Meshy-6 brings AI image to 3D inside MakerWorld by Bambu Lab. Upload any photo, get a full-color 3MF file in under two minutes. No CAD experience needed.

Meshy, the AI 3D generation platform founded by Ethan Hu and backed by alumni from MIT, Harvard, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Google, launched this AI image to 3D integration on March 17, 2026. The platform already serves over 10 million creators. The new tool lives at makerworld.com/makerlab/imageto3d and runs entirely in the browser. No software installation required.

Meshy-6 is the engine behind the feature. It converts any uploaded photo into a textured, print-ready mesh in under two minutes. The output supports STL, GLB, and .3MF formats. The AI image to 3D process works on photos of physical objects, illustrated characters, or hand-drawn sketches, giving makers a fast path from any flat image to a physical print.

How AI Image to 3D Fits into the Bambu Lab Workflow

The most notable addition is the Multi-Color Printing feature on meshy.ai. The AI image to 3D conversion automatically analyzes the generated mesh's texture data and maps it to color zones for Bambu Lab's AMS multi-filament system. The result is a pre-configured .3MF file that loads directly into Bambu Studio. No manual color painting, no mesh repair. The color you see in the digital preview is the color that prints.

Exporting a model from the MakerWorld integration costs 2 MakerLab credits per file. The entire pipeline, from upload to printable file, runs in the browser. Meshy's platform has positioned this as the fastest route from a photo to a finished physical object for Bambu Lab's growing community of makers worldwide.