r/AdditiveManufacturing
16k members
r/AdditiveManufacturing is a subreddit with 16k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses 3d printing, additive manufacturing, printer, metal, and materials, and they frequently recommend/review 3d printer, 3d printers, and fdm printer.
* A tight knit community of users who are passionate about AM
* A valuable intellectual resource for persons or entities looking to develop or troubleshoot novel methods of AM
* A community willing to provide critical and polite feedback for all things AM
* A place to post interesting and new news or other announcements regarding AM or subjects immediately surrounding AM
Popular Themes in r/AdditiveManufacturing
#1
Solution Requests
: "Company wants to buy this for production of parts. Any suggestions? Specifics of what they are wanting to print is in comments."
22 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "How is the job market for AM engineers all over the world?"
13 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Anyone else have catastrophically bad Desktop Metal Experiences?"
4 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Resale Value Of Used Printer"
3 posts
#5
Opportunities
: "Career opportunity in Additive manufacturing"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "Starting a fishing lure product line using custom high temperature resin molds"
1 post
#7
News
: "Warning for Desktop Metal Studio System owners"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/AdditiveManufacturing
#1
3d Printing
: "How to create 3D models from images for 3d Printing - comparing AI generation vs photogrammetry"
80 posts
#2
Additive Manufacturing
: "Hiring: 3D Systems - Metal Additive Manufacturing Application Development Engineers"
69 posts
#3
Printer
: "New Printer day!"
28 posts
#4
Metal
: "Anyone else have catastrophically bad Desktop Metal Experiences?"
19 posts
#5
Materials
: "Fuse1 SLS Dimensional Accuracy Check"
17 posts
#6
3d Printer
: "Most reliable 3d Printer for prototyping?"
12 posts
#7
Design
: "My Hardware Design Review of the formlabs 4L (It's Huge)"
11 posts
#8
Sls
: "Should I use MJF of Sls for this part?"
11 posts
#9
Printing
: "Techniques for Printing Quick AND Strong Parts using Vase Mode!"
9 posts
#10
Manufacturing
8 posts
Products Discussed in r/AdditiveManufacturing
3d Printer
9 reviews
#1
Stratasys
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
AON3D
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Bambu
4.0★ from 1 review
3d Printers
7 reviews
#1
H350
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Fuse 1
3.0★ from 1 review
#3
EOS
5.0★ from 1 review
Fdm Printer
7 reviews
#1
Stratasys
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Markforged
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Bambu
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/AdditiveManufacturing
#1
General Question
: "Desktop Metal is out of business"
24 posts
#2
Show'n'Tell
: "New printer day!"
9 posts
#3
Pro Machines
: "SAF vs MJF - what’s your experience?"
7 posts
#4
Careers
: "Asking for help during desperate times"
7 posts
#5
Science/Research
: "Introducing PrintGuard - A new open-source 3D print failure detector running 40x faster than Spaghetti Detective whilst requiring less than 1Gb of RAM for edge deployability"
6 posts
#6
Technical Question
: "Are you bagholding a Desktop Metal printer?"
4 posts
#7
Which Printer?
: "Replacing an Ultimaker S7 - What would you choose?"
4 posts
#8
oooooooof
: "Stratasys to Acquire Markforged in a transaction valued at $42.4 million USD by end of 2026."
3 posts
#9
Applications
: "My parametric generator for TPU bellows and sleeves. I hope you find it helpful!"
2 posts
#10
Technology
: "Introducing Fuse X1: Formlabs' newest industrial SLS printer, plus our new Flexible 80A Resin V2!"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/AdditiveManufacturing
Yearly
+2k members(17.8%)
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Last updated: July 1, 2026