Download Model Splitter
Install it once and it sits on your computer like any other program: its own icon in the Start menu or Dock, its own window, and it works with no internet connection.
It is the same Model Splitter as the website, kept up to date automatically. Your models never leave your computer, installed or not.
- Runs on your computer, not ours
- Free to install · about 5 MB
- Works offline · updates itself
- Chrome or Edge on Windows, Mac and Linux; Safari on a Mac
How to install
The button above does it in one click when your browser is ready. If it shows you these steps instead, they take about ten seconds. Your browser is marked.
Chrome Your browser
- Click the ⋮ menu, top right.
- Choose Cast, save and share.
- Choose Install page as app…, then Install.
Or click the install icon at the right end of the address bar.
Edge Your browser
- Click the … menu, top right.
- Choose Apps.
- Choose Install this site as an app, then Install.
Edge is already on every Windows computer.
Safari on a Mac Your browser
- Open the File menu.
- Choose Add to Dock…
- Click Add.
Needs macOS Sonoma or later.
Firefox Your browser
Firefox on a computer cannot install apps. Open modelsplitter.com/download in Chrome or Edge and install from there. You do not need to switch browsers for anything else; Model Splitter just opens in its own window.
From an app store
On Windows, from the Microsoft Store. On Linux, including with Firefox, from the Snap Store, or run sudo snap install model-splitter. It is the same Model Splitter, kept up to date the same way.
Once it is installed, open it from your Start menu, Dock, desktop or app launcher, like any other program. You can double-click your STL, 3MF and Model Splitter project files to open them in it.
How your licence works
Pro goes on sale when the Kickstarter campaign ends. Until then every tool is open to everyone, in the app and on the website. This is how it will work from then on; the app picks it up by itself the next time it is online.
Free
Straight line and Plane cuts, repairs, and export. Free for ever, no sign-in, no time limit.
Every Pro tool stays there to try as well. You will only need Pro to export parts made with them.
Pro and Studio
You will sign in with the email address you backed or bought with. A sign-in link arrives from licence@modelsplitter.com; click it and Pro is unlocked. No passwords to remember.
Kickstarter backers: use the email address your Kickstarter account uses.
On all your computers
Use your licence on as many of your own computers as you like, one at a time. Opening Pro on one computer will sign it out on the other, and the status line will tell you so.
Studio is the same, four at a time.
Offline
Works without internet. Connect once a month and everything stays unlocked; if it has been offline for more than 30 days, export waits until it has connected once. Cutting and saving your work never stop.
Questions
Why is there no .exe or .dmg file?
Your browser installs Model Splitter straight from modelsplitter.com over a secure connection, the same way it would install any web app. There is no installer file to download, scan or keep, and nothing for Windows or macOS to warn you about. Updates arrive by themselves the next time it is online.
Is it safe?
It runs inside your browser's protections, like a website, so it cannot reach anything on your computer except the files you open in it and the folder you choose for exports. It installs nothing else.
Why do I see my browser's extensions in it?
The installed app runs on the browser you installed it from, so the extensions you use there come with it, just as they do on the website. Most only show their icon and do nothing. If you would rather an extension stayed out, set its site access to On click or to specific sites in the browser's extension settings; Model Splitter itself works the same either way.
Are my models uploaded anywhere?
No, never. Every cut happens on your computer. Signing in, once Pro is on sale, will send only your email address and a session number; your models stay with you.
I have a new computer. What do I do?
Install it on the new one, and once Pro is on sale, sign in with the same email. That is all; there is nothing to move or deactivate.
How do I uninstall it?
In Chrome or Edge, open the app, click the menu at the top of its window and choose Uninstall Model Splitter. On Windows you can also remove it in Settings, Apps, like any program. On a Mac, drag it out of the Dock and delete it from your Applications folder.
Does it work on a tablet or phone?
Not yet. Model Splitter needs a computer with a mouse or trackpad.
Anything else: hello@modelsplitter.com comes straight to me, the person building it.