ChatGPT Plugin

Hardware API

Preview, quote and 3D print

Brand: Hardware API

Category: Operations
Primary Subcategory: Equipment & Tool Rental

Integration details

Description

Turn your 3D designs into physical parts. Inspect a model in an interactive 3D viewer, choose an available material and colour, and request live printing and shipping quotes from Slant 3D. Review order opens Hardware API to check your design and delivery details and pay through external checkout. Previewing or quoting does not charge you or start manufacturing. Quotes share the selected model with the manufacturing provider; shipping quotes also share delivery details. Printing and delivery availability depend on the design, material and destination. Operated by Burwood Ventures Ltd.

Integration type: Plugin
Verification status: Not applicable
Platform: ChatGPT
Category: Operations
Primary Subcategory: Equipment & Tool Rental
Secondary Subcategories: None listed
Brand: Hardware API
Access: No account required
First tracked: 2026-10-17
Tool count: 6
Geography: US

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Primary Subcategory

Competing in ChatGPT Equipment & Tool Rental

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Listed in alphabetical order

Primary Subcategory

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Tools

6 tools agents can invoke

Accept the user's delivery address and email directly from this chat, plus quoteHandle from quote_stl. Ask permission to share these details with Slant 3D; never invent them. Sends the address to Slant to create an UNPAID DRAFT and returns printing, shipping, subtotal and provider arrival estimate in the 3D viewer. Country uses ISO two-letter codes. No payment or production. Taxes/duties excluded. Same quote/address requests are deduplicated; if processing is uncertain do not automatically create a fresh print quote to bypass this protection.
quote_shipping
UI-only action after Review order. Transfers encrypted geometry and delivery details through a reusable private link valid for 30 minutes. Saving the design to an account makes the original link account-only for later access; opening alone does not claim it. With quoteHandle, carries quoted options and an available unpaid draft; prices keep their own expiry. No manufacturer upload, new supplier draft, charge or production.
prepare_print_handoff
Upload the user-authorized binary STL to Slant 3D and return a print estimate in the 3D viewer. Pass delivery with any recipient/address already supplied, even WITHOUT email: it is privately preserved for Review order on the website, where email can be added and shipping calculated before payment. Do not block handoff to ask for email. First list materials and match material/color/quantity. Requires geometry-sharing consent. Encrypted quote valid 30 minutes. No charge or production; not a manufacturability certification.
quote_stl
Get current Slant 3D material IDs, material type, color name and hex. Match the user's material AND color (e.g. PLA + orange) case-insensitively to an exact catalog entry. Ask the user to choose if unavailable or ambiguous; never silently substitute. Does not upload or order.
list_print_materials
Open an interactive viewer in chat. The user can open a local STL without sending it to a manufacturer. Set demo=true only to show a clearly labelled procedural sample assembly, not the user's design.
open_model_viewer
Render user-supplied binary STL geometry in chat. Supply base64 file contents and explicit units, not a URL or local path. Max 40,000 triangles. This only displays geometry; it does not check manufacturability, upload to a manufacturer, quote or order. The user must authorize sharing the design with Hardware API.
preview_stl

FAQs

Hardware API ChatGPT Plugin FAQ

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How do I improve Hardware API's ChatGPT Plugin discoverability?

The levers are the listing surface agents actually read: names, descriptions, keywords, tool metadata, and registry health. Which lever matters depends on where discovery breaks, which is what continuous measurement shows.

What are Hardware API alternatives on ChatGPT?

As of 2026-10-22, Hardware API competes with Alpy.com, ArgoDrive, Detritus Rentals: Get a Quote, Ivon, Motion4rent, Toolzy, United Rentals in ChatGPT Equipment & Tool Rental, ranked by public Discoverability Score.

Where is this profile measured?

This profile uses the geography attached to the latest public registry snapshot: US. Locale tags are intentionally omitted.