Filafabric

Coming soon

Fabric you can print, designed in your browser

Filafabric is a design studio for flexible fabric structures (loops, coils, weaves, meshes and lace) that turns each one into G-code for a 3D printer and flexible filament. Pick a structure, shape it with a few sliders, check every strand in the preview, and export a file that is ready to print.

An early preview for testers. If you were given a link and a password, this is the place for it.

Filafabric
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Printer setup

A setup holds the printer's limits and the filament's behaviour, so there is nothing to tune here.

Getting started

  1. Pick a design on the left. Each one is a different kind of printed fabric.
  2. Shape it with the controls on the right: type a width and height, or drop an SVG outline and the pattern fills that shape. The preview updates as you go: drag it to turn, scroll to zoom, and press play to watch the print order.
  3. Check the summary above the Export button: print time, filament, and anything worth a second look.
  4. Export the G-code and print it from your printer's SD card or USB. No slicer is needed.

Your first prints

The filament profile is new, so build up in small steps and change one thing at a time.

  1. A 30 × 30 mm test swatch (set the size: designs open at 200 × 200 mm) with the loops switched off (Advanced settings › What to print), to check adhesion and flow.
  2. A 30 × 15 mm swatch with loops and Loops at the back edge set to Inside the swatch: one row, to check the feet bond and the loops hold their height.
  3. The 30 × 30 mm test swatch with the defaults. Turn on Tight spots in View to compare with what you see.
  4. A 100 × 100 mm swatch, then the full 200 mm size.

If the loops come out thin, break or don't hold their shape, raise Strand thickness in steps of 10 to 20 % and compare. More flow also means more weight, so a tall pile can sag a little more.

Every exported file lists its settings in comment lines, and Share copies a link that reopens this exact design.