These shapes are designed to be added as “negative volumes” within most slicers to create a useful space to an existing part. As examples, this might include forming a pocket to embed magnets within a print, adding a keyhole hanger to an existing model, or converting an existing shape into a knob, puzzle, or even a bobblehead.
Prusa doesn’t make it easily to see who are the top leveled-up users on Printables.com, but with a little detective work, here’s some of the current top users, as of June 2025.
Levels, accomplishments, statistics are changing constantly, so follow the links to each users’ profile to see their current accomplishments.
See all the other Printables.com statistics pages on this blog.
This collection of printable modifications add functionality, style, performance, or easier maintenance to your Prusa MK3S 3-D printer without causing negative side-effects or impacts.
This model by jofeinmechaniker is one of the best mechanical models I’ve printed in 14 years of modelling and printing. It inexplicably has less than 200 downloads and only 2 makes as of this post. It prints easily, turns smoothly, and makes an excellent desk display. Please check out the design and give it a download and make if you appreciate the designer’s work.
Inspired by that creator’s work, I experimented with excellent Belfry OpenSCAD Library (BOSL2) that easily extends and multiplies the power of OpenSCAD. This shape is a variant of a bevel gear and has very interesting characteristics. I’ve been contemplating making a version of this with 3, 4, 5+ bevel gears.
Today Prusa made their latest alpha release of PrusaSlicer available on github: 2.6.0-alpha2. (Make sure you understand what alpha testing is before downloading/using this software. An alpha or release of a software package intends to do something particular, and mostly does so, yet isn’t guaranteed to do so fully. You are testing out an early version of this software, if you find a bug, report it.)
There are many game-changing features in this release, but in particular, this post provides step-by-step instructions on how to get the “auto downloading from printables.com directly into PrusaSlicer software”.
These changes should make it so you see the the PrusaSlicer icon next to the download button while viewing a model’s “Files” list.
Select the PrusaSlicer icon next to the file you want to test, confirm (twice) that you want to allow the download integration, and everything should be working.
I’ve tested this on a Windows 10 PC using Chrome, Firefox, and Edge successfully with PrusaSlicer 2.6.0-alpha2.
Feel free to try out the integration on some of my models on printables.com.
This post is to consolidate my separate posts about various categories of statistics gathered from the printables.com 3-D printing database website.
Hopefully this will help you find excellent resources, models, and connections on printables.com.
Please comment if you have any suggestions or corrections.
As of February 2023, these are the “Stars of Design”, or most popular designers (most models downloaded by other users) on printables.com:
9 – (Black Hole?) (1,000,000(?) models downloaded) 0 users (0%)
8 – Pulsar (250,000 models downloaded) 2 users (<0.1%)
7 – Supergiant (100,000 models downloaded) 3 users (0%)
6 – Blue Giant (25,000 models downloaded) 72 users (<0.1%)
5 – Red Giant (5,000 models downloaded) 438 users (0.2%)
4 – White Dwarf (1,000 models downloaded) 2,459 users (1%)
3 – Red Dwarf (250 models downloaded) 7,153 users (3%)
2 – Star (50 models downloaded) 15,368 users (6.5%)
1 – Nebula (10 models downloaded) 16,384 users (6.9%)
By inference ~82.3% of printables.com users haven’t had at least 10 models downloaded yet.
(Level values are a snapshot, these values change constantly over time. Follow the profile links if you want to know their current accomplishments.)
See all the other Printables.com statistics pages on this blog.
The title of “Prusa Approved Designer” was awarded at by the Printables Team at its discretion to recognize and reward long-term, consistent, and high-quality work. As of September 2022, there were 15 “Prusa Approved Designers” on Printables.com. I’ve compiled them here for easy reference and one-page access in case you’d like to explore their profiles. Consider checking out, following, and supporting these successful and hard working designers if they interest you.
(It appears Printables.com got rid of this award, so I’m archiving this here for posterity.)
(in chronological order)
(All values are a snapshot only. Follow the profile links if you want to know a user’s current accomplishments.)
See all the other Printables.com statistics pages on this blog.
This is just a quick post indexing the identified Prusa Staff members on Printables.com as of February 2023:
(Yes, there are currently only ~13 identified.)
Honorable Mention:
(Level values are a snapshot, these values change constantly over time. Follow the profile links if you want to know their current accomplishments.)
As of February 2023, these are the most prolific model designers on printables.com:
9 – Grand Master (1000 models published) 1 user (<0.1%)
8 – Master (500 models published) 2 users (<0.1%)
7 – Expert (200 models) 38 users (<0.1%)
6 – Professional (100 models) 134 users (<0.1%)
5 – Seasoned (50 models) 486 users (0.2%)
4 – Advanced (25 models) 1,604 users (0.7%)
3 – Proficient (10 models) 6,768 users (2.8%)
2 – Beginner (5 models) 8,574 users (3.6%)
1 – Newcomer (1 model) 37,124 users (15.6%)
By inference ~77% of printables.com users haven’t published at least 1 model yet.
(Level values are a snapshot, these values change constantly over time. Follow the profile links if you want to know their current accomplishments.)
See all the other Printables.com statistics pages on this blog.