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3D Viewer

A local 3D viewer to explore models, navigate scenes, adjust display, capture views and export project assets.

App access
3D Viewer
Target module
Viewer 3D
Reference
Open, explore and present your 3D models.
Screenshot of the PANACHES 3D Viewer with model, scene, camera, materials and rendering panels.

Module overview

Explore your 3D models without leaving the workshop

3D Viewer provides a local space to open and explore 3D models inside PANACHES. Camera navigation, display modes, scene controls, materials, lighting, animations, captures and exports help you understand, present and reuse 3D assets connected to your projects.

What the module brings

  • Open common 3D formats such as GLB, GLTF, OBJ, STL, FBX, DAE, USD or VRM depending on the available configuration.
  • Navigate the scene, display grid, axes, wireframe, properties, materials, lights, animations and model hierarchy.
  • Adjust camera, rendering and display, capture a view and export the model in suitable formats.

In practice

What the module brings.

The 3D Viewer module lets you open, explore, adjust and present 3D models directly inside the workspace.

For : 3D designers, game designers, prototypers, teachers, technical creators

Capabilities

What you can do.

  • Common 3D formats
  • Navigation and display
  • Rendering, captures and exports

Module overview

Real situations

Prototype inspection

Open a model, check its overall appearance, display grid or axes and browse the scene to understand its structure.

Project presentation

Adjust camera, lighting, materials and rendering, then capture a clear image for a document or presentation.

Asset reuse

Connect a model to a moodboard, prepare a reference capture or test a GLB, GLTF, OBJ or STL export depending on the need.

Workflow

A concrete use case.

  1. Open a 3D model
  2. Explore, adjust or present
  3. Capture, export or connect to the project

PANACHES connections

Moodboard Images Whiteboard Document Filesystem

Go further

Related guides and resources.

Guides

Technical

Performance: adapt PANACHES to your machine

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Comparison

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Resources

Guide

Start a first project in PANACHES

A short method to open PANACHES, choose sources and produce a first result.

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Guide

Choose the right PANACHES module for a project

A simple guide to start from a concrete need and open the most useful module.

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