F3D, the fast and minimalist 3D viewer got version 1.2.1 ! New formats support, thumbnails and more!

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F3D, the fast and minimalist 3D viewer got version 1.2.1 !

It’s a versatile, small, cross platform and open-source (BSD) renderer for many 3D file formats (STL, glTF, step, ply, obj, 3ds, fbx, vt*):

It has a wide range of features: raytracing, volume rendering, sprites, camera positioning, color map, HDR textures, post fx options, coloring, animations.

v1.2.1:

  • STEP and IGES files support
  • FBX, DXF, DAE, OFF files support
  • Thumbnails integration in Windows and Linux
  • Desktop integration in Windows, MacOS and Linux
  • Scalars looping
  • .deb package

Find the release here: Releases · f3d-app/f3d · GitHub

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F3D 1.3 is out ! Fast and minimalist opensource 3D viewer now with a C++/Python API !

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We got lots of bug fixes and a few more features, including:

  • Support for Alembic format (.abc)
  • --font-file option

But the main new feature is the alpha release of the libf3d, included in F3D.
This is a simple yet powerfull API to render and visualize 3D meshes.
C++ based, with python bindings.
Do not hesitate to give it a go, we will improve and stabilize it in the next versions.

More info and download links in our release page: