Upload a photo of the broken piece — a snapped bracket, a stripped gear, a cracked clip. Formo reconstructs the geometry and hands you a validated, watertight file ready for your slicer.
Most people who need a replacement part either can't find the exact one online, or don't own CAD software to model it from a photo and calipers. Formo's photo-to-3D path exists specifically for this: describe or photograph the broken piece, note the critical dimensions if you know them (or let Formo ask), and get back a file.
Every generated file goes through the same watertight and dimensional-consistency validation as any other Formo generation — a replacement part that doesn't fit or won't print isn't useful, so the check happens before you ever see the download link.
Include something for scale in the photo — a ruler or a coin — or just tell the chat the dimensions you do know. Formo asks a clarifying question for anything critical it can't infer.
Yes, for describable geometry — gears, clips, hooks, mounts, brackets. Highly complex mechanical assemblies may need more back-and-forth in the chat to get right.
STL and 3MF for printing directly, plus a STEP file if you want to open and adjust it in CAD software.
No — general-purpose AI 3D tools optimize for visual appearance, not print-readiness, and commonly produce non-watertight geometry that fails in a slicer. Formo validates every file for watertightness and dimensional consistency before delivery.