{"id":8824,"date":"2021-04-21T09:59:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T09:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/blogs\/enterprise\/?p=8824"},"modified":"2022-04-11T13:50:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T13:50:53","slug":"how-3d-enables-end-to-end-digital-workflows-for-footwear-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/blogs\/enterprise\/3d-workflows-footwear","title":{"rendered":"How 3D Enables End-to-End Digital Workflows for Footwear Brands"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As some of you may know, I have a passion for shoes. I <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/skfb.ly\/6WCNQ\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">scan a lot of shoes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, I collect a lot of 3D models of shoes (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/skfb.ly\/6Hvp7\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">great<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/skfb.ly\/SDMq\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">famous<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/skfb.ly\/6WCNS\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">historical<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), and I even started making <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/albn.medium.com\/the-art-of-shoe-making-e0125a7b9389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">my own shoes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It turns out footwear is also our biggest B2B vertical at Sketchfab. While this is mostly a coincidence, I always get super excited when we start working with a shoe brand. It turns out that many shoe brands are shifting to end-to-end digital workflows, from designing the shoes to launching them and selling them, and Sketchfab is helping a lot of them at every stage of the process. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019d like to cover here some of the ways we\u2019ve been working with footwear brands.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/models\/fdd5cfadb693408f82eee53e8000dbb4\/embed?ui_infos=0&amp;ui_watermark_link=0&amp;ui_watermark=0&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][tm_heading tag=&#8221;h2&#8243; custom_google_font=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Internal review in 3D&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many footwear brands are relying on 3D and CAD programs to design their shoes. They use tools like Modo or Roman CAD to design, and tools like Substance to texture. This work is done by 3D designers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At some point, the 3D designers need to show and share their designs with the rest of the stakeholders. Without <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/enterprise?utm_source=enterprise-blog&amp;utm_medium=inline-link&amp;utm_campaign=enterprise-footwear\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sketchfab<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, they either have to share the actual files\u2014which requires the other team members to download the files, and then have a 3D program to open them\u2014or to use alternative solutions like 2D or video renders, or even 3D printing.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][tm_spacer size=&#8221;lg:30&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1618959822015{border-left-width: 3px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: #fcfcfc !important;border-left-color: #1caad9 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 20px\"><strong><span style=\"color: #1caad9\">\u201cPeople were blown away the first time we presented our new designs using Sketchfab<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #1caad9\">\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;font-size: 12px\"><em>\u2014Mitch Harvey, 3D innovation Manager<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][tm_spacer size=&#8221;lg:30&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/features\/teams?utm_source=enterprise-blog&amp;utm_medium=inline-link&amp;utm_campaign=enterprise-footwear\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sketchfab for Teams<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the entire team gets access to a central repository where they can store and organize all their 3D assets, and where, more importantly, they can access the team\u2019s 3D visualizations, on any device, with great fidelity.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][tm_spacer size=&#8221;lg:30&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1569338545889{border-left-width: 3px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: #fcfcfc !important;border-left-color: #1caad9 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 20px\"><strong><span style=\"color: #1caad9\">\u201c<b>[Digital samples] saved us from manufacturing 2500 physical samples that were once shipped to the HQ for the meetings.<\/b>\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;font-size: 12px\"><em><cite><i>\u2014Stefano Ferniani, Senior Director of Global Innovation at Crocs<\/i><\/cite><\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][tm_spacer size=&#8221;lg:30&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a traditional workflow, once a design is approved the brand will manufacture physical samples, often in Asia, and then ship them overseas for review, repeating this process a number of times until the final design is approved. Shifting to 3D means that companies get to entirely skip that part, thus saving both time and money. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of the brands that still rely on physical samples, more and more are turning to digitization of their samples, and uploading those digital prototypes to Sketchfab so that they don\u2019t have to ship them. Bonus: digital samples are not only easier to acquire and less expensive, they are also much better for the planet.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][tm_heading tag=&#8221;h2&#8243; custom_google_font=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Digital B2B catalogues&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once the design of a future collection is approved, a shoe brand will typically present the collection to retail outlets\u2014the FootLockers of the world\u2014at B2B trade shows. With COVID-related restrictions in place, those trade shows are essentially gone, and many brands have been looking for solutions to handle this digitally. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sketchfab for Teams addresses this exact purpose by offering an online library that is easily shareable outside the company, with beautiful 3D visualization and even a built-in AR mode that lets viewers see the shoe in their own spaces via their mobile phones.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][tm_spacer size=&#8221;lg:30&#8243;][tm_image image=&#8221;8836&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][tm_heading tag=&#8221;h2&#8243; custom_google_font=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;eCommerce&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The next step is commercialization online. 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I scan a lot of shoes, I collect a lot of 3D models of shoes (great, famous, historical), and I even started making my own shoes.\u00a0 It turns out footwear is also our biggest B2B vertical at Sketchfab. While this is mostly a coincidence, I always get super excited when we start working with a shoe brand. It turns out that many shoe brands are shifting to end-to-end digital workflows, from designing the shoes to launching them and selling them, and Sketchfab is helping a lot of them at every stage of the process. 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Without Sketchfab, they either have to share the actual files\u2014which requires the other team members to download the files, and then have a 3D program to open them\u2014or to use alternative solutions like 2D or video renders, or even 3D printing.[\/vc_column_text][tm_spacer size=&#8221;lg:30&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1618959822015{border-left-width: 3px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: #fcfcfc !important;border-left-color: #1caad9 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}&#8221;] \u201cPeople were blown away the first time we presented our new designs using Sketchfab\u201d \u2014Mitch Harvey, 3D innovation Manager [\/vc_column_text][tm_spacer size=&#8221;lg:30&#8243;][vc_column_text]With Sketchfab for Teams, the entire team gets access to a central repository where they can store and organize all their 3D assets, and where, more importantly, they can access the team\u2019s 3D visualizations, on any device, with great fidelity.[\/vc_column_text][tm_spacer size=&#8221;lg:30&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1569338545889{border-left-width: 3px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: #fcfcfc !important;border-left-color: #1caad9 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}&#8221;] \u201c[Digital samples] saved us from manufacturing 2500 physical samples that were once shipped to the HQ for the meetings.\u201d \u2014Stefano Ferniani, Senior Director of Global Innovation at Crocs [\/vc_column_text][tm_spacer size=&#8221;lg:30&#8243;][vc_column_text]In a traditional workflow, once a design is approved the brand will manufacture physical samples, often in Asia, and then ship them overseas for review, repeating this process a number of times until the final design is approved. Shifting to 3D means that companies get to entirely skip that part, thus saving both time and money. Of the brands that still rely on physical samples, more and more are turning to digitization of their samples, and uploading those digital prototypes to Sketchfab so that they don\u2019t have to ship them. Bonus: digital samples are not only easier to acquire and less expensive, they are also much better for the planet.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][tm_heading tag=&#8221;h2&#8243; custom_google_font=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Digital B2B catalogues&#8221;][vc_column_text]Once the design of a future collection is approved, a shoe brand will typically present the collection to retail outlets\u2014the FootLockers of the world\u2014at B2B trade shows. With COVID-related restrictions in place, those trade shows are essentially gone, and many brands have been looking for solutions to handle this digitally. Sketchfab for Teams addresses this exact purpose by offering an online library that is easily shareable outside the company, with beautiful 3D visualization and even a built-in AR mode that lets viewers see the shoe in their own spaces via their mobile phones.[\/vc_column_text][tm_spacer size=&#8221;lg:30&#8243;][tm_image image=&#8221;8836&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][tm_heading tag=&#8221;h2&#8243; custom_google_font=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;eCommerce&#8221;][vc_column_text]The next step is commercialization online. This has historically been one of our primary use cases, helping brands easily integrate 3D previews of their shoes on their websites and eCommerce platforms.\u00a0Our viewer is embeddable anywhere with a simple iframe, and is directly supported on all eCommerce platforms, including Shopify, Magento, and WooCommerce. By displaying a product\u2019s digital twin through Sketchfab, visitors can discover and interact with that product in a unique way, thus boosting ROI and conversion rates. Compared to just using the standard image carousel, our clients have observed conversion rate increases of 15 to 40% when leveraging 3D or AR. 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