Printed by volunteers. Free.
Volunteer printing by LayerFlow3D. 3D printing workshops in Ukraine print parts for military units, hospitals, rehabilitation centres and NGOs, free of charge, and send them by Nova Poshta or Ukrposhta.
Units, hospitals and NGOs
Access is by invitation from a volunteer workshop. Got a link? Open it, and your account is ready in a minute.
Volunteer workshops
You do not sign in here. Work in LayerFlow3D: open a workspace in Ukraine, turn on volunteer requests in its settings and invite the people you print for.
A workspace that only prints for volunteers can ask for the free volunteer plan when it turns volunteer requests on: up to 50 printers, no prices and nothing to sell.
How a request travels
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Invitation
- Requester
- You get a one-time link from a workshop or a colleague.
- Workshop
- You invite the people you print for, from their client card in LayerFlow3D.
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Request
- Requester
- You send one to five photos, how many, the region and by when.
- Workshop
- It comes to you directly, or to every workshop on the shared feed.
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Printing
- Requester
- You see which workshop took it and when it opened your details.
- Workshop
- You take it and print with your own machines and filament.
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Delivery
- Requester
- The waybill number appears in your cabinet.
- Workshop
- You send the parcel by Nova Poshta or Ukrposhta and add its number.
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Received
- Requester
- You confirm receipt, and the request closes.
- Workshop
- It counts toward your workshop’s record.
What you can ask for
Non-lethal items only. Pick the category closest to what you need.
- MedicalTourniquet holders, first-aid kit organisers
- CommunicationsRadio and antenna mounts
- PowerBattery cases, power bank housings
- Vehicle partsClips, caps and mounts for the cabin
- Field lifeHooks, holders, torch mounts
- OrganisersBoxes, trays and pouch inserts
- RehabilitationThick grips for cutlery, hand supports
- OtherAnything else non-lethal a workshop agrees to take
Not accepted: weapons and their parts, drop parts, munition casings, anything that is itself a weapon.
The rules
- Only non-lethal items: medical, communications, power, vehicle parts, field life, organisers and rehabilitation. No weapons, no drop parts, no shells.
- Never write unit numbers, positions or town names, in the text or on the photos. The region is enough.
- Requests are free: no invoice, no payment, and nothing printed is resold.
- We store no model files. A model is a link to printables.com, makerworld.com, thingiverse.com, thangs.com, drive.google.com, dropbox.com, onedrive.live.com, 1drv.ms.
- Your name, phone and post office are shown only to the workshop that takes the request, and are deleted 30 days after it closes.
Questions
Who prints the parts?
Volunteer 3D printing workshops in Ukraine that run their printers in LayerFlow3D and have switched volunteer requests on. They print with their own machines and their own filament.
How much does it cost?
Nothing. A request carries no price, and a workshop may not ask for money or sell what it printed.
What if there is no model?
Send photos with measurements and tick that a model is needed. A workshop that can design one will take the request.
How long does it take?
It depends on the part and the workshop. Set a needed-by date. A workshop that takes a request from the shared feed has 72 hours to start printing, or the request goes back to the feed.
Can I invite a colleague?
Yes, once your email is confirmed: from your cabinet, with a one-time link. Every invitation is recorded, so each account can be traced to whoever vouched for it.
Who sees my details?
Only the workshop that takes your request sees your name, phone and branch. Other workshops see the photos, the description, the quantity and the region.
How to get an invitation
If you need parts printed
Ask a volunteer workshop you already work with to send you an invitation. If you know none, write to us from your unit’s or organisation’s email: who you are and what you need printed.
Email usIf you print
Open a workspace in LayerFlow3D with Ukraine as its country, turn on volunteer requests in its settings and invite the people you print for. It is free on every plan. The shared feed opens once the workspace is 14 days old, its email is confirmed and it has a printer.
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