When you begin 3D printing, there's more you should have handy than just your 3D printer and filament.

As the name implies, Paint 3D has 3D tools for you to create your own 3D images, which is something not offered by Paint.

To take Copilot 3D for a spin, browse to the Copilot 3D website and sign in with your Microsoft account. To get some inspiration, you can view the existing 3D models generated by other people.

That didn't last long. By 2021, 3D Viewer and Paint 3D were removed from the default app install list on Windows 10, meaning you had to install it from the store.

3D prints that really don’t look 3D-printed. The idea is this: colored, melted filament is, in a sense, not that different from colored paint.