Design Guides
In-depth design guides full of best practices for all of Xometry's manufacturing processes.
![Xometry Image](png/83ada7ff-e014-42b0-a45f-946ee9298753_polyjet_cmyk-parts3611.png)
Design Guide: Color 3D Printing
![Xometry Image](https://images.prismic.io/xometry-marketing/98abb3cd-2f23-4521-9ecb-971342383109_Laserjet_1.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=1639%2C0%2C1728%2C1728&w=486&h=486&fit=max)
Design Guide: Laser and Sheet Cutting
![injection molding parts](https://images.prismic.io/xometry-marketing/3730b060-dd66-4e1c-8d81-a7cc9157bad1_design-guide-injectionmolding-thumb.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=128%2C0%2C511%2C511&w=486&h=486&fit=max)
Design Guide: Injection Molding
![Carbon DLS RPU 70 rigid polyurethane](https://images.prismic.io/xometry-marketing/25cff245-59d0-42b9-a06b-0cb1960b0fcd_Carbon+DLS+RPU+70.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=103%2C0%2C417%2C417&w=486&h=486&fit=max)
Design Guide: Carbon DLS 3D Printing
![SLS Part](https://images.prismic.io/xometry-marketing/020583f6-63c9-40cf-948d-4bbfdc03536c_design-guide-sls-thumb.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=128%2C0%2C511%2C511&w=486&h=486&fit=max)
Design Guide: Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) 3D Printing
![Polyjet Part](https://images.prismic.io/xometry-marketing/61fced26-5e86-4a97-83e8-e65a5530b5f6_design-guide-polyjet-thumb.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=128%2C0%2C511%2C511&w=486&h=486&fit=max)
Mini Design Guide: PolyJet 3D Printing
![Xometry Image](https://images.prismic.io/xometry-marketing/7e7cf9fe-cfec-435a-82e2-50e384b33336_Binder+Jet+420i+Parts+%2830%29.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=504%2C0%2C3024%2C3024&w=486&h=486&fit=max)
Design Guide: Binder Jet Metal 3D Printing
![FDM 3d printing](https://images.prismic.io/xometry-marketing/5d51b48b-3de4-4824-8a1e-66d9a1e201c4_3dprinting-fdm-blog-hero-20200526.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=339%2C0%2C720%2C720&w=486&h=486&fit=max)
Design Guide: Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D Printing
![DMLS Part](https://images.prismic.io/xometry-marketing/fd3a9a66-ac89-4d74-8cc2-9b55e8c6690e_dmls-part.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=150%2C0%2C606%2C606&w=486&h=486&fit=max)
![SLA](https://images.prismic.io/xometry-marketing/5c51ccce-4bff-4031-ad36-642ac9d87c30_design-guide-sla-thumb.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=128%2C0%2C511%2C511&w=486&h=486&fit=max)
Design Guide: Stereolithography (SLA) 3D Printing
![Urethane Casting](https://images.prismic.io/xometry-marketing/b3787f04-e600-4ba7-b2d7-2c6ce2ec84c9_design-guide-urethanecasting-thumb.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=128%2C0%2C511%2C511&w=486&h=486&fit=max)
Design Guide: Urethane Casting
![a part being CNC machined](https://images.prismic.io/xometry-marketing/c17660f9-143f-4e28-8ad6-42d4335fe379_AdobeStock_170849545+%281%29.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=57%2C0%2C2000%2C2000&w=486&h=486&fit=max)
![HP Multi Jet](https://images.prismic.io/xometry-marketing/9178620b-d964-48fb-af6b-32727b7ae301_hp-multi-jet-mini-design.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=286%2C0%2C627%2C627&w=486&h=486&fit=max)
Design Guide: HP Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D Printing
![Xometry Image](https://images.prismic.io/xometry-marketing/fa9ae689-10a7-4e0f-b99c-d4b411a7d4aa_sheetmetal-punching-002-20160518-alamyID-ERMD8C.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=548%2C0%2C822%2C822&w=486&h=486&fit=max)
Design Guide: Sheet Metal Fabrication