3D Printed Jigs and Fixtures

Save time, reduce cost and improve safety by making jigs, fixtures and other manufacturing tools with 3D printing.

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Change your paradigm about manufacturing tools.

There’s an alternative to heavy, non-ergonomic, expensive tooling that takes weeks or months to get into production.

3D printing offers a much more efficient way to create jigs and fixtures, assembly and inspection aids, end-of-arm tooling, soft jaws, and forming dies. That’s because these tools can be printed in hours vs. days or weeks it takes with traditional fabrication methods. Jigs and fixtures manufacturing with strong thermoplastics offers a lighter alternative to metal, and 3D printing’s design freedom allows for optimal ergonomics and user-friendly tool designs.

Tooling Applications

Assembly Fixtures

End-of-Arm Tooling

Inspection Fixtures

Benefits of 3D Printing for Jigs & Fixtures

Customization: Easily tailor jigs and fixtures to specific requirements, ensuring a perfect fit for your tooling application.
Rapid production: Accelerate the manufacturing process with quick turnaround times, reducing lead times significantly.
Cost-efficiency: Lower production costs by minimizing material waste and eliminating the need for complex tooling.
Enhanced durability: Utilize advanced materials like carbon fiber to create strong and long-lasting jigs and fixtures.
Design flexibility: Achieve intricate designs and geometries that are difficult or impossible with traditional manufacturing methods.
Lightweight materials: Use plastics that can be 3D printed to the exact form and size needed, reducing weight compared to traditional aluminum machined jigs and fixtures.

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No CAD required: Browser-based interface anyone can use
Minutes to design: Guided 9-step process dramatically reduces design time
Instant manufacturing: Design and print in a single software environment
Professional results: Built-in engineering principles ensure functional fixtures

Stop waiting weeks for custom tooling. Your operators and engineers can now create exactly what they need, when they need it.

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3D Printers most relevant for this Jigs and Fixtures

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These 3D printers represent suitable systems for jigs, fixtures and other tooling applications.

H350® SAF® Printer

H350® powder bed technology provides an economical solution for producing tools and parts at scale, ideal for high-volume jigs and fixtures.

F370CR FDM Printer

Make strong 3D printed tools with carbon fiber materials.

Origin® Two DLP Printer

Injection-molding precision, consistent repeatability, and excellent surface finish, using a wide range of engineering-grade materials for high-quality jigs and fixtures.

F770 FDM Printer

The F770 delivers large-format FDM printing at an accessible price, making it suitable for creating sizable jigs and fixtures.

Fortus® 450mc FDM Printer

The Fortus® 450mc provides industrial-grade printing capabilities with a versatile selection of materials, ideal for complex jigs and fixtures.

F900 FDM Printer

With its large capacity and high-performance materials, the F900 is perfect for a variety of tooling applications, including extensive jigs and fixtures.

F3300® FDM Printer

The F3300® features next-gen FDM technology, offering up to twice the print speed and throughput of older models, making it efficient for producing jigs and fixtures.

H350® powder bed technology provides an economical solution for producing tools and parts at scale, ideal for high-volume jigs and fixtures.

Make strong 3D printed tools with carbon fiber materials.

Injection-molding precision, consistent repeatability, and excellent surface finish, using a wide range of engineering-grade materials for high-quality jigs and fixtures.

The F770 delivers large-format FDM printing at an accessible price, making it suitable for creating sizable jigs and fixtures.

The Fortus® 450mc provides industrial-grade printing capabilities with a versatile selection of materials, ideal for complex jigs and fixtures.

With its large capacity and high-performance materials, the F900 is perfect for a variety of tooling applications, including extensive jigs and fixtures.

The F3300® features next-gen FDM technology, offering up to twice the print speed and throughput of older models, making it efficient for producing jigs and fixtures.

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Traditional vs. 3D Printing

3D printed tooling can make your factory floor more efficient, safe and cost effective.

All manufacturing operations use jigs and fixtures in some form, but making them with outdated methods is costly and time consuming. As this guide shows, 3D printing offers a better alternative.

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Jigs and Fixtures Main Industries

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3D printed jigs and fixtures offer benefits across multiple industries.

Aerospace

Aerospace companies leverage 3D printed drill guides, ground support equipment and other tools to meet schedules and cut costs.

Automotive

3D printing allows faster, on-demand tool creation to minimize downtime and keep production lines operational.

Medical

3D printing’s limitless design capability lets doctors create patient-specific surgical guides for more effective outcomes.

Aerospace companies leverage 3D printed drill guides, ground support equipment and other tools to meet schedules and cut costs.

3D printing allows faster, on-demand tool creation to minimize downtime and keep production lines operational.

3D printing’s limitless design capability lets doctors create patient-specific surgical guides for more effective outcomes.

All Industries

"The 3D printer offers us the enhanced geometric freedom to create previously unthought-of 3D printed tools, which then enable us to manufacture extremely complex parts that would be uneconomical or just physically impossible to create by any other means."

Rachel Trimble, GKN Aerospace

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FAQ

3D-printed jigs and fixtures are custom tools used to position, hold, guide, or test parts during assembly, machining, or inspection. Additive manufacturing enables faster production and more ergonomic, application-specific designs.

They’re typically lighter, faster to produce, and easier to modify. Unlike machined aluminum, printed tools can be optimized for weight, ergonomics, and complex shapes.

FDM®: Ideal for strong, durable tools (e.g., with carbon fiber-filled materials)
SAF® (H350®): Great for high-volume production with consistency and strength
P3™ DLP: Provides injection-molding-level accuracy and surface finish for detailed tools and gauges. Smooth and/or textured surfaces can also improve ergonomics.

Stratasys offers engineering-grade materials like carbon fiber-filled nylon, ABS, and high-strength photopolymers. Material choice depends on mechanical requirements, thermal resistance, and application environment.

Custom jigs and fixtures can be printed in as little as 24 hours –much faster than traditional CNC machining or outsourced tooling.

Yes. Large-format printers like the F770® and F900® allow for sizable jigs.

Faster turnaround and tooling flexibility
Reduced material waste and costs
Lightweight, ergonomic designs
Customization for specific parts and processes
Digital inventory: Store jig and fixture designs digitally and print on demand, eliminating the need for physical storage of bulky or rarely used tools

Connect with our team to evaluate your tooling needs. We'll help match the right technology and material to your workflow and provide support for design optimization and deployment.

3D Printed Jigs and Fixtures

Change your paradigm about manufacturing tools.

There’s an alternative to heavy, non-ergonomic, expensive tooling that takes weeks or months to get into production.

Tooling Applications

Assembly Fixtures

End-of-Arm Tooling

Inspection Fixtures

Benefits of 3D Printing for Jigs & Fixtures

Design Fixtures in Minutes, Not Hours

Introducing fixturemate integration in GrabCAD Print Pro

3D Printers most relevant for this Jigs and Fixtures

H350® SAF® Printer

F370CR FDM Printer

Origin® Two DLP Printer

F770 FDM Printer

Fortus® 450mc FDM Printer

F900 FDM Printer

F3300® FDM Printer

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Traditional vs. 3D Printing

3D printed tooling can make your factory floor more efficient, safe and cost effective.

Jigs and Fixtures Main Industries

Aerospace

Automotive

Medical

"The 3D printer offers us the enhanced geometric freedom to create previously unthought-of 3D printed tools, which then enable us to manufacture extremely complex parts that would be uneconomical or just physically impossible to create by any other means."

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