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Meshy AI
✓ verifiedFreemium

3D generative AI toolbox for creating models from text or images, with AI texturing, auto-rigging and an API.

27M visits/mo8.2K saves
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Fast3D
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI generator turning text or images into 3D models in seconds, with PBR textures and formats for games, AR/VR and 3D printing.

225K visits/mo4.3K saves
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Mappedin
✓ verifiedFreemium

Indoor mapping and wayfinding platform that turns floor plans into interactive maps for venue navigation, operations and safety.

153K visits/mo8.6K saves
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3DPEA
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Free online tool that converts PNG images into 3D-printable STL models, part of 3DPEA's wider file-conversion suite.

174K visits/mo
Pricing

No public pricing

Free: $0 (300 credits/mo)
Pro: $10/mo (10000 credits/mo)
Max: $20/mo (30000 credits/mo)
Free: $0 (unlimited floors, map editor, AI mapping)

No public pricing

Core features
  • Text-to-3D and image-to-3D generation
  • AI PBR texturing for existing models
  • Auto-rigging and character animation
  • AI multi-view image generation
  • API and plugins for Blender, Unity and Bambu Studio
  • Export in common 3D formats
  • Text-to-3D and image-to-3D generation
  • Roughly 10-second generation
  • PBR material and texture synthesis
  • Exports GLB, FBX, OBJ and STL
  • Adjustable mesh density and quality
  • Credit-based usage
  • AI mapping from floor plans
  • Indoor navigation and wayfinding
  • Web-based map editor
  • Real-time team collaboration
  • Share, embed and PDF export
  • LiDAR scanning via Mappedin Scan app
  • PNG-to-STL conversion via pixel height mapping
  • Standard and extrude (with color) conversion modes
  • Controls for size, resolution, border and thickness
  • Color merging, smoothing and transparency handling
  • Supports many other image and 3D format conversions
  • No file storage; runs in the browser on any OS
Use cases
  • Generate game-ready 3D assets fast
  • Create models for 3D printing
  • Texture and animate existing 3D models
  • Integrate 3D generation into a product pipeline
  • Generating 3D assets for games
  • Creating models for 3D printing
  • AR/VR and metaverse content
  • Product design prototyping
  • Guide visitors through large venues
  • Manage venue operations with live map data
  • Improve accessibility and safety routing
  • Publish embeddable indoor maps
  • Turning logos or images into 3D-printable models
  • Creating custom reliefs and lithophane-style prints
  • Prototyping simple 3D objects from 2D artwork
  • Converting between assorted image and 3D formats
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