Resources tagged: modeling
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- 3asky License unspecified asset-source. 3DS Max and general library.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Architecture & Furniture - 3D AI Studio Free tier software. Web app that runs several 3D generation models for text-to-3D, image-to-3D, texturing and quad remeshing.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - 3D Coat Print software. Free 3DCoat build for sculpting models to 3D print. Exports are capped at 40K triangles.
in Software Reference → Retopology & UV Software - 3D MDB License unspecified tool. Model search database across many sites.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - 3D Slicer software. Medical image computing platform. Segmentation, 3D reconstruction, surgical planning.
in Software Reference → Scientific & Medical Visualization Software - 3D Warehouse License unspecified asset-source. SketchUp's online library of user-made and manufacturer 3D models, free to download.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Architecture & Furniture - 3ddd License unspecified marketplace. Design and architecture models.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Architecture & Furniture - 3Design Paid software. Parametric jewelry CAD with rendering.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - 3DExport Free tier marketplace. Marketplace for buying and selling 3D models, textures and print-ready files.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - 3ds Max Paid software. Autodesk polygonal DCC widely used in archviz, games, and broadcast VFX.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - 3Dshaker asset-source. Free sample 3D models for Blender from the 3dshaker store.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - 3DSky License unspecified marketplace. Large marketplace of 3D models for architecture and interior visualization, mostly 3ds Max.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Architecture & Furniture - 3DTopia software. Open-source text-to-3D pipeline (coarse → refined).
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - 3Dzip asset-source. Free 3D models and interior scenes.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - Align Your Gaussians: Text-to-4D with Dynamic 3D Gaussians and Composed Diffusion Models paper. Ling et al., CVPR 2024. Align Your Gaussians generates animated 4D objects from text with dynamic 3D Gaussians.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Ameede asset-source. Free STL and vector downloads for CNC relief carving, laser cutting and 3D printing.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - Anatomy 360 Paid asset-source. Anatomy 3D reference models for artists, including motion packs that show realistic musculature.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - Anatomy For Sculptors Paid asset-source. ArtStation page of Anatomy For Sculptors with anatomy reference models and books for sculptors.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - Anything World Gallery Free tier asset-source. Animated, game-ready models.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - Archipack Paid plugin. Parametric architectural primitives for ArchViz in Blender, with realtime on-screen editing.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Plugin & Addon Marketplaces - Array Tools plugin. Create translation, scale and rotation arrays with offset or global parameters in any direction.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Arrimus 3D channel. Hard-surface modeling tutorials.
in Learning, Community & Industry → YouTube Channels: Blender - Artec 3D asset-source. Free high-resolution 3D scans. (CC-BY)
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - Ashawkey/stable Dreamfusion software. A pytorch implementation of text-to-3D dreamfusion, powered by stable diffusion.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → 3D Generation - Assimp (site) tool. A portable Open-Source library to import various well-known 3D model formats in a uniform manner.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Conversion Tools - Auto Terrainer Paid plugin. Turns any low-poly mesh into customizable terrain like mountains, valleys and islands in Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - AutoCAD Paid software. Industry-standard 2D/3D CAD.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - Autodesk Alias Paid software. Class-A surface modeling standard for automotive exterior design.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - Autodesk Project Falcon software. Free browser-based 3D modeler for building objects by kitbashing pre-made parts.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free - AutoRemesher Blender Bridge plugin. Blender addon that runs AutoRemesher on selected meshes and imports the quad result back into the scene.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Avogadro software. Cross-platform chemistry builder and editor.
in Software Reference → Scientific & Medical Visualization Software - BagaPie plugin. Free Blender extension with scattering, ivy, arrays, booleans and parametric architecture tools.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Bezi Free tier software. Collaborative browser 3D design tool. Figma-style multiplayer editing for 3D scenes, prototypes, UI in 3D space.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free Tier - Bforartists software. Open-source Blender fork with a menu and toolbar driven interface.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free - BIMobject License unspecified asset-source. Library of manufacturer BIM and CAD objects for Revit, ArchiCAD and other architecture tools.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Architecture & Furniture - Bitbybit Free tier software. Browser parametric CAD via visual nodes (Rete, Blockly) or Monaco code editor. OCCT, JSCAD, Manifold backends.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - Blend Swap asset-source. Open-source .blend file library.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - Blender software. Free open-source 3D creation suite. Modeling, sculpting, animation, rendering, compositing, VFX.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free - Blender 3D models License unspecified asset-source. 3D models, particle systems, and effects.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - Blender Beginner 3D Modeling Tutorial channel. Beginner 3D modeling tutorials in Blender.
in Learning, Community & Industry → Paid Tutorial Platforms - Blender Demo Files asset-source. Official Blender demo scenes and splash-screen files for testing and learning.
in Assets & Libraries → Software-Specific Asset Libraries - Blender Extensions marketplace. Official addons and themes repository.
in Assets & Libraries → Software-Specific Asset Libraries - Blender Osm Free tier plugin. One click download and import of OpenStreetMap and terrain for Blender.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Plugin & Addon Marketplaces - Blign plugin. Align and distribute objects in Blender with many options.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - BookGen plugin. Generates rows of books on shelves in Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - British Museum (Sketchfab) asset-source. British Museum Sketchfab account with 3D scans of objects from its collection.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - Browzwear VStitcher Paid software. Enterprise 3D garment design and tech-pack pipeline.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - build123d tool. Python parametric CAD library on OpenCascade that exports STEP and STL.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - Building Tools plugin. Building-generation addon for Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - BundleSDF: Neural 6-DoF Tracking and 3D Reconstruction of Unknown Objects paper. Wen et al., CVPR 2023. Jointly tracks the 6-DoF pose of an unknown object and reconstructs its 3D shape from RGB-D video.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - BY GEN plugin. Blender addon for non-destructive, generative modeling styles.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Plugin & Addon Marketplaces - CAD Sketcher plugin. CAD-style precision sketching with constraints for Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - CadNav License unspecified asset-source. Architecture, furniture, vehicle models.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - CADOps-Net: Jointly Learning CAD Operation Types and Steps from Boundary-Representations paper. Dupont et al., 3DV 2022. Network that predicts CAD operation types and their construction steps from B-rep models.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - CadQuery tool. Python library for parametric CAD models on the OpenCascade kernel.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - cashgenUE plugin. Runtime procedural terrain generator for Unreal Engine.
in Game Development → Unreal Engine: Resources - Casual Effects Data asset-source. Graphics research datasets and test scenes.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - CATIA Paid software. Dassault Systèmes CAD for aerospace and automotive.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - CG Mood License unspecified marketplace. Marketplace for 3D models, materials and scenes aimed at architectural visualization.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Architecture & Furniture - CGHEVEN asset-source. Free CC0 3D and VFX assets.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - CGTrader Free tier marketplace. Community model marketplace.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - CharMorph plugin. Open source character creation tool for Blender, a rewrite of the now-unmaintained MB-Lab.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Chisel.Prototype plugin. Work in progress prototype for the Chisel Level Editor, for Unity.
in Game Development → Game Dev Tools: Level Design - Chocofur Free asset-source. Free section of Chocofur premium 3D model store.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - Cinema 4D Paid software. Maxon's motion-graphics and procedural 3D DCC; ships with Redshift and 5 Team Render nodes.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - City Scatter plugin. Generate cityscape concepts, powered by Blender's collection system.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Plugin & Addon Marketplaces - Clavicula software. Intuitive and free 3D modeling software for everyone.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free - Clayoo Paid plugin. SubD modeling plugin for Rhino. Common for jewelry organic forms.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - Cleveland Museum of Art (Sketchfab) asset-source. Cleveland Museum of Art Sketchfab account with 3D scans of artworks from its collection.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - CLIP-NeRF: Text-and-Image Driven Manipulation of Neural Radiance Fields paper. Wang et al., CVPR 2022. Edits the shape and color of NeRF objects using CLIP text or image prompts.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - CLO 3D Paid software. Garment design and simulation for the fashion industry. Pattern-based 3D.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - DataRenderer2D plugin. Generates line and polygon meshes in Unity.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Daz 3D Paid software. Character-focused 3D software w/ large marketplace of figures and morphs. Free core app.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - Daz to Blender Bridge plugin. Transfers Genesis 8 and 3 characters from Daz Studio into Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - DECALmachine Paid plugin. Blender add-on for mesh decals and trim sheets, adds surface detail without UVs.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - DeepCAD: A Deep Generative Network for Computer-Aided Design Models paper. Wu et al., ICCV 2021. Generative network that outputs CAD models as sequences of sketch and extrude operations.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Deform plugin. Deformer system for Unity meshes.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Design Connected License unspecified marketplace. Marketplace for high-end 3D models of designer furniture, lighting and decor for archviz.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Architecture & Furniture - Dimensions.com reference. Dimensioned drawings database.
in Art, Design & Visual Storytelling → 2D Art References & Inspiration - Dimensiva License unspecified marketplace. Library of 3D models of real designer furniture and decor for archviz.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Architecture & Furniture - Direct3D-S2 software. Open image-to-3D model using sparse attention for high-resolution meshes.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - DM-NeRF: 3D Scene Geometry Decomposition and Manipulation from 2D Images paper. Wang et al., ICLR 2023. Decomposes NeRF scenes into individual 3D objects from 2D images so they can be moved, rotated or removed.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - DMV3D: Denoising Multi-View Diffusion using 3D Large Reconstruction Model paper. Xu et al., ICLR 2024. DMV3D denoises multi-view diffusion with a transformer 3D reconstruction model.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Dream3D: Zero-Shot Text-to-3D Synthesis Using 3D Shape Prior and Text-to-Image Diffusion Models paper. Xu et al., CVPR 2023. Zero-shot text-to-3D that uses a 3D shape prior and text-to-image diffusion to guide NeRF optimization.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - DreamCraft3D: Hierarchical 3D Generation with Bootstrapped Diffusion Prior paper. Sun et al., ICLR 2024. DreamCraft3D generates 3D objects from a reference image with bootstrapped diffusion.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - DreamFusion: Text-to-3D using 2D Diffusion paper. Poole et al., ICLR 2023. Generates 3D NeRF models from text by optimizing them with a pretrained 2D diffusion model via score distillation.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - DreamGaussian: Generative Gaussian Splatting for Efficient 3D Content Creation paper. Tang et al., ICLR 2024. DreamGaussian generates textured 3D meshes from text or images in minutes with Gaussian splatting.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - DreamWaltz: Make a Scene with Complex 3D Animatable Avatars paper. Huang et al., NeurIPS 2023. DreamWaltz generates animatable 3D avatars from text with a human body prior.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Drop It plugin. Drops objects quickly onto the ground or a surface in Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Dune 3D software. Open-source parametric CAD app with a SolveSpace-derived constraint solver and STEP support.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - DungeonGenerator plugin. Procedural dungeon generator for Unreal Engine 4.
in Game Development → Unreal Engine: Resources - Dust3D software. Open-source quick base mesh generation.
in Software Reference → Misc 3D Utilities Software - Editing Conditional Radiance Fields paper. Liu et al., ICCV 2021. Conditional radiance fields that let users edit shape and color of object categories with a few scribbles.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Editor2D plugin. Tile based level editor for Unity.
in Game Development → Game Dev Tools: Level Design - Element 3D Paid plugin. A 3D plugin for After Effects that allows you to import and animate 3D models.
in Motion Graphics & Video → Motion Graphics: Tools & Utilities - Embark Blender Tools plugin. Game-dev workflow tools for Blender, with standardized import/export and new object types.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - En3D: An Enhanced Generative Model for Sculpting 3D Humans from 2D Synthetic Data paper. Men et al., CVPR 2024. En3D generates realistic 3D human avatars from synthetic 2D data.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Engraver Paid plugin. Carves decals into 3D models in Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Evermotion License unspecified marketplace. Archviz publisher selling Archmodels collections of 3D models and ready-made interior scenes.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Architecture & Furniture - ExtraInfo plugin. Show more info in the viewport.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Plugin & Addon Marketplaces - EzySlice plugin. Mesh slicer framework for Unity, written in C#.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - FaceBuilder Paid plugin. Builds photorealistic 3D face and head models from a few neutral-expression photos in Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - For Loops Tutorial tutorial. For loops and animated subdivisions.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Houdini: Miscellaneous Tutorials - Forester Paid plugin. Cinema 4D plugin that generates trees, plants and rocks and scatters them over terrain.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Cinema 4D: Plugins - Free Hard Surface KitBash Models asset-source. Free hard-surface and sci-fi kitbash model sets.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Plugin & Addon Marketplaces - Free3D asset-source. Large free 3D model library with models in OBJ, 3DS, FBX, Blend and other formats.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - Free3D.io asset-source. Free 3D model download site with community-uploaded models in common formats.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - Free3DBase License unspecified asset-source. Free 3D models of branded consumer products in 3DS, DXF and OBJ formats.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - FreeCAD software. Free open-source parametric CAD.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - From 2D CAD Drawings to 3D Parametric Models: A Vision-Language Approach paper. Wang et al., AAAI 2025. CAD2Program reconstructs 3D parametric models from 2D CAD drawings with a vision-language model.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Funes License unspecified asset-source. Online archive of 3D-scanned monuments and cultural heritage, with panoramas and guided stories.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - Fusion 360 Personal Free, non-commercial software. Autodesk's CAD/CAM free for personal hobbyist use.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - Fusion for Designers tutorial. Autodesk Academy course for designers.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Fusion 360: Learning - GALA3D: Towards Text-to-3D Complex Scene Generation via Layout-guided Generative Gaussian Splatting paper. Zhou et al., ICML 2024. GALA3D generates complex text-to-3D scenes from LLM layouts with Gaussian splatting.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - GaussianObject: High-Quality 3D Object Reconstruction from Four Views with Gaussian Splatting paper. Yang et al., SIGGRAPH Asia 2024. GaussianObject reconstructs 3D objects from four views with Gaussian splatting.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - GeoGen (JangaFX) Paid software. Real-time terrain generation.
in Software Reference → VFX & Compositing Software - Geometry Nodes Pipes Paid plugin. Geometry Nodes addon for generating complex pipe layouts in Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - GILES plugin. A runtime level editor for Unity3D.
in Game Development → Game Dev Tools: Level Design - GO-NeRF: Generating Objects in Neural Radiance Fields for Virtual Reality Content Creation paper. Dai et al., arXiv 2024. GO-NeRF generates 3D objects placed inside existing NeRF scenes for VR content.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Godot 4 software. MIT-licensed 2D/3D engine. GDScript, C#, C++.
in Software Reference → Game Engines: Free & Open Source - Graphite 3D Paid tool. A collaborative drawing tool for modeling precise shapes in real spaces.
in Art, Design & Visual Storytelling → Drawing & Painting for 3D Artists - Graphmesh plugin. Graph-based procedural mesh generation inside the Unity editor.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Gravity Sketch Free tier software. VR-first 3D design and modeling. Cloud sync via LandingPad; iPad companion.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free Tier - Greebler plugin. Auto-scatters rubble and greeble detail across a scene. UE4 and Unity.
in Game Development → Unreal Engine: Resources - GS CurveTools Paid plugin. Maya plugin for building curve-driven hair cards, braids and tubes for real-time hair.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Rigging & Animation Tools - Hard Ops / BoxCutter Paid plugin. Hard-surface add-on pair for Blender. BoxCutter draws boolean cuts, Hard Ops handles bevels and cleanup.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - HexTiles plugin. Hex tile editor for Unity.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Hi3D Free tier software. Web image-to-3D generator with watertight meshes, 8K PBR textures and 3D-print part splitting. Formerly Hitem3D.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - Higgsas Blender Free tier asset-source. Higgsas Gumroad. Free and paid Blender geometry-nodes setups.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Plugin & Addon Marketplaces - Houdini Paid software. Procedural node-based DCC for VFX, simulation, and FX.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - Houdini Donut in Any Shape tutorial. Procedural donut by Lewis Orton.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Houdini: Getting Started - Houdini Engine for Unreal plugin. Plugin bridging Houdini Digital Asset workflows into Unreal.
in Game Development → Unreal Engine: Resources - Human Generator Free tier plugin. Blender add-on that builds realistic human characters with hair, outfits, poses and expressions.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Hunyuan3D 2.1 (Tencent) software. Open-weight image-to-3D model that generates a mesh and paints PBR textures.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - ICEM Surf Paid software. Class-A surfacing for automotive exteriors. Part of Dassault Systemes CATIA.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - Ico Sphere Creator plugin. Icosphere mesh creation tool for Unity.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Infinigen tool. Princeton procedural generator of photoreal natural and indoor scenes in Blender, for vision training data.
in Software Reference → Misc 3D Utilities Software - Insect 3D Models asset-source. Free insect 3D models by zerokobo, built to show the forms of real insect species.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - Instant Terra Paid software. Node-based terrain generator with real-time preview, erosion and Unreal and Houdini plugins.
in Software Reference → Misc 3D Utilities Software - Instant3D: Instant Text-to-3D Generation paper. Li et al., arXiv 2023. Instant3D generates 3D objects from text in one feed-forward pass, without per-prompt optimization.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - InstantMesh software. Fast single-image-to-3D reconstruction.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - ITK-SNAP software. Semi-automatic medical image segmentation.
in Software Reference → Scientific & Medical Visualization Software - JARCH Vis plugin. Generates common architectural-visualization objects in Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - JewelCAD Paid software. Long-standing dedicated jewelry CAD package.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - JewelCraft plugin. Jewelry design toolkit add-on for Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Kaedim Paid software. Image-to-3D with hybrid AI plus artist cleanup for production quality.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - KayKit - Character Pack : Adventurers asset-source. 3D low-poly rigged and animated character game assets.
in Assets & Libraries → Game Assets - KayKit - Forest Nature Pack asset-source. 3D stylized low-poly trees, rocks, and grass.
in Assets & Libraries → Game Assets - Keenan Crane's Model Repository asset-source. Clean test meshes for shader and subdivision work.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - KeKit plugin. Production modeling toolset for Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - KIT OPS Free tier plugin. Kitbash-driven hard-surface modeling for Blender. Build complex industrial designs fast.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Plugin & Addon Marketplaces - Kokraf software. Collaborative browser-based polygon modeling with real-time mesh editing.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free Tier - L Systems In Unity plugin. L-system rewriting for modeling plants, letting you generate plants in Unity games.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Laser Slicer plugin. Slices a Blender object and exports SVG sections for laser cutting.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Learning the 3D Fauna of the Web paper. Li et al., CVPR 2024. 3D-Fauna learns a deformable 3D model of 100+ animal species from web images.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - LibreCAD software. Free open-source 2D CAD application for technical drawings, with DXF support.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - LightWave 3D Paid software. Veteran modeling, animation, and rendering DCC with a long film/broadcast legacy.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - Local 3D Editing via 3D Distillation of CLIP Knowledge paper. Hyung et al., CVPR 2023. Edits local regions of 3D-aware GAN outputs by distilling CLIP knowledge.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Luma Genie Free tier software. Text/image to 3D, integrated with Dream Machine.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - MACHIN3tools plugin. Free collection of Blender tools and pie menus in one customizable package.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Plugin & Addon Marketplaces - Magic3D: High-Resolution Text-to-3D Content Creation paper. Lin et al., CVPR 2023. Two-stage coarse-to-fine text-to-3D method that produces high-resolution textured meshes.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - MagicaCSG software. SDF modeling with real-time booleans.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free - MagicaVoxel software. GPU voxel editor with path tracing.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free - Make-A-Character: High Quality Text-to-3D Character Generation within Minutes paper. Ren et al., arXiv 2023. Make-A-Character creates lifelike 3D character avatars from text descriptions.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Make-It-3D: High-Fidelity 3D Creation from A Single Image with Diffusion Prior paper. Tang et al., ICCV 2023. Make-It-3D creates textured 3D objects from a single image using a 2D diffusion prior.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Mandelbulb3D (original) software. Free Windows app for 3D Mandelbulb fractal imaging.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free - Mantissa/resources asset-source. Free Blender files and resources.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - Maps Models Importer plugin. Imports 3D models from Google Maps into Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Marvelous Designer Paid software. Cloth simulation and garment design software.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - MatrixGold (Gemvision) Paid software. Rhino-based parametric jewelry CAD. Successor to Matrix/RhinoGold.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - Maxivz’s Interactive Tools plugin. Collection of intuitive, context sensitive tools for Blender.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Plugin & Addon Marketplaces - Maxon Asset Browser Paid asset-source. Cinema 4D built-in asset library.
in Assets & Libraries → Software-Specific Asset Libraries - Maya Paid software. Film-industry animation and VFX DCC.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - Maya Content Browser Paid asset-source. Official example scenes and assets.
in Assets & Libraries → Software-Specific Asset Libraries - MB Lab plugin. Character creation (archived, succeeded by CharMorph).
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - MCP for Blender plugin. MCP server that lets Claude and other LLM clients control Blender: build scenes, edit objects, run Python.
in Software Reference → AI-Assisted CG Software - Mech/Fy License unspecified plugin. A procedural workflow that automates the process of hard surfaces modelling.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Plugin & Addon Marketplaces - Mesh Align Plus plugin. Precisely align, move, and measure objects and mesh parts.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Mesh Maze plugin. Generates a maze on any mesh in Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - MeshDecimator tool. Mesh decimation library for .NET and Unity.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - MESHmachine Paid plugin. Blender add-on for hard-surface edits without subdivision: fuse, unfuse, fillets, unbevel.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Meshroom tool. AliceVision photogrammetry pipeline. Reconstructs 3D meshes from photos.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Photogrammetry & 3D Scanning - Meshroom (AliceVision) software. Free, open-source photogrammetry. Node-based, GPU-accelerated.
in Software Reference → Photogrammetry & Scanning Software - Meshy v4 Free tier software. Production-reliable, improved topology and PBR textures.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - Meta 3D Gen reference. Meta research pipeline for text-to-3D. Combines AssetGen geometry with TextureGen materials. Paper and results.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Machine Learning for CG - MifthTools plugin. Mesh-exchange tools for 3DCoat, Houdini and Modo.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Mixamo asset-source. Rigged characters, auto-rigger, and free animation library (Adobe).
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - Models Resource asset-source. Archive of 3D models ripped from video games, sorted by platform and game.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - Models Resource (3D) asset-source. 3D model rips from games. Sister site to Spriters Resource.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - Modifier List plugin. Enhanced modifier UI for Blender, with a sidebar tab and popup.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Moi3D Paid software. NURBS modeler for industrial and product design.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - MolView software. Web-based molecule sketcher and 3D viewer.
in Software Reference → Scientific & Medical Visualization Software - MPFB plugin. Open source human generator for Blender, a full rewrite of MakeHuman as an addon.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - MyMiniFactory Scan the World License unspecified asset-source. Scan the World collection of scanned heritage objects.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - NASA 3D Resources Mixed asset-source. Spacecraft, planets, terrain models (mixed CC0 / CC-BY. Check per-asset license; mirror at nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov).
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - NativeBlend CLI tool. AI CLI to generate and edit low-poly 3D game assets in Blender from text prompts.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → 3D Generation - NerfingMVS: Guided Optimization of Neural Radiance Fields for Indoor Multi-view Stereo paper. Wei et al., ICCV 2021. Guides NeRF optimization with monocular depth priors for indoor multi-view stereo reconstruction.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Neural4D Free tier software. Web generator that turns text, images or video into watertight 3D models with AI texturing and rigging.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - NeuS: Learning Neural Implicit Surfaces by Volume Rendering for Multi-view Reconstruction paper. Wang et al., NeurIPS 2021. Represents surfaces as signed distance functions trained with volume rendering for multi-view reconstruction.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Nomad Sculpt Paid software. Mobile digital sculpting for iPad and Android.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - OD CopyPasteExternal tool. Tool to easily copy/paste a geometry across 3D application like Blender <> 3DS Max <> Maya <>.. <>.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Scene & Pipeline Tools - One-2-3-45++: Fast Single Image to 3D Objects with Consistent Multi-View Generation and 3D Diffusion paper. Liu et al., CVPR 2024. One-2-3-45++ turns a single image into a textured 3D mesh in about a minute.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Onshape Free Free tier software. Cloud-based CAD with free hobbyist tier (public projects).
in Software Reference → CAD Software - Open3DModel asset-source. Free 3D model archive with downloads in Blend, Max, OBJ, FBX, C4D and other formats.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - OpenSCAD software. Code-based CAD for parametric design.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - Optitex Paid software. 2D/3D pattern-making and virtual fit.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - Oyonale Paid marketplace. Sells 3D models for various industries.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - PackCAD Free tier software. Browser 3D CAD for packaging. Models folded/origami structures with folding simulation.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - Palladio plugin. CityEngine Plugin for Houdini.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Miscellaneous 3D Tools & Utilities - ParSeNet: A Parametric Surface Fitting Network for 3D Point Clouds paper. Sharma et al., ECCV 2020. Network that segments point clouds and fits parametric surfaces such as B-splines and primitives.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - PartPacker (NVIDIA) Free, non-commercial software. NVIDIA model that generates a 3D object from one image as separate editable parts.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - Pascal Editor software. Open-source browser editor for 3D buildings, floor plans, rooms, roofs, furniture, and interiors.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - PBRPX License unspecified asset-source. Free PBR materials and some 3D models.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - PC2WF: 3D Wireframe Reconstruction from Raw Point Clouds paper. Liu et al., ICLR 2021. Network that extracts 3D wireframes of vertices and edges directly from raw point clouds.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Phobos plugin. Creates URDF, SDF and SMURF robot models in Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Photogrammetry Importer plugin. Addon to import different photogrammetry formats into Blender.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Photogrammetry & 3D Scanning - Pixal3D tool. Single-image to 3D asset generation via pixel-feature back-projection. Outputs geometry and PBR textures.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → 3D Generation - PlankAssembly: 3D Reconstruction from Three Orthographic Views with Learnt Shape Programs paper. Hu et al., ICCV 2023. PlankAssembly turns three orthographic line drawings into 3D CAD models.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Plasticity Paid software. NURBS/CAD-style modeler tuned for artists and concept work; perpetual license w/ 12-month maintenance.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - Point Cloud to Mesh (Microsoft) tutorial. Point cloud to mesh guide.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Houdini: Miscellaneous Tutorials - Point-E (OpenAI) tool. OpenAI point-cloud diffusion for text and image to 3D synthesis.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → 3D Generation - Point2Cyl: Reverse Engineering 3D Objects from Point Clouds to Extrusion Cylinders paper. Uy et al., CVPR 2022. Reverse-engineers point clouds into editable CAD by fitting sketch-and-extrude cylinders.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Poly Haven asset-source. CC0 models, textures up to 8K+, HDRIs up to 16K.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - Poly Pizza asset-source. Low-poly models (Google Poly archive).
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - Poly Source plugin. Shows ngon/quad/tri counts on the active object to keep topology clean in Blender.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Plugin & Addon Marketplaces - Polycam Explore License unspecified asset-source. User-uploaded photogrammetry scans.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - PolyGen: An Autoregressive Generative Model of 3D Meshes paper. Nash et al., ICML 2020. Transformer that generates 3D meshes directly as sequences of vertices and faces.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - PoRF: Pose Residual Field for Accurate Neural Surface Reconstruction paper. Bian et al., ICLR 2024. Learns a pose residual field to refine camera poses for more accurate neural surface reconstruction.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - PowerSave plugin. Streamlines and simplifies saving in Blender.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Plugin & Addon Marketplaces - Procedural Level Generator Unity plugin. Unity plugin for procedural dungeon generation.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - ProceduralMesh plugin. Simple procedural mesh generation for Unity.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Procegen by Konstantin Magnus tutorial. Konstantin Magnus tutorials on procedural modeling, texturing, and tool building in Houdini.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Houdini: Miscellaneous Tutorials - Progressive3D: Progressively Local Editing for Text-to-3D Content Creation with Complex Semantic Prompts paper. Cheng et al., ICLR 2024. Progressive3D edits text-to-3D content region by region for complex prompts.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - PVDeconv: Point-voxel deconvolution for autoencoding cad construction in 3D paper. Cherenkova et al., ICIP 2020. Point-voxel deconvolution autoencoder that reconstructs CAD models from 3D scans.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - QBlocker plugin. Interactive blockout and object creation tool for Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Quaternius asset-source. Free low-poly game assets.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - Quaternius's Ultimate Low-Poly Models asset-source. Ultimate low-poly model packs (CC0).
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - RailClone Free tier plugin. 3ds Max parametric modeler that assembles geometry segments along splines by rules.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → 3ds Max: Plugins - RandoMesh plugin. Adds randomized geometry to any mesh in Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Realistic Hair in Blender Paid tutorial. Wingfox course on creating realistic hair in Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Tutorials - Reallusion Character Creator Paid software. Character creation and auto-rigging pipeline feeding iClone, Unreal, Unity, Blender, Omniverse.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - Realtime Mesh Component plugin. Unreal Engine 5 component for rendering runtime-generated meshes.
in Game Development → Unreal Engine: Resources - Reconstructing Editable Prismatic CAD from Rounded Voxel Models paper. Lambourne et al., SIGGRAPH Asia 2022. Converts rounded voxel shapes into editable prismatic CAD models built from extruded sketches.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Rhino Paid software. NURBS-focused 3D modeling for architecture and product design.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - RichDreamer: A Generalizable Normal-Depth Diffusion Model for Detail Richness in Text-to-3D paper. Qiu et al., CVPR 2024. RichDreamer uses a normal-depth diffusion model for detailed text-to-3D.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - RigModels Free tier asset-source. Free 3D model search engine with rigged and static models in OBJ, FBX, STL, DAE and GLB.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - rileyb3d Library asset-source. Free packed .blend files ready to use.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - Roblox Studio software. Free Roblox editor for building, scripting in Luau and publishing multiplayer games.
in Software Reference → Game Engines: Commercial Free Tiers - Rodin Gen-2 (Hyper3D) Free tier software. 10B params, photorealistic, free generation tier.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - Rodin: A Generative Model for Sculpting 3D Digital Avatars Using Diffusion paper. Wang et al., CVPR 2023. Diffusion model that generates 3D digital avatars as neural radiance fields, including from text or a photo.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Runtime Mesh Component plugin. Unreal Engine 4 component for rendering runtime-generated meshes.
in Game Development → Unreal Engine: Resources - SAM 3D Objects (Meta) software. Meta model that rebuilds a textured 3D object from one image and a mask.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - Sample and Hold asset-source. Head, body and FACS scan demo data from a scanning studio. Free on request.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - Scanned Female Head Model by EISKO asset-source. Free high-resolution scanned female head model (Louise).
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - SDF Gen Unity plugin. Signed distance function generator running inside Unity.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - SDF Modeler software. Experimental SDF-based non-destructive procedural 3D modeler.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free - SEEAvatar: Photorealistic Text-to-3D Avatar Generation with Constrained Geometry and Appearance paper. Xu et al., arXiv 2023. SEEAvatar generates photoreal 3D avatars from text with constrained geometry and appearance.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Shapes plugin. Hand-drawn meshes and vector shapes for Processing and Unity.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - SideFX Content Library asset-source. Official SideFX library of Houdini tutorials, example files and assets.
in Assets & Libraries → Software-Specific Asset Libraries - SIGNeRF: Scene Integrated Generation for Neural Radiance Fields paper. Dihlmann et al., CVPR 2024. SIGNeRF generates and edits objects inside existing NeRF scenes.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Simply Cloth Paid plugin. Blender add-on for fast cloth simulation and garment sewing, with wind and collision presets.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - SINE: Semantic-driven Image-based NeRF Editing with Prior-guided Editing Field paper. Bao et al., CVPR 2023. Edits a NeRF from a single edited image using semantic and geometric priors.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Sketchfab Free tier asset-source. Massive downloadable library.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - Sketchfab Blender Addon plugin. Import and export models between Blender and Sketchfab.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - SketchUp Paid software. Architectural and interior-design-oriented 3D modeler.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - SliceMesh plugin. Automates mesh slicing in Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Sloyd Free tier software. Procedural 3D generation with parametric control.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - SmartShape2D plugin. Intelligent 2D terrain/shape tool.
in Game Development → Godot: Key Plugins & Addons - Smithsonian 3D asset-source. 3D digitization site from the Smithsonian with scans of museum objects and historical artifacts.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - Smithsonian Open Access asset-source. Millions of 2D/3D museum assets, CC0.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - SolidUI tool. AI-generated visualization prototyping and editing platform, support 2D, 3D models, combined with LLM(Large Language Model) for quick editing.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → AI-Assisted CG Tools - SolidWorks Paid software. Mechanical CAD for engineers.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - Solvespace software. Parametric 3D CAD modeling tool.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - Sorcar plugin. A procedural modeling node-based system which uses Blender and its Python API to create a visual programming environment for artists and developers.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Miscellaneous 3D Tools & Utilities - Spaceship Generator plugin. Procedurally generates 3D spaceships.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Speedflow Paid plugin. Blender addon for a non-destructive modifier workflow.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Plugin & Addon Marketplaces - SpeedTree Paid software. Procedural tree and vegetation modeler with a runtime SDK, used for game and film foliage.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - Spline Free tier software. Browser-based 3D design with real-time collaboration. Exports to web, video, code. AI features for prompt-to-3D.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free Tier - Spline AI Free tier software. Generate 3D objects and textures from text prompts in-editor.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - Sprytile (GitHub) plugin. Blender add-on for building tile-based low-poly scenes with paint and map-editor tools.
in Game Development → Game Dev Tools: Level Design - Sprytile (itch.io) plugin. Blender addon for tile-based 3D levels.
in Game Development → Game Dev Tools: Level Design - Stability SPAR3D software. Open-source single-image 3D reconstruction.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - Stanford 3D Scanning Repository asset-source. Classic academic 3D scans (bunny, dragon, etc.).
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - Step1X-3D software. StepFun open model that generates textured 3D assets from images in separate geometry and texture stages.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - Style3D Paid software. 3D garment design and cloth simulation. Clo3D/Marvelous competitor with FBX/OBJ export to standard CG pipelines.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - Stylized Nature MegaKit asset-source. 110+ stylized 3D nature models for Ghibli-inspired scenes. Projects for UE, Godot, and Unity.
in Assets & Libraries → Game Assets - Substance 3D Assets Paid asset-source. Adobe PBR material library. Free tier plus paid library.
in Assets & Libraries → Software-Specific Asset Libraries - Substance 3D Community Assets asset-source. Free user-made Substance materials, filters and tools.
in Assets & Libraries → Software-Specific Asset Libraries - Substance 3D Modeler Paid software. Adobe's VR and desktop sculpting tool.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - SuperPoke plugin. Iterative poking tool for Blender meshes.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Supervised Fitting of Geometric Primitives to 3D Point Clouds paper. Li et al., CVPR 2019. SPFN: supervised network that fits geometric primitives such as planes, spheres and cylinders to point clouds.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - SV3D (Stable Video 3D) reference. Orbital video from single image.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Open-Source Models (HuggingFace) - Sverchok plugin. Node-based parametric modeling for Blender, aimed at architects.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Syncronia License unspecified asset-source. Portal for manufacturer CAD and BIM objects used in architecture and interior design.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Architecture & Furniture - Taming Mode Collapse in Score Distillation for Text-to-3D Generation paper. Wang et al., arXiv 2023. Reduces multi-face Janus artifacts in score distillation text-to-3D generation.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Tech Gear HDA tutorial. Houdini HDA tutorial for generating cylindrical hard-surface details like gears and bolts for sci-fi assets.
in Learning, Community & Industry → Paid Tutorial Platforms - Terrain Height Maps asset-source. Free heightmap images for terrain displacement.
in Assets & Libraries → Textures: Specialized - Terrain Tool Samples plugin. Official Unity terrain tools and brush asset samples.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - TerreSculptor software. Terrain creation and editing software. It is freeware.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free - Text2CAD: Text to 3D CAD Generation via Technical Drawings paper. Yavartanoo et al., arXiv 2024. Text2CAD generates 3D CAD models from text by first producing technical drawings.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - TextField3D: Towards Enhancing Open-Vocabulary 3D Generation with Noisy Text Fields paper. Huang et al., ICLR 2024. TextField3D adds noisy text fields for open-vocabulary 3D generation.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - The Base Mesh License unspecified asset-source. Base meshes for sculpting and rigging.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - The Grove 3D Paid plugin. Grows natural 3D trees for visualisation and film, with seasonal simulation.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - The New Black Paid software. AI fashion workspace for clothing concepts, virtual try-ons, tech packs, fashion models, and 3D garments.
in Software Reference → AI Design Viz Software - Three D Scans asset-source. Free archive of high-resolution 3D scans of museum sculptures and statues.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - Threestudio tool. A unified framework for 3D content generation.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → 3D Generation - Tinkercad software. Browser-based CSG modeling.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free - Tissue plugin. Computational and parametric design addon for Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - TOSS:High-quality Text-guided Novel View Synthesis from a Single Image paper. Shi et al., arXiv 2023. TOSS adds text guidance to novel view synthesis from a single image.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Transforming 2D Images into 3D with AdaMPI tutorial. Guide to using the AdaMPI model to create 3D photos from 2D images.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → 3D Generation - Tree Gen plugin. Procedural tree-model generation in Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - TreeIt software. Easy to use real time 3D tree generator for the simple creation.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free - TRELLIS.2 (Microsoft) software. Full PBR materials, complex topologies.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - Triplane Meets Gaussian Splatting: Fast and Generalizable Single-View 3D Reconstruction with Transformers paper. Zou et al., CVPR 2024. Reconstructs 3D Gaussians from a single image with a triplane transformer.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Tripo v3.0 Free tier software. Sculpture-level precision, clean quad topology.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - TripoSG software. VAST open image-to-3D shape model built on rectified flow.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - TripoSR software. Tripo/Stability collab. Fast open-source image-to-3D.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - TurboSquid Free tier marketplace. Professional models with free section.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - Ue4MarchingCubes reference. 3D Perlin noise meshing via marching cubes for Unreal Engine 4.
in Game Development → Unreal Engine: Resources - Unique3D software. High-quality mesh from single image (NeurIPS 2024).
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - Unity Mesh Simplifier (Unity-Technologies) plugin. Mesh simplification for Unity. Official Unity-Technologies fork.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Unity Mesh Simplifier (Whinarn) plugin. Mesh simplification for Unity.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Unity Mesh Triangulator plugin. Mesh triangulator for Unity, forked from alexmuab's version.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Unity Plane Mesh Splitter plugin. Script to split any mesh into smaller chunks.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Unity Procedural Flower plugin. Procedural flower generator for Unity.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Unity Voxel Tools plugin. Collection of voxel utilities for Unity. Experimental.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Unity Wave Function Collapse plugin. Wave Function Collapse procedural generation for Unity.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Unity.ProceduralContentGeneration Terrain plugin. Procedural terrain content generation for Unity.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - UnityTile3D plugin. Simple 3D tile editor for Unity.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Universal Human Rigged Base Mesh Paid asset-source. Rigged universal human base mesh sold on Gumroad as a starting point for character modeling and posing.
in Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Plugin & Addon Marketplaces - Unreal Docs: Metahuman Documentation reference. Docs for MetaHuman creation and integration.
in Game Development → Unreal Engine: Resources - Unreal Docs: Modeling And Geometry Scripting reference. Docs for in-editor modeling tools and Geometry Script.
in Game Development → Unreal Engine: Resources - Unreal Docs: Mutable Overview reference. Docs for Mutable, runtime character customization and mesh generation.
in Game Development → Unreal Engine: Resources - Unreal Docs: Procedural Content Generation Framework reference. Docs for the Procedural Content Generation (PCG) framework. See also Electric Dreams PCG.
in Game Development → Unreal Engine: Resources - Unreal Engine 5 Free tier software. AAA engine from Epic. Free until $1M revenue, then royalty.
in Software Reference → Game Engines: Commercial Free Tiers - Unreal Sandbox Terrain plugin. Smooth voxel terrain plugin for Unreal Engine.
in Game Development → Unreal Engine: Resources - V HACD plugin. Decomposes a 3D surface into near-convex parts for accurate collision meshes.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Vectary Free tier software. Browser-based 3D for e-commerce and product visualization.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free Tier - Vectorworks Paid software. CAD and BIM software line for architecture, landscape and stage lighting design.
in Software Reference → CAD Software - ViCA-NeRF: View-Consistency-Aware 3D Editing of Neural Radiance Fields paper. Dong et al., NeurIPS 2023. ViCA-NeRF edits NeRF scenes from text instructions with multi-view consistency.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Viz-People License unspecified asset-source. Archviz scenes, 3D people, vegetation, HDRIs.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Architecture & Furniture - Volume Rendering of Neural Implicit Surfaces paper. Yariv et al., NeurIPS 2021. VolSDF: models density as a function of signed distance for better surface reconstruction with volume rendering.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Voxel Mesh Generator plugin. Generates voxel 3D meshes in Unity using greedy meshing.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - Voxel Plugin plugin. Volumetric, destructible, infinite voxel worlds in Unreal Engine.
in Game Development → Unreal Engine: Resources - Voxelmetric tool. Efficient voxel framework for Unity.
in Game Development → Unity Engine: Resources - VRoid Studio software. Anime-style 3D character creator.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free - Welder plugin. Generates weld seams between meshes in Blender.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Wings 3D software. Subdivision surface modeler.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free - Wire Wheels Club asset-source. Library of 3D vehicle models, free for personal and commercial use.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized - Womp3D Free tier software. Playful browser-based 3D modeler for product design.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Free Tier - Wonder3D: Single Image to 3D using Cross-Domain Diffusion paper. Long et al., CVPR 2024. Wonder3D generates textured meshes from a single image with cross-domain diffusion.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Wonder3D++ software. Cross-domain diffusion, textured meshes in 2-3min.
in Software Reference → AI 3D Generation Software - World Creator Paid software. GPU terrain generator with erosion, water and snow simulation, scattering and a path tracer.
in Software Reference → Misc 3D Utilities Software - WoT Tank Viewer plugin. Blender plugins to view 3D models from World of Tanks.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Blender: Plugins & Addons - Writing Your Own Polywire tutorial. Jake Rice on custom polywire.
in Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Houdini: Miscellaneous Tutorials - XYZed3D (Gumroad) asset-source. CC0 (non-AI) asset packs: models, props, misc. By artyusufpatel.
in Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Free & General - ZBrush Paid software. Industry-standard digital sculpting from Maxon.
in Software Reference → 3D Software: Paid - ZBrush Download Center asset-source. Maxon download page for free ZBrush plugins and add-on resources.
in Assets & Libraries → Software-Specific Asset Libraries - Zero123++: a Single Image to Consistent Multi-view Diffusion Base Model paper. Shi et al., arXiv 2023. Zero123++ generates consistent multi-view images from one input image for 3D creation.
in AI & Machine Learning for CG → Research Papers - Zoo Design Studio Free tier software. Code-and-UI CAD app with the KCL modeling language on Zoo's own geometry engine.
in Software Reference → CAD Software