# 3D Model Repositories ##### There are many great places to find models! All these sites have quality 3D models available although not all 3D models are printable. - **Thangs -** [https://thangs.com](https://thangs.com) - Kind of a 3D model search engine, but they require free account login to download anything :( - **Printables -** [https://printables.com](https://printables.com) - All models are free and most tend to be of high quality - **Thingiverse -** [https://www.thingiverse.com/](https://www.thingiverse.com/) - This is easily the largest collection of printable models available anywhere, with all models free - **MyMiniFactory -** [https://www.myminifactory.com/](https://www.myminifactory.com/) - Great high-quality models, but not all models are free and some can be quite costly - **Scan the World -** [https://www.myminifactory.com/scantheworld/](https://www.myminifactory.com/scantheworld/) - People scan things, often art and sculpture, and make them available to the world, although not all of the models can be printed as downloaded - **YouMagine -** [https://www.youmagine.com/](https://www.youmagine.com/) - Similar to thingiverse.com with 15,000+ printable designs - **Cults3D -** [https://cults3d.com/](https://cults3d.com/) - This site bills itself as a social network for fans of the 3D printer world and has 80,000 models although many of those overlap with thingiverse.com - **Smithsonian 3D Digitization -** [https://3d.si.edu/](https://3d.si.edu/) - A group of technologists working within the Smithsonian Institution Digitization Program Office, although not everything is printable as it is provided - **U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health -** [https://3dprint.nih.gov/](https://3dprint.nih.gov/) - The NIH 3D Print Exchange provides models in formats that are readily compatible with 3D printers, and offers a unique set of tools to create and share 3D-printable models related to biomedical science. - **TraceParts -** [https://www.traceparts.com/](https://www.traceparts.com/) - Design library of models for hardware, gearing, etc. that is available through a huge list of catalogs, a great resource for sizing a print to interface with the real world - **PinShape -** [https://pinshape.com/](https://pinshape.com/) - - This site has both Free and costly models, but the quality is typically excellent - **Yeggi -** [https://www.yeggi.com/](https://www.yeggi.com/) - A search engine for 3D printable models that indexes many sites - **CGTrader -** [https://www.cgtrader.com/](https://www.cgtrader.com/) - A search engine for costly models, although not all of the models can be printed as downloaded - **GrabCAD Community -** [https://grabcad.com/library](https://grabcad.com/library) - Tons of CAD files that can be printed, although not all of the models can be printed as downloaded - **Fab365 -** [https://fab365.net/](https://fab365.net/) - "3D Printing Model Marketplace" that has many high quality designers posting new designs - **NASA Model Site -** [https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models/printable](https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models/printable "https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models/printable") - NASA's 3D printable model site - -