CGDesigns software
PrintForge
Run the business. Manage the production. Print the product. Business and production management software created specifically for 3D printing businesses.
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The problem
As a 3D printing operation grows, so does the complexity.
Customers and orders need managing. Materials need purchasing and tracking. Printers require maintenance. Models need organising. Jobs need allocating. Failed prints cost money. Production needs coordinating.
PrintForge brings those processes together. From customer order through to finished print, PrintForge provides one connected environment for managing the commercial and production sides of the business.
Your slicer controls the print. PrintForge controls the business.
One platform
Commercial and production, connected.
Instead of trying to adapt generic business software to 3D printing, PrintForge has been designed around the way a 3D printing business actually operates.
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Production Queue
Organise print jobs by priority, assign printers and materials, and follow each part from queue through to completion, failure or reprint.
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Printers
Monitor every machine in real time — printing progress, idle status, maintenance alerts and fleet-wide capacity at a glance.
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Orders
Manage customers, order status, pricing and individual parts with full detail on requirements, documents and payment progress.
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Inventory Control
Track filament, resin and consumables by type, colour and stock level — with reorder alerts before materials run out.
What PrintForge manages
One connected environment for the entire operation.
Customers & Orders
Manage customers, orders, individual parts, requirements, pricing and order progress.
Production
Turn customer orders into an organised production workflow and follow jobs through printing, completion, failure and reprint.
Printers
Manage multiple machines, specifications, profiles, compatibility, maintenance, parts and operating history.
Materials & Inventory
Manage filament and resin, colours, material types, suppliers, stock levels, consumption and purchasing.
Models
Maintain an organised library of printable models and their production requirements.
Slicers & Profiles
Associate printers with slicers and build a reusable catalogue of machine, material and process profiles.
Suppliers & Purchasing
Manage material sourcing, purchase orders and stock received into the business.
Costing
Connect material consumption, production time, waste and other costs with the work being produced.
Multi-User Operation
Support businesses where administration, management, office and production responsibilities are divided between different people.
PrintForge editions
Built for businesses at different stages of growth.
PrintForge is being designed to accommodate businesses at different stages of growth rather than assuming every 3D printing operation works in the same way.
Available
PrintForge Single User
For individual makers, sole traders and smaller 3D printing businesses. Manage the business and production operation from a single workstation without unnecessary multi-user complexity.
Available
PrintForge Business
For established and growing 3D printing businesses. Multiple workstations can share the same live business information, allowing office, management and production activities to operate as part of one connected workflow.
In Development
PrintForge Automation
The future evolution of PrintForge for larger and increasingly automated print farms. Planned capabilities build upon the same PrintForge platform with deeper slicer integration, automated job allocation, printer communications, production monitoring, failure detection and machine isolation.