How to choose the right 3Dresyns® material
How to choose the right 3Dresyns® material system for your additive manufacturing workflow.
This is the main 3Dresyns® material selection entry page.
How to choose the right 3Dresyns® material system
This page provides the first selection layer for identifying the correct 3Dresyns® material family before moving into application-specific selection, engineering validation, process calibration or ordering.
3Dresyns® material systems include photopolymers, inkjet materials, additives, auxiliaries, SLS powders, powder binders, ceramic and metal routes, sacrificial systems, indirect manufacturing materials and advanced photopolymer platforms.
Use this page as the central starting point when you need to choose a material system across the full 3Dresyns® portfolio.
This page is the material-family entry layer. It helps users identify the correct material route before moving into detailed selection, documentation, process control, IFU, calibration or validation.
For complete decision logic, use the Material Selection & Ordering Guide. For fast navigation across pages and documents, use the Material and Documentation Finder.
Use the structured methodology when your application involves mechanical, thermal, dimensional, regulatory, debinding, sintering or process-control constraints.
Choose your material family
SLA / DLP / LCD photopolymer materials
Main vat photopolymerization platform for general-purpose, engineering, dental, biocompatible, castable, sacrificial and specialty workflows.
Engineering & functional materials
Materials for structural performance, toughness, stiffness, impact resistance, thermal resistance, dimensional stability and functional reliability.
Biocompatible materials
Controlled material systems for applications requiring biological interaction awareness, IFU discipline, post-processing control and regulatory evaluation.
Dental materials
Materials for orthodontic, restorative, model, guide, splint, denture, aligner and laboratory dental workflows.
Additives & auxiliaries
Fine tuners, colors, processing auxiliaries and functional modifiers for adjusting reactivity, viscosity, dispersion, surface behaviour, colour and workflow stability.
Inkjet materials
Jettable photopolymer systems for material jetting, inkjet workflows, dental, castable, otoplastic, microfluidic, support and specialty applications.
Castable, sacrificial & mold-making systems
Materials for burnout, investment casting, sacrificial structures, soluble patterns, printed molds, tooling and indirect manufacturing workflows.
Ceramics, metals and powder routes
Material systems for ceramic, metal, glass, polymer powder and exotic-material workflows requiring shaping, binder control, debinding, sintering or indirect powder-feedstock processing.
SLS powders & binders
Powder-based additive manufacturing systems, including high-performance SLS powders and binders for Cold Fusion and related powder-processing routes.
Advanced photopolymer platforms
Advanced materials for 2PP, nano / micro fabrication, NIL, VAM, LMM, UV / EB photoresists and other specialized photopolymer manufacturing routes.
Choose by technology
Start from the manufacturing process
If your printer, process or production route is already defined, select the material system from the technology first.
Quick decision logic
- Simple prototypes: start from general-purpose SLA / DLP / LCD materials.
- Functional or mechanical parts: use engineering and functional materials.
- Medical, dental or safety-driven applications: start from biocompatible or dental material families and review IFU.
- Need to tune speed, reactivity, colour, viscosity or workflow behaviour: use additives and auxiliaries.
- Jettable workflow: use inkjet material systems.
- Casting, molds or removable structures: use castable, sacrificial or mold-making systems.
- Ceramic or metal final material: compare direct and indirect routes before selecting the material.
- Powder-bed or powder-binder process: use SLS powders, Cold Fusion binders or powder feedstock routes.
- Nano, micro, VAM, NIL or LMM: use advanced photopolymer platforms.
Next step
Final performance depends on process control, curing behaviour, calibration, material version, geometry, post-processing and validation.