Mintr Pro
Turn it on in Settings when you are ready. Sketch constraints and driving dimensions stay on the profile, so a later change updates the part.
From the North Carolina workshop
Design the tool yourself.
Peak Horology designs its holders, baskets and bench tools in house. Mintr is the Windows modeler built for that work, and it is free. If I can make stuff with Mintr I promise you can too. It is designed to be approachable. You can make your own models or use Mintr to make easy changes to a model you already have. Export STL or 3MF and send it to a 3D printer. STEP is there too, if a shop needs to cut the part. All kept locally on your computer and you have the rights to your files. If you would rather we make the part though, our shop is open.
Sketch on a face
Extrude, cut, or revolve from the part itself.
Ready for the printer
STL and 3MF first. STEP if a shop needs the file.
Yours to keep
Local files. No account. GPL-3.0.
Also in Mintr
For when the part gets serious.
Model with an AI
A local API lets an assistant add solids, cut holes, and edit the model with you. The file still lives on this computer.
Gears that mesh
Drop an involute gear and set the tooth count and module. Spur, helical, herringbone, ring, or rack. Two gears with the same module mesh, and you can print the pair.
Threads and paper
Model a real thread, then export for the printer or a dimensioned blueprint for the bench.
01 — Make it
A file your printer can make.
Mintr is built for 3D printing. Export STL, 3MF, or OBJ and send the file to the printer. STEP is there when a shop needs to cut the part, and a dimensioned blueprint PDF is there for the bench.
- STL, 3MF, and OBJ go straight to the printer.
- STEP is the extra path, when a shop needs the file.
- Round an edge or cut a bevel before you print.
02 — Keep it
The work stays on the bench.
Projects live in a library on your Windows PC. Search them, folder them, and open the file. You can even password protect your folders for sensitive projects. There is no login between you and the part. A .peakcad file saves all the model history of that part. You can send it to a coworker/friend and they can pick up right where you left off.
- Folders for a family of tools, not a cloud vault.
- A project file you can copy, move, and back up.
- Free software from Peak Horology LLC, under GPL-3.0-or-later.
03 — What it is for
Whatever you need to make.
A part of your own
A repair, a housing, a fixture, a gift. Start from a solid and shape it until it is the thing you pictured.
A change to a model you have
Import a file and adjust the fit, a hole, or a thread. You do not have to redraw the whole part.
Something that can be made
STL or 3MF for the printer. STEP if a shop should cut it. A blueprint when you want paper.
Not only our tools
We use Mintr for holders and baskets. You can use it for anything that needs to exist as a real part.
In the modeler.
Mintr is for parts you can print. Solids, a sketch on a face, and a file you can send to a printer. It is a workshop tool, not a full industrial assembly suite.
Solids
Box, cylinder, sphere, cone, pyramid, polygon, torus, ring, thread, and text.
Sketch
Draw on a face, then extrude, cut, or revolve.
Group
Join solids with an exact boolean when every piece can support it.
Edges
Round an edge, or cut a bevel. The change stays on the part as you keep working.
Import
STL, 3MF, OBJ, STEP, and SVG. Start from a print file, or a model you already have.
Paper
A blueprint PDF with dimensions, for the moment the screen is the wrong tool.
Mintr
Free, on your machine.
Windows 10 or 11. No account, no subscription, no card. Get the installer, print the part, and come back to the shop if you want help making it.
- System
- Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
- Processor
- Dual core, about 2018 or newer
- Memory
- 8 GB minimum, 16 GB recommended
- Graphics
- Dedicated GPU with 2 GB VRAM
- Storage
- 2 GB free
- License
- Free software, GPL-3.0-or-later