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March 4, 2026 · Dev Tools · 1 min read

Two Engines on One Voxel Core for Minecraft Builds

A browser toolkit that generates, views, and exports Minecraft schematics across five building styles and sixteen room types, with real block textures.

Craftmatic is a Minecraft schematic toolkit that runs entirely in the browser. You configure a structure, generate it, view it in 3D with real block textures, and export it. No install, no server round trip for the modeling work. You can try it at craftmatic.click.

What you can do with it

The generator gives you five building styles and sixteen room types, so you can describe the structure you want instead of placing every block by hand. Beyond generation, there is an import path that accepts .schem, .litematic, and .glb files for viewing, plus a comparison view and a review mode where you drop schematics alongside reference images like satellite shots, street view, and renders.

Export is where the toolkit earns its name. From one build you can produce a .schem file for Minecraft, .litematic for the Litematica mod, STL for 3D printing, GLB and OBJ for general 3D pipelines, a Three.js JSON scene, and a standalone HTML viewer. There is also a printable layer guide, so you can build a structure block by block from a PDF.

One core, two jobs

The interesting design choice is captured in the studio's own summary: two engines on one voxel core. Craftmatic treats voxels as the shared representation and then serves two very different audiences from it. One engine is geospatial, pulling in an address and satellite view so a real place can seed a build. The other is a browser 3D pipeline that turns the same voxel data into printable meshes and standard 3D formats. Keeping a single core underneath means a structure you generate from a map can flow straight out to a 3D printer or a LEGO-style layer guide without a separate conversion tool in between.

That is the whole pitch: describe or import a structure once, then take it wherever you need it, all from a browser tab.

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