Personalizing products with social collaboration

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory with computer code instructions stored therein, the memory operatively coupled to the processor such that the computer code instructions configure the processor to implement:
• a user interface module configured to generate, at a server with a processor, a user interface displaying, on a plurality of user devices via a network, a three-dimensional (3D) model of a consumer product selected by a respective user of a plurality of users and a two-dimensional (2D) control panel;
• a customization module configured to customize the 3D model of the consumer product stored at the server based on selections and manipulations of the consumer product received at the 2D control panel of respective the user interface displayed at respective user devices from at least two users of the plurality of user devices;
• and
• a printing module configured to, responsive to receiving, at the server, a finalization of the customized 3D model from at least one of the plurality of user devices, submit the customized 3D model for 3D printing.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions for customizing a three-dimensional (3D) product, the instructions, when loaded and executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• generating, at a server with a processor, a user interface displaying, on a plurality of user devices via a network, a three-dimensional (3D) model of a consumer product selected by a respective user of a plurality of users and a two-dimensional (2D) control panel;
• customize the 3D model of the consumer product stored at the server based on selections and manipulations of the consumer product received at the 2D control panel of the user interface displayed at respective user devices from at least two users of the plurality of user devices;
• and
• responsive to receiving, at the server, a finalization of the customized 3D model from at least one of the plurality of user devices, submit the customized 3D model for 3D printing.