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Iteration3D

Type your sizes to get tube adapters, O-rings, brackets, boxes and organizers as STL

Iteration3D is a free browser tool for exact-size replacement and workshop parts. Free downloads with no account or email, after ticking a terms box. Every model checked was marked Free; the license varies by template (CC0, CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND or the site's own non-commercial ITE IPU v1.0). Exports STL. Last checked .

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What is Iteration3D?

Iteration3D is a free browser tool that turns typed measurements into printable technical parts. It has 22 templates for adapters and airflow, storage, and hardware. You pick one and type a few values, such as inner diameter and cross section for an O-ring. The site first searches its library of more than 11,000 models that earlier visitors generated. If your size is missing, 20 of the templates offer to build it: you check a summary of your values, start the job and wait for a progress bar, and the new model joins the public library.

The range covers tube and duct adapters, pipe elbows, splitters, honeycomb fan guards, vent grills, L-brackets, pipe clips, washers, handles, pots, drawer organizers, compartment boxes and screw-lid enclosures. A compartment box with colored row rings and a honeycomb grid with a second-color border come as separate STL parts for multicolor printing. Each download is a ZIP with the STL files, a list of the values used and a license file.

Downloads are free and need no account. The license is set per template: O-rings, washers and tubes are public domain, several box and adapter templates allow commercial use with credit, and about half, including the box with lid, are personal and non-commercial only. It suits makers who need a part in an exact size.

What you can make

  • Tube adapters, duct transitions and multi-way splitters
  • O-rings, washers and flat gaskets
  • L-brackets, pipe clips and U-shaped handles
  • Boxes with lids and screw-lid enclosures
  • Drawer organizers and compartment boxes
  • Honeycomb fan guards and round vent grills

How to use Iteration3D

  1. Open Iteration3D and pick a template such as O-ring, box with lid or tube adapter
  2. Type your dimensions into the template's search form
  3. Download a matching model, or click Request build if that size does not exist yet
  4. Check the summary of values, start the build and wait for the progress bar
  5. Tick the terms box, download the free ZIP and slice the STL files

What you'll need to print it

Filament and parts that suit what you make with Iteration3D.

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Iteration3D pros

  • More than 11,000 ready-made sizes in the library, so a common part often downloads straight away
  • Covers workshop parts few generators offer, such as O-rings, duct adapters, pipe elbows and pipe clips
  • The search form shows the allowed range for each value, and the ZIP includes a file listing the exact values used

Iteration3D cons

  • About half the templates, including box with lid, L-bracket, pipe elbow and the duct adapters, carry a personal, non-commercial license, so check the license on each model before selling prints
  • New sizes are built in a server queue, so you wait for a progress bar instead of watching a live preview while you type
  • The site says it is not designed for phones, and every model seen downloads as STL only

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