3D to web browser

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Hi,

quite generic cad-guestion maybe, but since I’m using SW, I put it here.

I would like to show 3D in web browser, similar to 3d-pdf or eDrawings, but in browser. There would be a link to file on website and when clicked, 3D-view opens to new browser tab without downloading it first.

eDrawings - Works, but html created is huge, since viewer is mostly included

3D-pdf - not sure if there is a way to make it work without downloading first

Obj - needs html to work?

Are there any other free solutions?

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Composer SVG file might work without the need to download.

There was a plugin available called COLORWAY but it is retired now I believe. Also check this one https://www.webrotate360.com/

Other option is to create 360° images of the model, and upload to the website.

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We’ve used the “save as html” from edrawings of the sldasm or sldprt. I don’t know what it is exactly but looks like it embeds the eModelViewer into an html file along with the 3D data as it loads in the browser just like edrawings. In our testing, quality is much better than 3Dpdf (it’s subjective as they both have various quality settings) but the file size is much larger as well.
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Composer is not that close to free :slight_smile:

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Like I wrote, file size is huge because the viewer is included. Simple cube = 9 MB file = not efficient when I want to transfer a lot of these files to web server on daily basis.

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Found this one, really cool and makes quite small files. Not free, but not expensive either:

finalmesh.com