Ladybug Tools / 3D Models Read Me

Use this script to browse, view and interact with the files in 3D:

This repository hosts a collection of data files of 3D models that relate to Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC).

The viewer available here is a fork of this repository

Full screen: Ladybug Tools / Spider Viewer

Licensing

Currently the work herein is under the MIT license

But consideration should be given to a dual license - either MIT or GPL.

And furthermore, the models here are content much more than code, therefore a Creative Commons license may be appropriate

Issues

Probably a majority of the files that you can view here had issues the first time they were opened by one of the scripts.

Each of these issues has been used to improve the process.

The more models we can access, the more issues we will find and the better we will get

To-do

• Add links to NASA files and other large repos of 3D models
• Bring over Jaanga & FGX files

Links of Interest

Looking at 3D models in your browser can be a lot of fun. And there are a lot of tools available for viewing files.

Here is a look at different file types and viewers. Currently, we are mostly looking a free, online open source services that are not trying to sell you something.

3D File Formats

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_formats#3D_graphics
• https://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/data/data.html

glTF

THREE.GLTFLoader: https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/blob/dev/examples/js/loaders/GLTFLoader.js glTF 2.0 Specification: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/blob/main/specification/2.0/README.md glTF 2.0 Sample Models: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF-Sample-Models/tree/master/2.0/

IFC

• https://github.com/buildingSMART/Sample-Test-Files/

GitHub Topics

• https://github.com/topics/3d-models << most results
• https://github.com/topics/3d-viewer
• https://github.com/topics/3dviewer
• https://github.com/topics/3dm
• https://github.com/topics/aec
• https://github.com/topics/gbxml
• https://github.com/topics/parametric

Lists

• https://alternativeto.net/software/blender/

Online File Viewers

3D File Viewer

• https://rufus31415.github.io/sandbox/3d-viewer/
• Unity 3D rendering engine
• Great range of file types - with included demo files

Online 3D Viewer

• https://3dviewer.net/
• https://github.com/kovacsv/Online3DViewer
• Also: https://dtudental.com/3Dviewer/online/
• Many nice features ~ actively updated ~ 600+ stars

3D Viewer Online

• https://www.3dvieweronline.com/
• $$$ ~ not open source

3D Warehouse

• https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com

Autodesk Viewer

• https://viewer.autodesk.com/

Clario

• https://clara.io/

Creators 3D

• https://www.creators3d.com/online-viewer
• Ad supported
• Drag files (*.glb, *.glTF, *.fbx, *.bin, *.obj, *.mtl, *.dae (collada), *.stl, *.3mf, *.amf, *.awd, *.assimp, *.bvh, *.babylon, *.gcode, *.kmz, *.mpd, *.vtk, *.vtp, *.pcd, *.ply, *.prwm, *.wrl, *.vrm, *.3ds (3ds Max), *.3dm (Rhino), *.lwo (LightWave), *.nrrd, *.pdb, *.vox, *.x, *.mmd, *.basis, *.md2, *.mmd, *.svg, *.zip and textures) and drop here.
• Convert your current format to glTF (GLB) or USDZ online with one click!
• Upload your model and get a direct link to easily share it!

glTF Viewer

• https://gltf-viewer.donmccurdy.com/
• https://github.com/donmccurdy/three-gltf-viewer
• https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/blob/r131/examples/js/loaders/GLTFLoader.js

ModelViewer ~ Google

• https://modelviewer.dev/

PlayCanvas Viewer

https://playcanvas.com/viewer

ShareCAD

• https://beta.sharecad.org/en/

Sketchfab

• https://sketchfab.com/

VTK

• https://vtk.org/flavors/#web

X3D

• https://www.web3d.org/

xeokit

• https://xeokit.io/
• https://github.com/xeokit/xeokit-sdk

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