# 3dawg Template Builder: Design once, reuse on every product

> The 3dawg Template Builder creates reusable design templates for apparel and print. Text stays editable, images can be marked as placeholders, colors can be changed per use, and templates are saved privately to My Designs and placed on any garment, gang sheet or tag.

- Open it: https://3dawg.app/template_builder
- Page: https://3dawg.app/tools/design-template-builder
- Price: Free. Save templates with a free account.
- Runs in the web browser on desktop, tablet and phone; nothing to install.
- Also known as: t-shirt template maker, personalized shirt template, reusable design layout, merch template builder

## What you can make

- Personalized shirts with names and dates
- Event and reunion layouts
- Store templates for repeat orders
- Brand layouts used across products

## Features

- **Editable text fields**: Names, dates and slogans stay text you change for each use.
- **Image placeholders**: Mark an image as a slot to swap in a new photo or logo.
- **Recolor every use**: Change the template's colors each time you place it.
- **Use it anywhere**: Place it in the 3D Design Studio, the Print Builder, the Halftoner and more.

## How it works

1. **Lay it out**: Add text, art and placeholders on an artboard sized in inches.
2. **Save it**: Templates are private to your My Designs.
3. **Reuse it**: Drop it on any product and fill in the fields.

## Who it's for

- **Print shops**: Speed up repeat jobs.
- **Etsy and merch sellers**: Personalized products from one layout.

## Questions

### Can I make a template where only the name changes?

Yes. Text stays editable in every use, so a template with a name field is filled in per order.

### Are my templates public?

No. Templates are private to your account by default and listed in your My Designs.

## Works well with

- [3D Design Studio](https://3dawg.app/tools/3d-clothing-designer): Design custom cut and sew and all-over print apparel online on the real sewing pattern pieces with a live 3D preview. Every size graded, rosters for teams, 300 DPI print-ready panel files.
- [Print Builder](https://3dawg.app/tools/dtf-gang-sheet-builder): Build DTF gang sheets, UV DTF stickers and custom printed fabric online. Gang Up nests every copy for you, the price follows the exact length used, no minimum. 300 DPI print files.
- [Tag Builder](https://3dawg.app/tools/clothing-tag-maker): Design custom neck tags and clothing labels once with a size field, then order or print them for every size, S to 5XL or youth, nested on a gang sheet. Printed or woven tag materials.
- [Pattern Studio](https://3dawg.app/tools/seamless-pattern-maker): Make seamless repeating patterns online: design on one tile and anything crossing an edge wraps around, so the repeat has no seams. Use it as a fill on any shape or text and recolor it each time.