Recommend / compare filament materials
recommend_materialFREE. Suggest the best filament(s) for a use case with plain-language reasons, and (by default) a real slice/quote per candidate so you see the time/filament/cost tradeoff. use_case: functional | decorative | outdoor | flexible | high-temp | food-contact-note. Paste a link: Thingiverse/Printables/MakerWorld model pages, a GitHub blob, Google Drive or Dropbox share link, a direct .stl/.3mf/.obj/.ply/.step URL, or a .zip (first printable model inside is used). Local file? Upload once at https://fabtally.com/upload and paste that URL. Fair-use limited.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| quote | No | Also slice/quote each candidate material (default true). | |
| margin | No | BYO pricing: fractional margin, 0.3 = 30%. | |
| printer | No | Printer id from list_printers (elegoo-neptune4-max, bambu-a1, bambu-a1-mini, bambu-p1s, bambu-x1c, prusa-mk4, prusa-mini, ender3-v3, creality-k1, creality-k1-max, voron-24-350, anycubic-kobra2). Default elegoo-neptune4-max. | |
| quality | No | Quality preset: draft 0.28mm | standard 0.20mm | fine 0.12mm layer height. | |
| currency | No | BYO pricing: currency code (USD, EUR, ...). Default USD. | |
| filename | No | File name incl. extension, e.g. 'bracket.stl'. Required with model_base64. | |
| use_case | Yes | What the part is for — drives the material recommendation. | |
| model_url | No | PREFERRED. Public URL to the 3D model. Paste a link: Thingiverse/Printables/MakerWorld model pages, a GitHub blob, Google Drive or Dropbox share link, a direct .stl/.3mf/.obj/.ply/.step URL, or a .zip (first printable model inside is used). Local file? Upload once at https://fabtally.com/upload and paste that URL. The server fetches and (if a zip) unpacks it. | |
| setup_fee | No | BYO pricing: flat per-job setup fee. | |
| model_base64 | No | Base64 model bytes — small-file fallback only (roughly <50KB). MCP clients (Claude/ChatGPT Desktop) truncate large inline tool arguments, so a real STL can silently arrive corrupted. For anything bigger use model_url (upload at https://fabtally.com/upload first). Provide `filename` too. | |
| minimum_price | No | BYO pricing: per-unit price floor. | |
| infill_percent | No | Sparse infill density percent (0-100). | |
| markup_percent | No | BYO pricing: extra % markup on top of margin. | |
| material_cost_per_kg | No | BYO pricing: override material $/kg. | |
| machine_rate_per_hour | No | BYO pricing: machine time cost/hour. |