A print shop you talk to
Alroya turns a sentence into a printed object. You describe what you want, watch it get built, change it until it is right, and have it printed and posted to you.
How it works
- 1Describe it
Type what you want in ordinary words. A phone stand that holds a phone at reading height. A coaster with a wave on it. The model is built from the description, not picked off a shelf.
- 2Change it
It appears on screen and you keep talking. Make it taller, round the corners, thicken the base. Every change rebuilds the object, so you are always looking at the thing that would be printed.
- 3Have it printed
Pick a size, a material and a colour, put in an address, and it is printed and posted. Or download the STL and print it yourself.
What it costs
- Designing
- One credit a build, and a credit is a dollar. Every account starts with five. A build that fails is not charged.
- Printing
- Plastic and the cost of running the machine. Nothing is added on top of it. A small object is usually worth less than the stamp on the parcel.
- Postage
- Whatever the carrier quotes for your address at the moment you order. It is their number, passed through, not an estimate and not a flat rate.
The full breakdown is on screen before you pay, and the price on the button is the price the card is charged.
Where it prints
Printing happens in British Columbia on our own machines, in PLA or PETG. Parcels go by Canada Post to addresses in Canada, the United States and Europe. Customs and duty on anything leaving the country are charged separately by the carrier, and are never quietly folded into the price you see here.
The model is yours
Anything you make sits on your shelf and the STL downloads from there, so you can print it somewhere else, keep it, or change it in whatever software you like. Put one in the gallery and anyone can build their own copy at their own size, with your name on it.
Follow along
New objects, what the machines are doing, and the occasional thing that failed interestingly.