly interface, allowing users to browse through designs, preview them, and interact with the community by leaving comments and reviews. Pinshape also offers resources and tutorials to help users improve their 3D printing skills and expand their creative horizons.

Since then we’ve worked hard to build our website into a creative community with thousands of designs and collaborators from 130 countries around the world.algolia.comIn 2014, Pinshape was accepted into 500 Startups, a startup accelerator in Silicon Valley, and the business really took off.

Formlabs designs and manufactures powerful and accessible 3D printing systems for engineers, designers, and artists.formlabs.comPinshape will operate as a standalone business within Formlabs. For more details about the Pinshape acquisition, see posts from Formlabs and Pinshape.

Contests Both Pinshape and Thingiverse run various contests for Makers and designers.3dprintingindustry.comPinshape is free to take feedback from their users without having to create a narrative around it’s own printers.