Following last year's announcement about building its network on Sui, 3D printing powerhouse 3DOS says it will use Walrus to store its library of 3D printing designs.

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3DOS is one of the world's first 3D printing operating systems. Boasting over 500,000 users, 4.2 million parts, and over 15 million CAD designs, it supports manufacturing across more than 120 countries with customers such as John Deere, Google, MIT, Harvard, CalTech, Berkeley, Bosch, the British Army, US Navy, US Air Force, and NASA.

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In order to power its decentralized global manufacturing network, 3DOS leverages Sui as a coordination layer, ensuring that the needs of both users and manufacturers are aligned perfectly in real time. Through the 3DOS network, people can upload their own 3D printing designs, while others can pay to use those designs for their own manufacturing. The resulting data requires a storage solution that meets 3DOS’s ethos of decentralization and accessibility. Enter Walrus.  

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In addition to providing safe, reliable, and robust storage Walrus’s highly programmable nature means that storage can be integrated and adapted to 3DOS’s unique needs. Thanks to Walrus, 3D printed designs can not only be stored onchain, but the owner can control who can access their designs, and grant other rights via NFTs. Walrus will host the original designs, their companion NFTs, and videos showing the 3D printing process and results, giving users proof of the design integrity. Rich audits of the manufacturing process can be uploaded to Walrus, ensuring the integrity of future processes.

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“All of these processes are coordinated through smart contracts on Sui,” said George Danezis, Co-Founder of Mysten Labs, the original contributor to Walrus. “Sui mediates the interactions between builders and manufacturers, and storage on Walrus is at the heart of those interactions.”

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3DOS also launched an AI agent in beta as a Chrome extension, which will collect real-time data on factories, CNC machining, injection molding, and other manufacturing services worldwide, giving instant access to local production options. This AI-driven database will be securely stored on Walrus’s decentralized storage network, making it tamper-proof, censorship-resistant, and accessible globally.

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"Walrus gives 3DOS the decentralized, secure storage needed to power the future of global manufacturing,” said John Dogru, CEO, 3DOS. “Together, we're making supply chains smarter, more resilient, and truly unstoppable."

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“3DOS demonstrates the value of global coordination of different resources and the value of composing resources including DeFi, stored CDA designs, audits of manufacturing, and tokenized manufacturing capacity to revolutionize industry broadly,” said Rebecca Simmonds, Managing Executive of the Walrus Foundation. “Walrus is the storage platform that helps fulfill this vision.”

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With Walrus and Sui as key infrastructure, 3DOS is redefining global manufacturing – connecting AI, decentralized storage, and tokenized designs to decentralize and localize production.

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