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Anycubic Plans November 17 Thingiverse Section on Makeronline

October 24, 2026 Software 3DPTimes Editorial | Sources: Anycubic company announcement, October 23, 2026; Thingiverse community announcement, October 22, 2026. 8

Selected Thingiverse designs will be prepared as multicolor 3MF files for compatible printers under the newly announced partnership.

Archive photograph: an Anycubic i3 printer photographed on January 1, 2018. This is an older machine, not a demonstration of the Thingiverse integration or the October 2026 announcement. Photo: Till Westermayer, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0. Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anycubic_i3_-_II.jpg License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ No content changes; displayed at a smaller size.

Anycubic has announced a partnership with Thingiverse to connect its printer ecosystem with the model-sharing community. A dedicated collaboration section on Makeronline is scheduled to launch on November 17, according to the Shenzhen company's October 23 announcement.

The initial plan draws on Thingiverse's library of more than two million models. Anycubic says selected designs will receive multicolor preparation and conversion from STL to 3MF for compatible printers. The companies have not said that the entire library will be converted or ready at launch.

For users, the proposed workflow would bring model discovery and printer preparation closer together. The practical benefit will depend on which designs and machines are supported as the service rolls out; the announcement does not provide a full compatibility list or commercial terms for the partnership.

Thingiverse also discussed the integration in an October 22 community forum post. It said creators' rights and licenses would be respected and creators showcased, while inviting community feedback. That statement matters for a service built around community contributions: access through another platform does not itself remove the conditions attached to an individual design.

The November date concerns the Makeronline collaboration section. It is a planned software and content integration, rather than a new printer launch.

Original sources:
Anycubic company announcement, October 23, 2026: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/anycubic-and-thingiverse-announce-exclusive-partnership-to-expand-access-to-3d-models-302917741.html
Thingiverse community announcement, October 22, 2026: https://forum.thingiverse.com/t/upcoming-feature-integration-with-anycubic-3d-printers/739