Velo3D

aid: velo3d
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/velo3d/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Velo3D
kind: company
description: Velo3D builds metal additive-manufacturing systems for aerospace, defense,
  and energy - the Sapphire family of laser powder bed fusion printers, Flow print-preparation
  software, the Assure quality-assurance and control system, all powered by the Intelligent
  Fusion manufacturing process. These are enterprise hardware and software products;
  Velo3D does not publish a documented public developer API.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Additive Manufacturing
- Metal 3D Printing
- Laser Powder Bed Fusion
- Aerospace
- Defense
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: velo3d:sapphire-printers
  name: Velo3D Sapphire Printers
  tags:
  - Sapphire
  - Metal 3D Printing
  - Laser Powder Bed Fusion
  - Hardware
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://velo3d.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://velo3d.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/velo3d-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: The Sapphire family (Sapphire, Sapphire XC, Sapphire 1MZ) of laser
    powder bed fusion metal 3D printers, using multiple 1-kilowatt lasers to produce
    large-format support-free parts. Product feature - no documented public developer
    API surface.
- aid: velo3d:flow-print-prep
  name: Velo3D Flow Print Preparation
  tags:
  - Flow
  - Print Preparation
  - CAD
  - Software
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://velo3d.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://velo3d.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/velo3d-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Flow print-preparation software with native CAD import for designing
    and preparing support-free builds, including Flow Developer for engineers to tune
    process parameters within the Sapphire ecosystem. Product feature - no documented
    public developer API surface.
- aid: velo3d:assure-qa
  name: Velo3D Assure Quality Assurance
  tags:
  - Assure
  - Quality Assurance
  - In-Situ Monitoring
  - Software
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://velo3d.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://velo3d.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/velo3d-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: The Assure quality-assurance and control system, a real-time dashboard
    using multi-sensor physics-based detection to validate powder health, chamber
    atmosphere, optics, and per-layer melt-pool data during a build. Product feature
    - the dashboard is an operator interface, not a documented public developer API.
- aid: velo3d:intelligent-fusion
  name: Velo3D Intelligent Fusion
  tags:
  - Intelligent Fusion
  - Process Technology
  - Manufacturing
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://velo3d.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://velo3d.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/velo3d-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: The Intelligent Fusion manufacturing process that integrates the Sapphire
    printers, Flow, and Assure into an end-to-end metal additive-manufacturing
    workflow. Process technology - no documented public developer API surface.
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/velo3d
- type: Website
  url: https://velo3d.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://support.velo3d.com/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/velo3d-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/velo3d-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/velo3d-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com