MakerBot Desktop 3.4

MakerBot Desktop is a legacy 3D printing application from MakerBot designed to prepare, preview, and manage prints for the MakerBot Replicator family of printers. It streamlines the process from 3D model to finished part with intuitive tools and integrated content discovery.

Key features:

• Model preparation: Import STL and OBJ files; arrange, scale, rotate, and mirror models; auto-place parts on the build plate.
• Print settings: Adjust layer height, infill, shells, supports, and rafts; use quality/speed presets; assign extruders on supported dual-extrusion printers.
• Slicing and preview: Generate MakerBot-ready build files with layer-by-layer previews, toolpath visualization, and time and material estimates.
• Printer control: Connect to supported printers via USB or network; start, pause, and cancel prints; update firmware; monitor prints with the onboard camera on compatible fifth-generation models.
• Content integration: Browse and import designs from Thingiverse and manage your personal design library.
• File export: Save build files for printing from an SD card or over a network, depending on the printer.

Compatibility: Works with many legacy MakerBot printers, including Replicator 2, Replicator 2X, and fifth-generation models such as the Replicator, Replicator Mini, and Replicator Z18. Available for Windows and macOS. Note: MakerBot Desktop has been discontinued and replaced by MakerBot Print for newer systems and printers.

MakerBot Desktop is developed by MakerBot. The most popular version of this product among our users is 3.4. The name of the program executable file is makerware.exe.