Snapmaker Space Beta Is Now Open to All
Snapmaker Space is our new 3D model platform, built from the ground up around the Snapmaker U1.
Snapmaker Space is our new 3D model platform, built from the ground up around the Snapmaker U1. And now, everyone’s invited.
At launch, Space already includes 2,500+ models ready to print, with profiles specially prepared for the U1. Find something you like, send it to your printer directly from your phone, and start printing.
You can explore Space at space.snapmaker.com or in the latest version of the Snapmaker App, with Snapmaker Orca support coming soon.
We want Space to be a place where you can discover a great model and feel confident hitting “Print.” That’s why every featured model is reviewed and test-printed before publishing, with U1 profiles tuned for its color and material assignments. Our focus is on quality and successful prints, with designs that look just as good on your build plate as they do on your screen.
But one-click printing is only part of what we want Space to become. Great models start with creative people, and giving those creators a reason to keep making is just as important.
With the launch of Snapmaker Space, we’re also introducing a simple, generous, and transparent creator rewards system, with a clear algorithm that recognizes quality and originality.
Our goal is to make Space the best place to find and share great printable models, especially ambitious multi-color and multi-material designs that make the most of the U1’s toolchanger capabilities. The kind of prints that make you think, “I have to try that.”
Space Creator Rewards
Great models can take considerable time and effort to design, test, and refine. Some ambitious multi-color and multi-material projects may also require more printing time to bring to life.
Space Creator Rewards are designed to recognize the value a model creates through real-world use. As people print your models, their cumulative print time contributes to your rewards.
Cumulative print time is used as a practical measure of actual use. It helps account for both how much a model is used and how much printing time it represents, rather than simply rewarding the number of downloads or prints alone.
This means a quick, useful model can build rewards through many successful prints, while a more detailed or involved project can earn meaningful rewards through fewer prints when each print represents more time and effort.
Most importantly, the system is designed around real user demand. A model does not earn more simply because its print time is longer. If a design does not solve a real need or deliver an experience users value, users ultimately decide whether it gets printed.
We believe this gives creators more room to pursue ambitious ideas while keeping rewards connected to what matters most: models that people actually want to print.
How Creator Rewards Are Calculated
Model Print Time x Number of Prints, graduated according to the following table:
Over time, we believe this incentive structure will help Space build an especially strong library of high-quality multi-color and multi-material models — exactly the kind of designs that benefit most from the U1's toolchanger architecture.
How Does Space Compare?
What you'll notice in the chart below is that when it comes to popular, quick-to-print models, the rewards on Snapmaker Space are competitive with the leading platforms. However, once we start attempting larger, more complex models with longer print times, we see a massive differential in the rewards structure.
Space Community Rewards
You don't need to be an expert 3D designer to contribute something valuable to Space.
A great model is only one part of a great printing experience.
Maybe you create a better print profile. Maybe you test a model and help other users understand how well it prints. Maybe you contribute useful feedback that makes a model, or the platform itself, better.
Those contributions matter too.That's why Space also includes Community Rewards.Users can earn points through activities such as:
- Completing a user profile
- Creating and sharing high-quality print profiles
- Rating and reviewing models
We want Space to reward the people who make the ecosystem better, not just the people uploading the original 3mf.
Turning Points Into Rewards
Points can be redeemed for Snapmaker Store gift cards, which can be used toward printers, materials, accessories, and other store products.
Space Is Still in Beta
There's one more thing we want to be very clear about:
Snapmaker Space is still in Beta.
We're shipping it now because we think the core experience is already useful, and because the fastest way to build a great platform is to build it together with the people actually using it.
But many parts of Space are still evolving.
Some features are not yet mature. Some workflows need refinement. There are features we already know are missing, and probably a few bugs we don't know about yet.
We're working quickly, and you'll see the platform change substantially over the coming months.
We'll publish a more detailed Snapmaker Space roadmap in a future blog post so you can see where we're headed.
Help Us Build Space
If something is confusing, tell us.
If something breaks, tell us.
If there's a feature you think every serious model platform should have, we want to hear that too.
Join the community discussion:
- Forum: private subcategory at https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/about-the-snapmaker-model-platform-category/42807 for questions, discussion, and feature requests.
- Discord: Please join Snapmaker Discord server first https://discord.gg/Uk3j6z8gX, and then join the following private subchannel: https://discord.com/channels/1086575708903571536/1524668229123969085
Get help from Snapmaker Support Team:
And if you need help from our support team, please submit a ticket:
Space is still young.That's exactly why your feedback matters so much right now.
Come Build Space With Us
We want Snapmaker Space to be more than another giant warehouse of 3D files.
We want it to become a place where you can reliably find something worth printing.
A place where creators are rewarded for putting real thought and effort into their work.
A place where the U1's multi-color and multi-material capabilities are pushed much further than we could ever do ourselves.
There are already 2,500+ models ready to roll, and we're only getting started.
Welcome to Snapmaker Space.
Sincerely,
The Snapmaker Team
