3D printing for education made easy with BuildBee’s all-in-one software

Compatible with hundreds of 3D printers, BuildBee is easy to manage and use 3D printing software for the everyday 3D printing in the classroom and the makerspace

Easy 3D printing workflow software

Designed for educators BuildBee 3D printing software’s streamlined workflow makes it easy for you to set up and print while guided through the 3D printing process and with access to tutorials, guides and FAQs

Built-in 3D printing design tools

Getting your students and users started designing their own prints is easy with BuildBee’s powerful 3D printing design tools. The platform designed for 3D printing for education allows to convert 2D images to 3D objects, use popular CAD files or design your own 3D part app with BuildBee Makecode.

Superior 3D print settings

Teaching 3D printing for students can be challenging, especially when complex settings are involved; BuildBee’s A.I. simplifies this. From strong mechanical parts to detailed 3D models, BuildBee makes choosing the right settings for your print easy.

All-in-One software

Securely manage your files, slice and print from one application, using your existing Octoprint setup. Using the BuildBee interface makes it quick and easy to make setting changes and simplifies your 3D printing flow. Get started straight away with ready-to-go print profiles, material and print setting presets. Easily get results from your 3D printer and prevent unnecessary mistakes with the mobile and tablet friendly interface.
An animated demonstration of the print process in BuildBee
An animation demonstrating the zip file upload feature in the BuildBee upload tool

Powerful design and editing

Easily to import your files for printing with a wide range of supported file types and a ZIP file bulk upload option that auto-arranges your models. Edit or add to your models with the easy to use design tools, including auto tabletop bases and cookie cutter designer.

Advanced user management and queuing

Your BuildBee 'site' links multiple users to share 3D printers and queues, allowing you to coordinate large volumes of printing. Manage queues by group and review settings for each print. See a print time estimate, evaluate cost and choose a suitable 3D printer to use for each job. User access can be customized with advanced group management to allow access to specific parts of the app.

The enterprise queue section of BuildBee where you can manage print jobs from all users

Some dashboards in BuildBee enterprise showing printer usage statistics

Dashboarding and monitoring

Explore dashboards of your sites activity including filament usage (per printer and per group), hours spent printing, usage stats for each user, success rating of user groups; great for calculating funding needs for your makerspace. Those with access can monitor the state of all 3D printers from one interface, including print progress, a video stream of the printer and the ability to temporarily lock access to a printer.

Add unlimited users to your account and group them as required

Enable users to save 100 models per user securely in the cloud

Book a free consultation to help you get started easily with a free trial

Get your users' jobs ready ahead of time and print when the time is right with unlimited queues

Manage your projects with cost and filament usage estimates

Get help when needed with access to email support and request priority

Ask us about a free trial so you can try all the features before committing to a subscription

Use dashboards to monitor your account and keep stay on top of running costs and usage

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Add BuildBee MakeCode to your STEM curriculum

Bring the concepts of radius, diameter, width and height to life!

With BuildBee MakeCode, students combine mathematics, art and coding to create real world objects.
Self-paced, step-by-step tutorials make it easy to get the whole class printing.

Works on tablets, Macs and PCs alike.

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