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In a few words, what is p3d.in?

We are an online service that makes sharing and showing your 3D content easy!

Can I pretty please have materials / textures / animation / lights / collada ?

Absolutely yes!! What you want is what we do, however we try to really think the best way of doing things and that takes a bit of extra time and effort. Also as p3d.in grows we have to constantly make it stronger and stronger in order to handle all those tasty polygons you're feeding us. Our priority will always be "stable before fancy" but rest assured we love fancy as much as you do!



Who might be specially interested?

The creators of p3d.in are themselves 3D designers with experience in fields ranging from CGI programing to movie making. It's in our best interest to create an environment that fits the work-flows and necessities of: We are continuously thinking in ways to improve your experience with us!



Will p3d.in always be free?

Yes, as long as p3d.in exists we intend to continue offering a free service. To help us keep developing a better service you might at some point be able to opt for an extended featured version (for a fee)



How can I create my 3D models?

You can use a variety of software to create the 3D content you upload to p3d.in. If you're looking to dive into 3D modeling you could try Wings 3D or Blender which are free and available in all mayor operating systems. There's also plenty of free resources to learn from on the web



How do I upload my 3D models?

We currently support a very common exchange format known as Wavefront .obj that is available for export in most 3D software. Use your 3D application's exporter to generate your .obj file and then log in to p3d.in to upload it

What about textures?

You may upload diffuse, specular and normal textures toguether with your model. Any of those are optional


How much can I upload?

You may upload any number of files with a maximum size of 50MB each until reaching your current storage limmit. If you're out of space try deleting unused models to regain their space



What are the recommended settings for my .obj file?

Orientation

We use the standard Left Handed Coordinate System, in other words X axis means Right, Y axis means Up, Z axis means Back (away from you). Most exporters will default to this configuration

Vertex Normals

Rendering of smooth shaded surfaces requires vertex normals. If your model comes with it's own vertex normals we will hapilly use them, if not we will generate our own. In this case your model might look slightly different than it does in your 3D aplication Tip: As a nice side effect, files with no in-built normals will be smaller and hence display faster. Your choice!

UV Map

If you upload texture maps make sure your model includes the corresponding UV Map and the exporter is set up to save it

Aligning

To make navigation easier p3d.in will automatically "fit" your model to the center of the screen





How can I embed my model in another site?

p3d.in embeds are designed with simplicity in mind and integrate seamlessly with your site. Our embeds are also transparent ensuring a clean fit in your site's color themes or even background pattern

HTML enabled sites

If your site accepts plain HTML code simply click on the </> icon located in the model settings bar to your bottom left. Next copy & paste the ready to use code into your destination site

Wordpress

Wordpress based sites do not allow iframes by default. However worry not, here's how to do it

Forums

If your forum has the option to enable HTML code in your post then you're in luck, just paste the generated iframe code. However if your forum dissables plain HTML code then the only solution is to speak with the forum admins about adding embedding support. Some forums have chosen this path by simply surrounding your model's ID with [P3D]9GLHs[/P3D], others prefer to automatically parse full p3d.in urls into embeds. In any case make sure to use the embed url instead of the regular url, ie: "http://p3d.in/e/9GLHs". We are always happy to help with integration questions



How can I protect my content?

First it is important to state the fact that we can not protect your content from being illegally extracted from p3d.in once it has been accessed because of mere technical reasons. In other words, if a person can view your content he can potentially extract the data. This is similar to video sites not being able to prevent people from downloading the content to their hard drives. However we do offer a number of tools to help you keep your content in the right hands only:

Encrypted IDs

Every file uploaded to p3d.in gets its own URL for sharing, this URL is in part formed by an unique encrypted ID. This makes it extremely difficult for anyone to guess the correct URL for your file

Privacy Options

a number of privacy options are available: Anyone can see your public file in your user's page and anywhere on the Internet By default all your uploaded files are Unlisted, this just means no one else will see them on your user’s page. However your Unlisted files can still be viewed by anyone with the correct URL. Unlisted files can also be linked from other websites Your files set to private can be viewed only by you. Anyone else will be prevented from accessing them even with the correct URL It is also possible to share your file only with a selected group of p3d.in users, making anyone else unable to access the file Adding a password to your file means others will only be able to watch your file by knowing the correct URL and your password of choice



What are my system's requirements?

Our service runs on quite modern HTML5 web standards like WebGL, to be able to use p3d.in to it's full extend a couple of things are needed as a minimum: It is recommended to use up to date drivers for your graphics card



How can we collaborate?

If you own a forum, educational site, store or other online service and want to better integrate the p3d.in service in your site mail us at support(at)p3d(dot)in so we can start bouncing ideas!