Desktop Metal

aid: desktop-metal
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/desktop-metal/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Desktop Metal
kind: company
description: Desktop Metal designs and manufactures additive manufacturing (3D printing)
  hardware and software for metal and polymer parts, including binder jet and Bound
  Metal Deposition printers, sintering furnaces, materials, and the cloud/desktop Live
  Suite software (Live Platform, Live Studio, Live Build, Live Sinter, Live Monitor)
  that replaced the legacy Fabricate applications. As of April 2025 Desktop Metal is
  a subsidiary of Nano Dimension. No public or partner developer API is documented;
  the surfaces below are product features rather than published HTTP APIs.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- 3D Printing
- Additive Manufacturing
- Metal
- Hardware
- Manufacturing Software
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: desktop-metal:printer-fleet-live-suite
  name: Printer Fleet & Live Suite
  tags:
  - Fleet Management
  - Live Suite
  - Live Monitor
  - Product Feature
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.desktopmetal.com/products/live-suite
  properties:
  - url: https://www.desktopmetal.com/products/live-suite
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.desktopmetal.com/products/live-monitor
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/desktop-metal-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Live Platform provisions and manages Desktop Metal AM systems and users,
    and Live Monitor surfaces real-time fleet, printer, and furnace data (job/event
    status, time reporting, consumable usage, OEE) in a web browser with 30-day exportable
    history for trend analysis and Industry 4.0 integration. This is delivered as a
    product UI and data export, not as a documented public REST/HTTP API.
- aid: desktop-metal:fabricate-software
  name: Fabricate Software
  tags:
  - Build Preparation
  - Slicing
  - Live Studio
  - Live Build
  - Product Feature
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.desktopmetal.com/products/live-suite
  properties:
  - url: https://www.desktopmetal.com/products/live-suite
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/desktop-metal-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Build preparation and slicing software for Desktop Metal printers. The
    legacy Fabricate and Fabricate MFG desktop applications have been replaced and
    upgraded by Live Studio (cloud build preparation for Bound Metal Deposition / Studio
    System) and Live Build MFG/DLP (binder jet and DLP build preparation). Distributed
    as installable/cloud applications; no documented public API surface.
- aid: desktop-metal:materials
  name: Materials
  tags:
  - Materials
  - Metal
  - Polymer
  - Product Feature
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.desktopmetal.com/materials
  properties:
  - url: https://www.desktopmetal.com/materials
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/desktop-metal-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Qualified metal, polymer, composite, ceramic, sand, and wood material
    portfolio for Desktop Metal's binder jet, Bound Metal Deposition, and DLP/polymer
    systems, with associated material parameters and process profiles. Presented as
    a product catalog; no documented public API for material data.
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/desktop-metal
- type: Website
  url: https://www.desktopmetal.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.desktopmetal.com/products/live-suite
- type: Plans
  url: plans/desktop-metal-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/desktop-metal-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/desktop-metal-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com