Where do I get the images to print. This is my first time with a 3d printer
Hi,
You can, for example, take a look at thingiverse.com or cults3d.com but there are many websites.
Enjoy
While thingiverse used to be the biggest/best.. its kinda gone downhill, with weird requirements, annoying adverts ect.
In response most of the major printer brands offered their own equivalent, Prusa has https://www.printables.com and its one of the more commonly used and better ones. Bambulab also has https://makerworld.com/ and its the second biggest, unlike the previous mentions you’ll need to make an account to download things though.
If you download model files (.stl .obj .3mf .step .stp .svg .amf) NOT Gcode then it can be sliced for any printer, it doesn’t matter if it was intended for a Prusa, Bambu, Qidi ect.. I’d highly recommend Orca slicer for this. You don’t really need any technical understanding most of the time, double click on the file you downloaded, select the drop down preset that matches your current printer filament and nozzle on the left bar, then press slice (top right). You then can save the Gcode to the sovol supplied USB and take it to the printer OR send it over your wifi to start printing.
When choosing a model off any of these websites I recommend sorting by popularity, something 1000people made/liked/reveiwd is much more likely to work without you making other adjustments to it than something with 3 downloads. The other things to keep an eye out for are build size (some printers these days like SV08 Max have massive areas, so obviously if you have a smaller build area than the author the object can be too big to fit). And newer or remoxed versions. Its not uncommon for an extremely popular file to have a mistake the author already fixed, but the old version still has more downloads, so read over the description (and remix tab) carefully for clues if this happened.
Finally, you can often make your own shapes to print. If you just need a cube or something you can “add primitive” right within your slicer and scale its dimensions to suit your needs, if you need something a little more you can use tools like https://www.tinkercad.com/ without any prior training or experience, just drag basic shapes in from right menu and scale them. If you ever want more complex modeling freecad is an option (fusion is also popular, but scaling back free features to force more people to pay), but expect to spend a week learning, rather than about half an hour for the previous suggestion.
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A few more choices:
Generate your own using AI: https://www.allaboutai.com/best-ai-tools/generator/3d-model/
Put “stl” or “3d model” in your Google search.
AND MicroSoft’s “3d Builder” is a surprisingly good for simple model building. It is also able to open .stl and .3mf to preview and make simple edits. Microsoft has pulled it from the official store but you can find it at: Download Microsoft 3D Builder for Windows in 2025: Complete Guide - Let's Print 3D