Today we’re proud to say that our latest feature – the Sketchfab Model Inspector – is live and we’re confident it’s going to become an industry changing tool for every 3D artist.
Our Inspector in action. Use the fullscreen option for more room to view.
Our inspector is now available to all Sketchfab community members and anyone exploring a Sketchfab embed just about anywhere on the web. Our site, your portfolio, Facebook, Twitter and on and on. Think of it as a bigger, better version of our previous rendering options. There’s a lot of power behind that tiny new icon!
In addition to our existing ability to show the wireframe or change to matcap rendering on any model, the inspector now lets you break down EVERY material into its component parts – including base color, metallic, roughness, ambient occlusion, opacity, emission, specular and normal maps.
Better yet, you can also use the inspector to view normal direction and display a UV checker map. Artists – that’s a great way to proudly show off the quality of your model topology and UVs to clients, employers, and potential employers!
Our UV checker is a great way to show off your mapping skills and admire the work of others.
But there’s even more: who needs 3D when you can have 2D! Yes, we’re going old school here – you can also split the inspector into a 3D, 3D and 2D, or just 2D view to view every texture on a model. That’s a great way to show off the quality of your work and to learn from other artists. You can even view wireframe topology in the 2D view to show off your UV packing skills or admire the work of others.
Our side-by-side view lets you examine textures in great detail.
And if you prefer to not let others peek under the hood of your work, we’re giving you the option to opt-out of sharing your work in 2D view. It’s our hope, however, that you’ll use this powerful feature to show off the care and craft you put into every aspect of your work.
For more detailed information on working with our new inspector, be sure to check out our help center article.
About the author
Paul Chambers
Artist Evangelist & Community outreach at Sketchfab, freelance CG Generalist, render-farm tinkerer. Zelda worshipper.
Wow, that’s so awesome! Real game-changer for showcasing!
Wow, this is really cool!
Wow, very cool
i love it
thanks,
I am very much impressed by the power of your inspector as far as I wasn’t allready impressed by all posibilities of Sketchfab
That’s awesome! Viewing each texture separate was one of my most wanted features, thanks a lot!
i dig it
Wow, this is AMAZING. I love this idea. Thanks for improving the 3d experience every day! 😀
I was waiting for this, you people really know how to make things easy to use.
I’ve been waiting for these features for forever. Finally getting to the level of marmoset viewer. Great job and kudos to the sketchfab team!!
Great for learning and studying how things are done!
Mama Mia!! this is awesome!!
I just said, Excellent job team, the tools are more and more full and expert. Sketchfab always awesome.
It’s like you’re reading my mind! Everything I wish for in Sketchfab, you deliver.
Marvelous!
How can i download this UV Checkers? I LOVE IT!
Thank you, guys! This is awesome. And exactly just what we really need
SketchFab just keeps getting better and better!
cool, thanks a lot, pretty sure it would help anyone that’s self-taught in 3d
Awesome This Look 2d And 3d
Oh wow this is going to be incredibly useful to fellow 3d artists. I’ve seen many a models is love to dissect, can’t wait.
How do i make my own
Hey, do you mean create a model? The help center can be a great resource for getting started.
Here are some 3D creation tools that can help you
Here are the file formats that we support
And here is how to upload to Sketchfab
Let us know if this helps!
That’s an insanely well crafted addition to Sketchfab. Damn useful !
Any idea why on my models the Viewport option (3D, 3D+2D, 2D) does not appear ? I can’t seem to find an option to display it or not ? Should it be there by default ?
It should be available on all models yes. Although some models may have 2D inspection disabled, 3D inspection will always be active. Do you see the inspector icon? Does this happen on a specific model?
The model inspector icon is always there. I was talking about the left entry in the Model Inspector called “VIEWPORT” where you can decide to display 3D, 3D+2D, 2D. This does not appear on my models nore on most of the models I check.
You said “Although some models may have 2D inspection disabled”. So there is supposedly a way to activate that ? I don’t quiet get it.
Or does it depend on the way we imported our models ? All in a ZIP and then the 2D view works fine ? Or we export an OBJ alone and then the textures one by one from the “Manage Textures” icon in the Materials tab of the 3D SETTINGS, then the 2D view doesn’t appear ?