A jumping spider in 15 parts

3D-printed jumping spider, beige head with large black eyes, brown and black legs, on a printer bed — The printed jumping spider, front view on the Creality K2 Pro bed.

Hi! Thank you for reaching out, I'd be happy to have my work featured on your Makers page. The project I'd like to share is my Jumping Spider model created for 3D printing. I wanted to make a detailed but still printable design that looks interesting as a finished model.

Printed jumping spider seen from three-quarters, brown abdomen and striped legs — Three-quarter view: head, brown abdomen and legs assembled.

Printed jumping spider seen from behind, brown abdomen — Rear view, the brown abdomen.

I used Split3r during the preparation process to split and prepare the model for printing. It made the whole workflow much faster and easier, especially compared to separating everything manually.

Split3r screenshot: 3D jumping spider, list of parts on the left — The model in Split3r before splitting; the Workzone lists the parts.

In Split3r: the model, then its parts spread out in Explode mode.

Four build plates in the slicer with the spider's green parts — The 15 parts laid out on four plates in the slicer: abdomen, legs, head and small parts.

What I enjoyed most was how simple and intuitive the tool is. It saves a lot of time and makes preparing more complex models much more convenient.

I think Split3r already works very well, but I'd love to see even more control over the splitting process and additional options for preparing more complex models in the future.