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Start from a template

Twelve ready-made designs you can adjust with live parameter controls.

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Templates are the fastest way to create a design in Studio. Rather than describing a design from scratch, you choose one of twelve curated starting points and adjust it with live controls — a name, a size, a font, a toggle — and the model re-renders as you go.

What a template is

A template is a finished, printable design that keeps its parameters exposed. Studio ships twelve templates, each hand-built to print cleanly. Select one and Studio opens it in the Workbench with a full set of controls in the right rail: sliders for dimensions, dropdowns for fonts and shapes, checkboxes for extras, and text fields for a name or label. When you change a control, the model re-renders and re-prices immediately.

This is what distinguishes templates from other Studio designs. When you describe a design in chat or generate a 3D mesh, the result arrives with no controls, because the engine verified exactly one configuration. You refine those designs by asking in chat. Templates are the one path where the parameters remain and you drive the design directly.

The twelve templates

Every template is personalization-ready and tuned for FDM printing. Choose the one closest to what you want to make. You will adjust the details in the next step.

The twelve Studio templates, by category.

TemplateCategoryWhat it makes
Name tagPersonalizedRounded tag with an embossed name and a keyring hole
Round keychainPersonalizedCircular medallion with embossed initials and a loop
Desk name platePersonalizedWedge nameplate with text on the angled face
Monogram coasterPersonalizedRound or hex coaster with a debossed initial and a rim
Cake topperPersonalizedScript text on a baseline with two picks
Box with lidHome & officeStorage box and a friction-fit lid, printed side by side
Phone standHome & officeAngled stand with a lip and an optional charging-cable slot
Cable organizerHome & officeDesk holder with snap-in slots for your cables
Wall hookHome & officeSturdy J-hook with countersunk screw holes
Label plateHome & officeFramed label for bins, drawers and shelves
Cookie cutterKitchenCircle, heart or star cutter with a comfortable flange
Twisted planterDecorFaceted, twisted planter with optional drainage holes
  • Name tag
    CategoryPersonalized
    What it makes
    Rounded tag with an embossed name and a keyring hole
  • Round keychain
    CategoryPersonalized
    What it makes
    Circular medallion with embossed initials and a loop
  • Desk name plate
    CategoryPersonalized
    What it makes
    Wedge nameplate with text on the angled face
  • Monogram coaster
    CategoryPersonalized
    What it makes
    Round or hex coaster with a debossed initial and a rim
  • Cake topper
    CategoryPersonalized
    What it makes
    Script text on a baseline with two picks
  • Box with lid
    CategoryHome & office
    What it makes
    Storage box and a friction-fit lid, printed side by side
  • Phone stand
    CategoryHome & office
    What it makes
    Angled stand with a lip and an optional charging-cable slot
  • Cable organizer
    CategoryHome & office
    What it makes
    Desk holder with snap-in slots for your cables
  • Wall hook
    CategoryHome & office
    What it makes
    Sturdy J-hook with countersunk screw holes
  • Label plate
    CategoryHome & office
    What it makes
    Framed label for bins, drawers and shelves
  • Cookie cutter
    CategoryKitchen
    What it makes
    Circle, heart or star cutter with a comfortable flange
  • Twisted planter
    CategoryDecor
    What it makes
    Faceted, twisted planter with optional drainage holes

Adjusting a template

Opening a template takes you directly into the Workbench with the design already rendered. Every change you make lives in the right-hand rail.

  1. 1

    Select a template tile

    Studio creates a new project from the template and opens the Workbench. The design appears in the 3D viewport immediately. Drag to orbit, scroll to zoom.
  2. 2

    Change the parameters

    Use the controls in the Parameters rail. Type a name in the text field, drag a slider for size or thickness, choose a font from the dropdown, or toggle a checkbox. For example, the Cookie cutter switches between circle, heart, and star, and the Name tag toggles its keyring hole. The model re-renders shortly after each change.
  3. 3

    Choose a material and color

    Select a filament and color in the Material rail. This recolors the model and sets the price against the real material.
  4. 4

    Review printability and price

    The Printability & price panel shows the measured size, a seam check, and an approximate weight, print time, and make cost. It is marked “Estimate — exact on save.”

Adjusting parameters is free

Changing a template’s existing parameters costs no credits. Re-rendering is free, so adjust as much as you like. Credits apply only when you ask the AI to design something. See Studio credits.

When a template becomes a fixed design

The parameters remain only while the template is the design you started with. The moment you ask the AI to change a template in chat, it rewrites the geometry and verifies a single configuration. The design then becomes fixed: the controls disappear, and the rail directs you to request further changes in chat. From that point, the design behaves like any other AI-authored design.

A chat edit removes the controls permanently

To keep adjusting parameters, make your changes in the Parameters rail. Once you send a chat message asking the AI to alter the template, its controls are removed permanently on that design. Each chat message also costs the authoring price: $0.50, or $1.50 for a multi-part “assembly” request.

There is one exception. Opening the Code view and hand-editing the template’s OpenSCAD keeps the design human-authored, so its controls remain. Only an AI rewrite of the code removes the controls; editing the code yourself does not.

Templates versus described designs

Templates and chat are two entry points into the same Workbench. Choose the one that matches what you are making.

Choosing between a template and a described design.

Start from a template when…Describe it in chat when…
Your idea is close to one of the twelve shapesNone of the templates covers what you need
You mainly want to change size, text, or a few optionsYou want a specific or mechanical part designed for you
You want to keep the live controlsYou are comfortable refining by chat, without controls
You want it free to adjustEach chat message costs the authoring price
  • Your idea is close to one of the twelve shapes
    Describe it in chat when…
    None of the templates covers what you need
  • You mainly want to change size, text, or a few options
    Describe it in chat when…
    You want a specific or mechanical part designed for you
  • You want to keep the live controls
    Describe it in chat when…
    You are comfortable refining by chat, without controls
  • You want it free to adjust
    Describe it in chat when…
    Each chat message costs the authoring price
Templatekeeps controls
One of twelve curated designs you shape with parameter controls. Free to adjust and personalization-ready.
Described designno controls
Real parametric CAD the AI authors from your words, verified as one configuration. Refined by chat.

Next steps

When the design is ready, use Save to library in the Workbench to turn it into a priced Catalog product. Because templates keep real parameters, they are also the designs you can hand to your customers. Expose safe fields such as the name or color so a buyer can personalize the product at checkout.

The WorkbenchViewport, materials, price, versions, and STL export — where you shape every design.Describe a designType what you want and get real parametric CAD back.PersonalizationLet customers customize a saved template at checkout.Studio creditsWhat each action costs, the welcome gift, and how refunds work.