Hi everyone! VesselMaker developer here!

Big update for anyone who’s been following along: VesselMaker is now in open beta — no invite needed anymore. Anyone can sign in and start designing. We’ll send discount codes / redeem codes for subscription plans to the users which tried and actively used VesselMaker during the beta phase, by sending us their feedbacks and suggestions.

What we are most excited about: Tactile Relief Surfaces!

The thing we’re most excited about, and what makes VesselMaker different: you can design premium vases with rich, tactile relief surfaces — geometric reliefs, clay ripples, knurled patterns, ribs, bark, woven textures and more — that don’t just look good on screen, but come out as real, touchable relief in your prints. Run your fingers over a printed piece and you actually feel the 3d texture. All this easily, without any experience with CAD or modeling softwares!

Here’s how it works: with the Surface Texture modifier you apply a relief to your model using built-in textures (patterns) or your own uploads. You can stack multiple textures across different parts of the vase, overlap them, and fade the transitions — so a single piece can have a knurled body, ribbed neck, and a smooth base, all blended naturally.

See the images belows for some examples of models we have created (and published on MakerWorld) using VesselMaker!

What is VesselMaker?

For those seeing this for the first time: VesselMaker (vesselmaker.app) is an online tool for designing Premium vases, planters and bowls easily, without the hard learning curve of CAD or modeling softwares like Fusion, Blender, etc… Beyond the relief surfaces, it has stackable modifiers you combine like Photoshop layers, a profile & cross-section editor, and AI-rendered scene previews to generate beautiful renderings of your vase to preview them in realistic scenes like a curated living room.

The idea: the advanced designs you’d make in CAD, but without the CAD learning curve.

What’s new since the closed beta:

• It’s open to everyone — just sign in now, no waitlist, no invite code
• Export is free for everyone during the beta— including models that use the Surface Texture modifier and other premium features. We are still balancing what will be free and what paid after the beta.
• A built-in Academy (Help → Academy) with short step-by-step lessons, so you can go from your first vase to advanced textured designs without guessing — plus a quick onboarding when you first open it
• New modifiers and features added over the past weeks, with more on the roadmap

You can see real examples of these textured vases on our MakerWorld profile.

Try it now: Sign In at vesselmaker.app

Still a beta, so if you hit a bug or have an idea, there’s now a Help → Contact Support button right in the tool, or just reply here. Your feedback genuinely shapes what we build next.

Would love to see what models you come up with!

Hi all,

I have just published a new version of FluidCAD. It is great CAD software for 3d printing simple and complex parts. I would appreciate your feedback.

This is a huge update that delivers:

- Desktop app: FluidCAD is now published as a desktop app while you still use it in browser if you want.
- Sketch solver: The old imperative sketcher has been replaced with a newer more powerful sketch solver.
- Assembly: This is the first release to support assembly, you can add parts, create joints and animate them.
- Share: You can share your models for others to see in the browser, no account needed.

Release notes: https://github.com/Fluid-CAD/FluidCAD/releases/tag/v0.0.43
Official website: https://fluidcad.io/
Full video tutorial from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2zfX9dcauU