# Buildprint **Load a schematic, see it in your world, and build it.** Buildprint shows any schematic as a ghost in your world, with real block models. It tracks what you've placed, what's missing and what's wrong. Easy place makes placing the right block easy, and the printer places blocks for you. ![A schematic shown as a ghost in the world](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/pa8th8fX/images/612e5ab3e8bc833ef22481331299912fd69a7adc.webp) --- ## See what's left to do Missing blocks, wrong blocks, blocks turned the wrong way and blocks that shouldn't be there each get their own color. The material list shows what you still need and updates as you build. ![Missing, wrong, turned and extra blocks, each in its own color](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/pa8th8fX/images/7f419b6ac89ed8890a29b6d357646c73e30ecdd4.webp) ## Line a build up automatically Click Auto in the Loaded tab and Buildprint finds where the build already stands in the world. It sets the position, rotation and mirroring to match, so you don't have to nudge it into place block by block. This helps when you pick a half-finished build up again, or load a build someone shared. A build that isn't started yet is lined up with the ground it was saved on, if the schematic includes it. It searches up to 12 chunks around you (you can change this in the settings) and tells you how much of the build matches. ![A half-built house with its ghost off to the side, then lined up on the house](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/pa8th8fX/images/29a04edd6a18c8d361164acae749654044bd57c7.webp) ## Place blocks with easy place Turn on easy place and right-click the ghost: the right block goes down, facing the right way. Blocks swap into your hand from your inventory. Hold right-click to sweep across a row. ![Easy place filling in pixel art block by block](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/pa8th8fX/images/fb6c14176e7f3431da90c9d3ac02d2955d083c80.webp) ## Or let the printer do it The printer places the missing blocks around you while you move. It uses the blocks in your inventory and stays within your normal reach. It builds layer by layer from the bottom, the structure before the decoration, and only builds against a block once the server has confirmed it. ![The printer building a house](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/pa8th8fX/images/b226444996c47688aa8dc7a5af0c9edec5df2c10.webp) > **On servers:** easy place and angel placement make placing much easier than by hand, and the > printer places blocks for you. Many servers > count that as cheating. Check the rules before you use them. All three are off by default. ## Build one layer at a time The layer view shows one layer, or a few, of a build. Easy place and the printer then only work in those layers. ![The layer view building a tower up layer by layer](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/pa8th8fX/images/48f839f422b64d558740d497ee464f7feb9d6dcc.webp) ## Paste in creative In creative mode you can paste a build into the world in one go, and undo it. Only the layers in view are pasted, and you choose whether air is placed and whether blocks already there are replaced. In single-player it goes straight into the world. On a server it uses Buildprint Policy if the server has it, otherwise Axiom, operator commands or WorldEdit, whichever you're allowed to use. **Fill containers** puts the schematic's items into chests and hoppers that already stand in the world. ![A house shown as a ghost, pasted into the world, undone and pasted again](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/pa8th8fX/images/ecd30ff6dd24ac11966bcc7ffdd4983e974b7db0.webp) ## Swap materials Build it out of something else. Pick a block in the material list and choose a replacement. The ghost, the material list and easy place all follow. Your file isn't changed. ![The same house in different materials](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/pa8th8fX/images/3b3fc62974231ab48d9889807ff17a1ec1a2ab9b.webp) ## See what goes inside containers Chests, barrels, hoppers, droppers, crafters and other containers show the items the schematic has in them. Look at one to see its slots with the counts and the comparator signal they give. Open it and the wanted items sit in the slots as ghosts, and **Fill** moves them over from your inventory. A container with the wrong contents is marked yellow, like a block in the wrong state. ![An item sorter's hoppers and chests showing the items they need, then being filled](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/pa8th8fX/images/a28e4600fd34cfda26bc75a341c09e724cf693c2.webp) In single-player, containers near you are checked without opening them. On a server the game only tells your client what is in a container while it is open, so one you haven't opened yet shows as "not checked". ## Save your own builds Press **B** for the editor. The camera flies free while your player stays put, which helps in survival. Select an area, resize and rotate it with handles, and save it as a `.litematic`. In single-player the file includes what is inside the containers. Mobs are left out. ![The selection editor around a house](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/pa8th8fX/images/b65150b0f5e99d4d33d159c18e6202c5e1c66184.webp) --- ## Your schematics and the marketplace Press **M** for the menu. The **Local** tab shows your `schematics/` folder with search, recent files, favorites and a 3D preview. **Loaded** lists what's in your world, to move, turn or hide. The **Marketplace** tab browses builds from [VoxelSprout](https://voxelsprout.com/marketplace?ref=modrinth-buildprint) and places them in one click. No account needed. ![The Local tab with a 3D preview of a schematic](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/pa8th8fX/images/3acf2f19cbde21dbcb845665ac37ae421cc51998.webp) You can also drop a file onto the game window. Builds are remembered per world and per server. | Format | Extension | Open | Save | |--------|-----------|:----:|:----:| | Litematica | `.litematic` | ✅ | ✅ | | Sponge schematic | `.schem` | ✅ | | | Classic schematic | `.schematic` | ✅ | | | Vanilla structure | `.nbt` | ✅ | | | Axiom blueprint | `.bp` | ✅ | | ## Build it together Start a sync session and share the code or link. Everyone who joins sees the same builds in the same place and the progress as others build. People without the file get it from the session. Nothing needs to be installed on the server. --- ## Compared to Litematica In these tests Buildprint ran at two to four times Litematica's frame rate, and loaded big builds without freezing the game: 3 big builds showed up after 2.4 seconds, against 43 seconds in Litematica. ![10 big builds in one spot: Buildprint on the left at 199 fps, Litematica on the right at 47 fps, F3 screen open in both](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/pa8th8fX/images/11744ad57a155c58c6da555d261d2b05dceba718.webp)

Features side by side

| | Buildprint | Litematica | |---|:---:|:---:| | Opens `.litematic` files | ✅ | ✅ | | Easy place | ✅ | ✅ | | Material list | ✅ | ✅ | | Shows what goes inside containers | ✅ Also fills them from your inventory | ✅ | | Printer | ✅ Built in | Add-ons by other developers | | Build together in sync sessions | ✅ Nothing to install on the server | Syncmatica add-on, on the server and every client | | Easy destroy (breaks only wrong and extra blocks) | ✅ | ❌ | | Swap materials from the material list | ✅ | ❌ | | Marketplace in game | ✅ | ❌ | | 3D preview while picking a file | ✅ | ❌ | | Builds only show in the world you placed them in, on servers with several worlds | ✅ | ❌ | | Axiom `.bp` blueprints | ✅ | ❌ | | Paste a build in creative | ✅ Also on servers without operator status, through Buildprint Policy | ✅ Needs operator commands on a server | | Fill or replace an area with one block | ❌ | ✅ | | Schematic projects (saved versions of a build) | ❌ | ✅ | Compared with Litematica 0.29.1 on Minecraft 26.3, September 2026.

Frame rate in four tests

The frame rate Minecraft's F3 screen showed, with the same builds from the same spot. Higher is better. | Test | Buildprint | Litematica | |---|---:|---:| | Venice district, 568k blocks | **258 fps** | 121 fps | | 3 big builds in a row, 1M blocks | **272 fps** | 90 fps | | 24 builds side by side, 640k blocks | **229 fps** | 95 fps | | 10 big builds in one spot, 3.6M blocks | **199 fps** | 47 fps |

How this was tested

- MacBook Pro, Apple M4 Max, 36 GB, macOS. Minecraft 26.3 with Fabric, no other performance mods. Buildprint 0.1.11, Litematica 0.29.1 with MaLiLib 0.30.2. - One game with both mods installed. Each test loaded the same builds into Buildprint, then into Litematica, in the same world and from the same spot. Only one mod had builds loaded at a time. The order was Buildprint, Litematica, Litematica, Buildprint, so heat affects both the same. - 1920 × 1080, render distance 24, VSync and the frame rate cap off, a flat world. Both mods on default settings, except Buildprint's lag guard, which was off: it lowers detail when the frame rate drops. - Real player builds, loaded one at a time. Each test waited until the mod had finished building its meshes, recorded 10 seconds, then took the screenshot with the F3 screen on. One machine, one run. Your numbers will be different.

--- ## Shortcuts Change them in **Options → Controls**, under **Buildprint**. | Key | Action | |:---:|--------| | **M** | Open the Buildprint menu | | **N** | Turn easy place on or off | | **B** | Open the editor | | **.** / **,** | Layer view up / down | | **I** (hold) | Show what goes inside a container that already matched | | *not set* | Turn easy break on or off | | *not set* | Turn the printer on or off | | *not set* | Show all, unbuilt, wrong or extra blocks |

In the editor

| Key | Tool | |:---:|--------| | **1** / **2** / **3** | Select · Resize · Save | | **4** / **5** / **6** / **7** | Place · Move · Rotate · Auto align | | **[** / **]** | Previous / next region | | **Delete** | Delete the selected region | | **H** | Show or hide the controls |

## Works with Sorted With [Sorted](https://modrinth.com/mod/sorted) installed, the material list shows how many of each block are in your chests, and can light those chests up through walls. Where Buildprint labels a container, Sorted's own label on it steps aside. Optional. The same goes for [Peek](https://modrinth.com/mod/peek): its label on a placed shulker box steps aside while Buildprint shows its own there. ## Shader packs The ghost shows under Iris shader packs. Players have tested it with Complementary, BSL, Bliss, Photon and I Like Vanilla, on very large builds too, and together with Voxy and Better Clouds. The pack doesn't light or shadow the ghost: it's drawn on top of the pack's picture, so it looks the same in every pack. Heavy fog in a pack (BSL) makes it look more see-through in the distance. --- ## FAQ

Can I use it on any server?

Buildprint only runs on your client, so it works on any server you can join. Whether you're allowed to use easy place, angel placement or the printer there is up to the server, so check the rules. Servers can turn features off with Buildprint Policy; you're told what's off when you join.

Can I keep using my Litematica files?

Yes. Buildprint saves `.litematic` files and opens them directly. On first launch it offers to bring over your Litematica placements. Your files aren't changed.

My build doesn't show up in another world on the same server.

On servers with several worlds behind one address, a build only shows in the world you placed it in. In other worlds it's hidden, not removed. This works in the overworld and the nether. You can turn it off in the settings under "World fingerprinting".

Why does a chest say its contents are "not checked"?

On a server your client only learns what is in a container while it is open. Open it once and Buildprint compares it and remembers the result. In single-player this isn't needed: containers near you are checked on their own.

Can I paste a build in creative?

Yes. Click **Paste** on a loaded build in the Loaded tab, and **Undo** takes it back. Only the layers in view are pasted. On a server without Buildprint Policy it uses Axiom, operator commands or WorldEdit; without operator status commands go through at about one a second, so that is slow.

Do I need an account?

No. You only sign in to vote on or publish builds on the marketplace.

Something's broken. What should I send?

Run `/buildprint report` in game and share your `latest.log` on the Discord linked below, with a short description of what happened.

--- ## Requirements - Minecraft **26.2** or **26.3**, Fabric Loader **0.16+** - **Fabric API** and **YACL** - **Mod Menu** (optional), for the settings screen Client-side only. ## Modpacks Use Buildprint in any modpack, on CurseForge, Modrinth or anywhere else. You don't need to ask. A link back to this page is welcome. --- ## More from VoxelSprout Buildprint is made by **[VoxelSprout](https://voxelsprout.com/?ref=modrinth-buildprint)**: client-side mods for builders and free browser tools. - **[Sorted](https://modrinth.com/mod/sorted)**: inventory sorting, Quick Stack, and a memory of every chest you've opened. - **[Wildform](https://modrinth.com/mod/wildform)** (coming soon): paint forests and place custom trees. Send them to Buildprint to build them block by block. - **[Buildprint Policy](https://modrinth.com/project/buildprint-policy)** (coming soon, for server admins): choose which Buildprint features players can use on your server, and let the server do Buildprint's paste itself. - **[Marketplace](https://voxelsprout.com/marketplace?ref=modrinth-buildprint)**: community builds you can look at in 3D before you download them. Bugs, ideas and early builds: **[Discord](https://discord.gg/CvdkGbEW4y)** · Enjoying the mods? **[Support on Ko-fi](https://ko-fi.com/l4stidi0t)**

Buildprint - Schematics & Printer (Litematica Alternative)

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