Add parts from the shelf
Wheels, lamps, antennas, a display base, or a name in raised or engraved letters. Pick one, aim it at the surface, click.
13 kits + lettering
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Small worlds, made to hold.
Describe an object or drop a sketch. Zipclay sculpts a collector's model you can turn, remix and size, then export for print preparation.
The studio
From a sentence to a piece on your shelf.
Four concepts, each a real 3D model
Describe the object or drop a sketch. The modeling agent designs four directions and builds every one in Blender, so you pick between real models, not pictures.
~60 s4 models
Every idea deserves to be held.
No prompt needed
Start from a collection, a template or a photograph.
Remix a collection piece, set up a planter or a nameplate with a few sliders, or turn photos of someone you love into a keepsake. Everything opens in the studio, ready to change.
Makers
Fill-in templates
Planters, vases, nameplates, tags, coasters. Live 3D as you slide. Free to make.
Keepsakes
From your photos
Pet keychains, relief magnets, ornaments, coins and figures. Free to design.
Expedition
Remix a collection piece
Landers, maquettes, vintage cars and planes, detailed like museum models. Free to remix.
Collections
Designs with a point of view.
Each collection is one world, with its own materials, light and staging. Turn every piece in 3D and remix any of them for free.
Studio samples
Turn any piece in the live viewer.
Every sample is a real mesh with real millimetres. Models marked Engine were designed by the Zipclay agent from a one-line prompt.
Easy by default. Deep when you want it.
A real 3D studio, in your browser.
No installs and no CAD training. Every tool works on the real model, in the millimetres you will print.
Click, move, paint
Select any part in 3D, drag it with handles, resize it or paint it any colour. Rebuilds are free.
No prompt needed
Measure anything
Click two points to get the distance in millimetres at the exact size you will print.
mm
Look inside
Slide a section cut through the model to check walls and fit before you pay for a print.
Section view
See it on your desk
Every model gets a share page. Scan the code and place it in AR at its real size.
iOS + Android
Take it into CAD
Download STEP with one named solid per part for Fusion, Onshape, SolidWorks or FreeCAD.
STEPPrinting
Made real by our print partners.
Zipclay makes the digital model; it doesn't print or ship. Size your piece here, download its STL file and confirm the model and material requirements with an independent printing service. They set the price and handle shipping.
Model
Material preview
Footprint, mm—
Volume—
Weight, solid—
STL exports come with the Maker and Studio plans. Review the model's size and geometry warnings, then check your chosen partner's printing requirements.
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Craftcloud
Munich · ships to 95 countries
Compares live quotes from more than 150 print workshops for one upload, in every material from PLA to cast silver. No minimum order and no service fee.
Best for Comparing prices; large or unusual pieces
Visit Craftcloud 02Shapeways
Eindhoven · ships worldwide
Industrial printing with a deep material list: fine-detail resin, nylon, full colour, and lost-wax casting in brass, bronze and silver.
Best for Fine-detail resin and cast metal
Visit Shapeways 03Slant 3D
US print farms · no minimums
Large print farms in the United States making PLA and PETG parts, one at a time or by the hundred.
Best for Everyday plastic at a low price
Visit Slant 3D 04Treatstock
Print shops near you · worldwide
A marketplace of independent print shops: upload once, compare prices and reviews from shops near you, and pick resin, nylon, PLA or full colour.
Best for A local shop with reviews
Visit TreatstockMaterials guide
Which material, which partner.
Fine-detail resin
Expedition, Atelier and anything with ladders, railings or lettering. Crisp to a tenth of a millimetre. Walls at least 0.8 mm.
Shapeways · Craftcloud · Treatstock
Nylon (MJF / SLS)
Garage, Home and pieces that get handled. Tough and matte, no supports. Walls at least 1 mm.
Shapeways · Craftcloud
PLA / PETG
Large, chunky pieces and keepsakes. The lowest price; fine layer lines show. Walls at least 1.2 mm.
Slant 3D · Treatstock · Craftcloud
Cast metal
Small heirloom pieces in brass, bronze or silver. Lost-wax cast from a print. Shapeways casts up to about 9 cm; larger pieces through Craftcloud.
Shapeways · Craftcloud
Independent services: you order from them directly and their prices, shipping and returns apply. Upload the STL from your model's Export tab.
Questions
Asked often
What is Zipclay?
A 3D design studio for collector's models. Describe an object, upload a sketch or remix a collection piece to build a model you can inspect, edit and export, with geometry checks to help prepare it for printing.
Do you sell prints?
No. We make digital models and export files. Our print partners (Craftcloud, Shapeways, Slant 3D) print and ship the object; you order from them directly, at their prices, with their shipping and returns.
What do I pay Zipclay for?
Only digital things: the models you make each month, STL and STEP exports, technical drawings and commercial use. Remixing the collections and designing keepsakes are free.
Who owns the models I make?
You do. On paid plans you can sell the models you make and the prints made from them. Free-plan models are for personal use.
How do credits work?
New models need both model credits and available AI usage allowance. Chat edits use AI allowance but no model credits. Either limit can pause new model creation, so model counts are maximums. Check your plan page for recorded AI cost, pending requests and remaining allowance. Monthly allowances reset on the first day of each month at midnight UTC. Extra model credits do not expire. If a model fails, its model credit is returned; AI usage follows the cost of work already performed. Deleting a model does not return a credit.
Will it actually print?
The studio reports watertightness and flags thin or separate parts when checks are available. Review those results at your chosen size, then confirm material, wall thickness and support requirements with your printer. A watertight model alone is not a printability guarantee.
Which files do I get?
GLB for the web and games and a studio render on every plan; on Maker and Studio, an STL in millimetres for print preparation, a STEP for CAD and a dimensioned drawing. Review geometry warnings and your printer's requirements before printing.
Pricing
For the digital studio.
Plans cover designing, sculpting, editing and files. Printing is not part of any plan: you buy prints from our partners at their prices.
Sketch
$0/ month
Try the studio and remix the collections.
- Up to 3 new models a month
- $5 monthly AI usage allowance
- Chat edits without model credits
- Free remixes of every collection piece
- GLB files and studio renders
Paid plans are temporarily unavailable. You can still start free and explore the collections.
Prices in US dollars, for digital models and files only. Model credits and AI usage allowances are separate; either limit can pause new model creation. Prints are sold and shipped by our partners.