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SKU Management

Key Concepts​

A SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) in Printago is synonymous with an assembly—a complete, shippable product composed of one or more parts with specific quantities, material configurations, and customization options. While a part represents a single 3D model, a SKU represents the finished product a customer receives. For example, a desk organizer SKU might bundle a base, two dividers, and a lid, each with their own material and quantity settings. SKUs also serve as the link between your production workflow and your e-commerce storefronts: when an order arrives from Shopify or Etsy, Printago matches the order's SKU identifier to your SKU definitions and automatically generates the correct print jobs. If you sell physical products made from 3D-printed parts, SKUs let you define "what to make" once and reuse that definition across manual orders, storefront integrations, and batch production runs.

SKUs are only available to Printago users on a Commercial Account.

SKUs page showing folders of SKUs with search and the New Folder and New SKU buttons

Overview​

SKUs are the bridge between your 3D models and your production workflow. While Parts represent individual 3D models, SKUs represent complete products ready for production. SKUs are also what Printago leverages for e-commerce integrations. This could be:

  • A single part.
  • Multiple parts that make up a complete product
  • Build plates from 3MF part files
  • Variations of products (like different sizes or colors)
  • Customizable products with variable parameters

SKUs are also part of Printago's e-commerce system: Orders are made of SKUs with quantities along with customer information.

Creating SKUs​

You'll need at least one part uploaded to Printago to start. If you haven't added any parts yet, start with Part Management.

Basic SKU Setup​

  1. Navigate to Products -> SKUs.
  2. Click + New SKU in the top right.
  3. Enter a unique SKU value, a Title, and a Description.
  4. Parts are created in your current folder location (click to change if needed).
  5. Add one or more parts to your SKU by using the Linked Parts selector screen.
Link Part to SKU
  1. Set quantity requirements for each part
  2. Optionally configure material overrides for each part (see Material Overrides section below)
  3. Click Create
Link Part to SKU

Duplicating a SKU​

If a new SKU is close to one you already have, copy it instead of rebuilding it part by part.

  1. Open the SKU you want to start from and click Duplicate in the top right. You can also tick a single SKU on the SKUs list and choose Duplicate from the Actions menu.
  2. Enter a SKU value for the copy. It has to be one you are not already using, so you decide what it is called rather than ending up with a generated name.
  3. Adjust the title and the folder if the copy belongs somewhere else.
  4. Untick anything you do not want carried over under What gets copied, then click Duplicate & Open.

The Duplicate SKU dialog, showing the new SKU value, title and folder alongside a list of what carries over

By default the copy brings across:

  • Every linked part, with its label, quantity, plate quantities, skipped objects, material overrides and parameter bindings
  • The variants bound to the SKU, the values you have filtered on them, and any SKU-specific properties
  • Cost entries
  • The description

The marketplace link is never copied. If the original is connected to a Shopify or Etsy listing, the copy is created unconnected, so two SKUs can never claim the same listing. Connect the copy to its own listing when you are ready.

Material Overrides​

By default, parts in SKUs use their original material settings. You can override materials at the SKU level to create variants (like the same part in different colors) without changing the original part.

When materials are overridden, those settings become fixed for that SKU - changing the original part's materials won't affect the overriden parts in the SKU.

Skipping Objects on a Plate​

When a linked 3MF part has a plate with more than one object, you can choose objects to leave out for that SKU. In the Configure Linked Part dialog, click the cube button in the corner of the plate's thumbnail to open the picker, then deselect the objects you don't want to print. A badge on the button shows how many objects are skipped.

The selection is saved with the linked part and applies to every build the SKU produces, whether it comes from an order or from Print SKU. Project files are re-sliced without the skipped objects, so they are left out of the print entirely. Already-sliced (gcode) files keep the objects in the file and cancel them on the printer when the print starts, which only Bambu Lab printers support.

The same picker appears when printing the SKU or configuring an order item, pre-filled with the saved selection. Changing it there - including clearing it - affects only that print or order item; the selection saved on the SKU stays as it is.

Mixing Part Types in SKUs​

SKUs may contain mixed file types supported by Printago. OpenSCAD parts that import and manipulate STL models do not need to be added here. They only are added at the Part level.