P2S · IDLE SAME-DAY DISPATCH NOW AVAILABLE

Rapid prototyping,
done properly.

3D-printed prototypes — priced in seconds, checked by hand, dispatched today.

One part or a short run — there's no minimum quantity. Built for the people designing and testing as they go: students, makers, and founders prototyping a real product.

Holographic blueprint of a quadcopter frame
LIVE PROTOTYPE · QUADCOPTER FRAME · MEASURED IN-BROWSER
BAMBU P2S · CAPE TOWN · SAME-DAY DISPATCH · NATIONWIDE COURIER
01 — PROCESS

Upload. Print. Delivered.

01

Upload

Drop in your STL or OBJ, pick a material, tell us what the part is for. Your price appears in seconds — no quote form to fill in.

02

Print

We slice your part, check it for manufacturability, and watch the first layers go down. If your design has a problem, you hear about it before we print — not after.

03

Delivered

Inspected, packed, and dispatched — same day when your order qualifies, otherwise on the exact date your quote shows. Tracked courier nationwide. Same-day personal delivery in Cape Town, if you need it fast.

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02 — THE FILAMENT LIBRARY

Pick your material

One filament per part — the functional single-colour niche. Choose a material and a colour: the print updates, and you get the plain-English pros, cons and common uses. That's all you need to pick right.

PLA
MATTE BLACK · SAME-DAY
Material
Colour
Pros
Cons
Common uses

R2.20/G · SAME-DAY · SINGLE COLOUR PER PART

Quote a part in this material
03 — THE OFFER

Low minimums. Fast iterations.

No minimum order quantity — print one part, test it, change the model, print the next. Built for the people designing and testing as they build, not factories chasing thousand-unit runs. Every order comes back hand-checked with free DFM notes, so a thin wall or an undersized hole reaches you before it costs a print.

BUILT FOR

Founders Developers Engineers Workshops Businesses Hobbyists

Prototype iterations

Print rev A, test the fit, tweak the model, print rev B — often the same day. Move as fast as your design does.

Functional parts

Brackets, enclosures, mounts and jigs printed in the right material for the job — from PLA to carbon-fibre composites.

Short runs

A handful of the same part when you need a few, not a thousand. A small batch on one plate, no factory minimum.

04 — INSTANT QUOTE

Upload the file. See the number.

No account. Your file stays private — priced in your browser, printed by the same hands that check it.

Drop your STL or OBJ here, or click to browse

MAX 100 MB · UNITS ASSUMED MM · FILES NEVER LEAVE YOUR BROWSER AT QUOTE STAGE

Advanced settings — optional

The defaults suit most functional parts. Finer layers and heavier infill change weight, print time and price — and can affect same-day eligibility. Print speed isn't a setting: every part runs at the speed it prints properly at.

YOUR QUOTE
Estimated weight
Estimated print time
Price per part
TotalR —

Shipping calculated at checkout (tracked courier, nationwide). Minimum order R150. Free printability check and DFM notes included with every order.

Order via WhatsApp

Online checkout is coming. For now you order in one tap — we confirm and send a payment link.

Reprinted free
If it fails on our machine
Remade or refunded
If it arrives off-spec
Free DFM notes
With every order
Files stay private
Never stored or resold
05 — FAQ

Straight answers

How fast is same-day dispatch, really?

If it's ordered before 11:00, the whole order finishes printing before the day's courier leaves, it's a same-day material, and the queue is open — it's printed, QC-photographed, and with the courier the same day. Included in the price, not an upsell. The earlier you order, the bigger the part that qualifies.

The quote above checks all four conditions live and shows you exactly which promise applies to your part before you pay.

Is there a minimum quantity? Can you do a single part, or a small batch?

No minimum quantity — a single prototype is a real order, and most orders here are exactly that. It's built for iterating: print one, test it in your hand, revise, and reorder the next version.

Need a few of something? If the parts are small they stack on one plate and print together in a single run; larger quantities simply add print time. The quote shows the price and dispatch date for your exact quantity before you commit.

How accurate are the parts?

±0.25 mm typical on FDM, with a 0.16 mm fine layer option for parts that need it. If a dimension is critical — a bearing seat, a press fit — say so in the order brief and it gets measured before packing.

Can you print multiple colours in one part?

No — and that's deliberate. REALIS3D specialises in functional single-colour parts: jigs, fixtures, enclosures, brackets, mounts, prototypes. Parts that need to work by tomorrow. Pick any single colour per part; if we don't stock it, we can order it in.

What happens to my design files?

At quote stage your file is priced entirely in your browser — it never touches our servers. When you order, the file is used to produce your part and nothing else. Your designs stay yours; we never print, share, or resell them. Deletion on request. Details in Privacy & your files.

What if the print fails or arrives off-spec?

A print that fails on our machine is reprinted at no cost — you'll never pay for our scrap. If a part arrives off-spec against what you ordered, it gets remade or refunded. QC photos before dispatch exist precisely so this almost never happens.

What if I miss the 11:00 cutoff?

Your quote shows the next dispatch date — usually the next day — at no extra cost. In a hurry? Queue-jump for +50% of your subtotal (minimum R100) and your part prints next, ahead of the line.

How do I pay?

Right now: order via WhatsApp from the quote above, and you'll receive a secure payment link before printing starts. Full online checkout is on its way.

Which file formats do you take?

STL and OBJ through the instant quote, up to 100 MB, dimensions in millimetres. Something else — STEP, 3MF? WhatsApp it over and it gets quoted manually.

Do you do design work, or fix broken files?

Design services aren't offered at launch — but every order includes free printability notes, and obvious file issues (flipped normals, minor mesh errors) are repaired without fuss. If your file needs real design work, we'll say so honestly rather than print something that won't work.

06 — CONTACT

Talk to the person who prints your part

No ticket queue. No script. Messages during Cape Town business hours are usually answered within the hour.

WhatsApp — fastest

Quotes, order questions, odd file formats, "can you print this?" — all of it. Attach your file directly if it's under WhatsApp's limit.

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Email

Better for large files, formal quotes, and anything you want on paper. Same person answers.

hello@realis3d.co.za

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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA · SHIPS NATIONWIDE · TRACKED COURIER

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