--- title: "3D AI Studio Documentation" source: https://docs.3daistudio.com --- # 3D AI Studio Documentation > Complete documentation for 3D AI Studio, a browser-based platform for generating 3D models, textures, and images using AI. No software install needed. 3D AI Studio lets users create 3D models from text prompts or images, generate and edit images with 15+ AI models, create textures and materials, rig characters, and export to all major 3D formats (GLB, FBX, OBJ, STL, USDZ, BLEND, 3MF). Everything runs in the browser at 3daistudio.com. AI assistants can also use 3D AI Studio directly through its MCP connector at https://mcp.3daistudio.com/mcp. Every documentation page is also available as clean Markdown: append `.md` to its URL (for example https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/overview.md, and https://docs.3daistudio.com/index.md for the home page). ## Guides - [Getting Started](https://docs.3daistudio.com/getting-started): Create your first AI-generated 3D model in under 5 minutes. No install, no credit card - just sign up and start generating. - [Recommended Workflow](https://docs.3daistudio.com/3d-generation/recommended-workflow): The best way to create 3D models is to generate or edit a reference image first, then convert it to 3D. This guide shows you the full workflow with real examples. - [Image to 3D](https://docs.3daistudio.com/3d-generation/image-to-3d): Turn a photo, sketch or drawing into a textured 3D model with Image to 3D. Pick a model, compare costs and settings, and download it in 1-10 minutes. - [Text to 3D](https://docs.3daistudio.com/3d-generation/text-to-3d): Generate a 3D model from a text prompt: write a short description, pick a model and download a textured mesh. Prompt tips, model comparison and settings. - [SVG to 3D](https://docs.3daistudio.com/3d-generation/svg-to-3d): Convert SVG vector files into extruded 3D models right in your browser. Free tool for turning logos, icons, and vector art into GLB or PNG exports. - [3D Text](https://docs.3daistudio.com/3d-generation/3d-text): Turn any text into a 3D model for free. Choose from 16 fonts, customize depth, materials, and lighting, and export as GLB or PNG. No signup needed. - [Relief Generator](https://docs.3daistudio.com/3d-generation/relief-generator): Turn photos into 3D relief sculptures for 3D printing, CNC carving, and laser engraving. AI depth estimation builds printable bas-reliefs from any image. - [Prompt Tips](https://docs.3daistudio.com/3d-generation/prompt-tips): Practical prompt tips for Text to 3D, Image Studio generation, and image editing. Real examples that work, model-specific advice, and common mistakes to avoid. - [Texture Generator](https://docs.3daistudio.com/textures/texture-generator): Texture a 3D model with AI: upload a GLB, FBX or OBJ, describe the look or add a reference image, and get PBR textures in 1-3 minutes. - [Texture Painter](https://docs.3daistudio.com/textures/texture-painter): Paint textures directly on 3D models in your browser. Combine manual brushwork with AI-generated texture projections. Full layer system with up to 8K resolution. - [Material AI](https://docs.3daistudio.com/textures/material-ai): Generate PBR material maps from text, photos or existing images: base color, normal, roughness, metalness and height maps in one set. - [Seamless Texture AI](https://docs.3daistudio.com/textures/seamless-texture): Generate tileable PBR texture sets from text descriptions or images. All maps tile seamlessly with no visible seams or repetition artifacts. - [PBR Extract AI](https://docs.3daistudio.com/textures/pbr-extract): Extract individual PBR maps from photos or texture images. Generate normal, roughness, height, ambient occlusion, metallic, or depth maps one at a time. - [Remesh Tool](https://docs.3daistudio.com/processing/remesh): Reduce the polygon count of a 3D model and rebuild clean quad or triangle topology. Compare four remesh providers, from free to AI retopology. - [Smart Low Poly](https://docs.3daistudio.com/processing/smart-low-poly): Turn dense AI-generated 3D models into clean low-poly meshes with AI retopology: triangle or quad output, texture baking and optional UV unwrapping. - [Rigging & Animation](https://docs.3daistudio.com/processing/rigging): Rig a 3D character automatically with AI: skeleton and skin weights in 1-2 minutes. Works for humanoids, animals, birds and serpents, with 12 animations. - [Segmentation Tool](https://docs.3daistudio.com/processing/segmentation): AI-powered 3D model segmentation. Split a single mesh into logical parts like limbs, clothing, and accessories for editing, printing, or game pipelines. - [UV Unfold](https://docs.3daistudio.com/processing/uv-unfold): AI-powered automatic UV unwrapping for 3D models. Generate clean UV layouts with three engines, including Smart UV, which keeps your textures, rigging and animation. - [Model Actions Overview](https://docs.3daistudio.com/utilities/model-actions): All available model actions in 3D AI Studio. Retopology, format conversion, rigging, texturing, segmentation, 3D printing, and more. - [Format Conversion](https://docs.3daistudio.com/utilities/format-conversion): Change any model in your 3D AI Studio library to GLB, GLTF, FBX, OBJ, STL, USDZ, 3MF or PLY in seconds. Costs 1 credit and keeps the original file. - [Mesh Repair](https://docs.3daistudio.com/utilities/mesh-repair): Automatically fix non-manifold geometry, holes, flipped normals, and other mesh issues. Optional texture re-bake for clean output. - [3D Viewer](https://docs.3daistudio.com/utilities/3d-viewer): View and inspect 3D models in the browser with HDRI lighting, material channels, and screenshot export. Supports GLB, GLTF, FBX, OBJ, and STL. - [Model Spinner](https://docs.3daistudio.com/utilities/model-spinner): Create 360-degree turntable videos from GLB models. Choose backgrounds, rotation speed, and export with alpha channel support. - [GLB Compression](https://docs.3daistudio.com/utilities/glb-compression): Compress GLB files using Draco mesh compression and texture optimization. Reduce file size for faster web loading. - [Add Base](https://docs.3daistudio.com/utilities/add-base): Add a pedestal or platform under your 3D model. Choose from different base shapes and sizes for display or 3D printing. - [Export for 3D Printing](https://docs.3daistudio.com/utilities/export-for-3d-printing): Turn any AI 3D model into a watertight, print-ready STL, 3MF or OBJ: one color, 1-8 filaments on an AMS or MMU, or full color, with a live preview. - [ZIP Export](https://docs.3daistudio.com/utilities/zip-export): Bundle up to 50 images, 3D models, and videos into a single ZIP archive. Name your export, organize it into folders, and get an email when it's ready. - [3D Stager](https://docs.3daistudio.com/utilities/3d-stager): Stage 3D models in virtual scenes with lighting and materials, then render photorealistic product photos using AI. - [Model Storage & Expiry](https://docs.3daistudio.com/utilities/model-storage): How long generated 3D models stay in your library, how to see a file's storage date, how to extend storage to 3 years, and what happens when a file expires. - [Export & Formats](https://docs.3daistudio.com/export-formats): Which format to download from 3D AI Studio: GLB, FBX, OBJ, STL, 3MF, USDZ and BLEND, and how to get each one for games, 3D printing, web and AR. - [Vertex Color (deprecated)](https://docs.3daistudio.com/utilities/vertex-color): How the original 3D Print Export tool converted textures to vertex colors for multi-color 3D printing, and where each feature lives now. ## Image Studio - [Overview](https://docs.3daistudio.com/image-studio/overview): Overview of Image Studio, your all-in-one workspace for AI image generation, editing, conversion, and more. 100+ tools, 15+ AI models, all in your browser. - [Generate](https://docs.3daistudio.com/image-studio/generate): Generate images from text prompts using 15+ AI models including ImageGen 4, Flux 2, GPT-Image, and more. Model comparison, credit costs, and prompting tips. - [Edit](https://docs.3daistudio.com/image-studio/edit): Edit images using AI models. Describe changes in plain text to swap objects, change styles, fix lighting, remove backgrounds, and more. - [Convert](https://docs.3daistudio.com/image-studio/convert): Convert images into 15 different art styles including anime, oil painting, pixel art, figurines, and more. Pick a style, choose an AI model, and transform any image. - [Sketch to Image](https://docs.3daistudio.com/image-studio/sketch): Turn rough sketches and drawings into polished images with AI. Use Sketch to Image or the built-in Paint & Transform tool to create art from simple line drawings. - [Video](https://docs.3daistudio.com/image-studio/video): Generate AI videos from images or text prompts. Multiple models available including Veo 3, Kling, Lucy, and Seedance with various quality and style options. - [Utilities](https://docs.3daistudio.com/image-studio/utilities): Practical image tools including background removal, upscaling, cropping, and lighting restoration. Prepare your images for 3D conversion or clean them up for any use. - [Character Sheet](https://docs.3daistudio.com/image-studio/character-sheet): Generate multi-view character turnaround sheets from a single image. Get front, left, right, and back views for game dev, 3D modeling, and animation reference. - [AI Pose Transfer](https://docs.3daistudio.com/image-studio/pose-transfer): Transfer poses onto characters using AI. Upload a photo, pick a pose from the library or upload your own, and generate the character in the new pose. - [Image to Prompt](https://docs.3daistudio.com/image-studio/image-to-prompt): Upload an image and get a detailed text prompt that describes it. Use the output to recreate similar images in AI generators or learn how to write better prompts. ## Flow - [Overview](https://docs.3daistudio.com/flow/overview): Flow is a visual node editor for repeatable AI pipelines. Connect prompts, images, edits and 3D generation on one canvas and run it all with one click. - [The Flows Dashboard](https://docs.3daistudio.com/flow/dashboard): The Flows dashboard is your home base for the node editor: see all your flows, create new ones four ways, browse templates and manage everything. - [The Canvas Editor](https://docs.3daistudio.com/flow/interface): A tour of the Flow canvas editor: the toolbar, adding and connecting nodes, sections, floating panels, navigation and every keyboard shortcut. - [Nodes Reference](https://docs.3daistudio.com/flow/nodes): Reference for every node in Flow: how handles and data types work, plus input, generation, image, 3D, logic, viewer and organization nodes. - [Running Flows](https://docs.3daistudio.com/flow/running-flows): How running works in Flow: single nodes vs whole pipelines, the run panel and queue, execution order, and turning a flow into a reusable app. - [AI Assistant (Bob)](https://docs.3daistudio.com/flow/ai-assistant): Bob is the AI assistant inside Flow. Describe the pipeline you want and Bob builds it, edits nodes, rewires connections and answers questions. - [Templates & Sharing](https://docs.3daistudio.com/flow/templates): Save a flow as a reusable template, share it with a link, submit it to the public gallery, and use version history to roll back. The full template lifecycle in Flow. - [Models, Credits & Downloads](https://docs.3daistudio.com/flow/models-credits-downloads): How model selection, parameters, parameter binding, credits, and downloads work in Flow. Plus how the Outputs shelf and content viewer help you manage results. ## MCP - [Agent setup instructions](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp-setup.md): Plain Markdown instructions for AI agents to add the 3D AI Studio MCP server (URL https://mcp.3daistudio.com/mcp, OAuth, no API key) to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, OpenCode and other clients. - [Overview](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/overview): How the 3D AI Studio MCP connector works: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex and generate 3D models and images with your normal credits. - [Quick Start](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/quick-start): Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex to 3D AI Studio in about two minutes: add the connector URL, sign in, approve, and generate your first model. - [Set Up With Your Agent](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/agent-setup): Let your coding agent connect 3D AI Studio for you: paste one brief into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code Copilot or OpenCode, or point it at the setup file. - [Claude](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/setup/claude): Add 3D AI Studio as a custom connector in Claude on the web or desktop app, then generate textured 3D models and images in chat with a built-in 3D viewer. - [ChatGPT](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/setup/chatgpt): Add 3D AI Studio to ChatGPT as a custom MCP connector in developer mode, sign in, and generate textured 3D models and images right inside your ChatGPT chats. - [Claude Code](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/setup/claude-code): Add the 3D AI Studio MCP server to Claude Code with one claude mcp add command, sign in with /mcp, and generate 3D models and images from your terminal. - [Cursor](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/setup/cursor): Add the 3D AI Studio MCP server to Cursor with a single mcp.json entry, sign in, and generate 3D models, images and PBR materials from Cursor's agent mode. - [Codex](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/setup/codex): Add the 3D AI Studio MCP server to OpenAI Codex with codex mcp add, sign in once, and generate 3D models and images from the Codex CLI, IDE extension or app. - [VS Code (Copilot)](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/setup/vs-code): Add the 3D AI Studio MCP server to VS Code with mcp.json or the MCP: Add Server command, sign in, and generate 3D models and images in Copilot agent mode. - [OpenCode](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/setup/opencode): Add 3D AI Studio as a remote MCP server in opencode.json, sign in with opencode mcp auth, and generate textured 3D models and images straight from OpenCode. - [Other MCP Clients](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/setup/other-clients): How to add 3D AI Studio to any MCP client with remote server support: the server URL, transport, OAuth sign-in, and a bridge for clients that only run local servers. - [What You Can Do](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/capabilities): Every tool in the 3D AI Studio MCP connector: 3D generation models, image generation and editing, low poly, UVs, format conversion and PBR materials, with costs. - [Images & Uploads](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/images-and-uploads): How to give your AI assistant a photo, sketch or reference image for 3D generation or editing: the inline upload card, the upload page, links and library images. - [Credits & Limits](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/credits-and-limits): How the 3D AI Studio MCP connector spends credits: website prices, personal or team credits, confirmations for large requests, refunds, rate limits and plan needs. - [Managing Connections](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/managing-connections): See every AI assistant connected to your 3D AI Studio account, what it spent and what each status badge means, then fix or disconnect connections at any time. - [Troubleshooting](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/troubleshooting): Fixes for common 3D AI Studio MCP problems: connection and sign-in errors, plan required, rate limits, low credits, image upload errors and missing results. - [Security & Privacy](https://docs.3daistudio.com/mcp/security-privacy): How the 3D AI Studio MCP connector protects your account: OAuth sign-in without API keys, exact permissions, spending safeguards, your data and revoking access. ## Integrations - [Overview](https://docs.3daistudio.com/integrations): Import 3D AI Studio models into Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine, ZBrush, Maya, and Godot. Guides for every major 3D tool. - [Unity](https://docs.3daistudio.com/integrations/unity): How to import a 3D model into Unity: drag the FBX into Assets, fix URP materials, set up rigged characters as Humanoid and optimize for mobile. - [Unreal Engine](https://docs.3daistudio.com/integrations/unreal): How to import a 3D model into Unreal Engine 5: drag the FBX into the Content Browser, fix material slots, enable Nanite and set up rigged characters. - [Godot](https://docs.3daistudio.com/integrations/godot): How to import a 3D model into Godot 4: drag the GLB into the FileSystem dock, edit PBR materials, add collision and optimize AI-generated models for mobile. - [Blender](https://docs.3daistudio.com/integrations/blender): How to import a GLB or FBX model into Blender: File > Import > glTF 2.0, fix scale and normals, edit PBR materials, render and re-export for game engines. - [Maya](https://docs.3daistudio.com/integrations/maya): How to import 3D AI Studio models into Maya. Covers FBX and OBJ import, Arnold materials, rigging, and production workflows. - [ZBrush](https://docs.3daistudio.com/integrations/zbrush): How to import 3D AI Studio models into ZBrush for sculpting. Covers OBJ import, DynaMesh, detail sculpting, and retopology workflows. - [API](https://docs.3daistudio.com/api-reference): Use the 3D AI Studio REST API to generate 3D models, images, textures, and more from your own code. Python, JavaScript, and cURL examples. ## Help - [Troubleshooting](https://docs.3daistudio.com/troubleshooting): Fixes for common 3D AI Studio problems: failed or slow generations, upload errors, a black 3D viewer, missing textures, error messages and refunds. - [FAQ](https://docs.3daistudio.com/faq): Answers to common questions about 3D AI Studio. Credits, pricing, file formats, 3D printing, account management, and more. - [What Is Rigging?](https://docs.3daistudio.com/concepts/what-is-rigging): Rigging gives a 3D model a skeleton of bones and binds the mesh to it, so the model can be posed and animated. How rigs work and how to make one. - [What Is a Normal Map?](https://docs.3daistudio.com/concepts/what-is-a-normal-map): A normal map is a texture that fakes fine surface detail by changing how light hits each pixel. How normal maps work, why they look blue, and how to use them. - [What Is Low Poly?](https://docs.3daistudio.com/concepts/what-is-low-poly): Low poly means a 3D model built from relatively few polygons, either for performance or as a faceted art style. Polygon budgets, examples and how to make one. - [Video Tutorials](https://docs.3daistudio.com/learning): Watch video tutorials covering every tool in 3D AI Studio. From getting started to advanced workflows. - [Community](https://docs.3daistudio.com/community): Join the 3D AI Studio community on Discord, Twitter, and Instagram. Connect with creators, share models, and stay updated with the latest features and updates. ## Optional - [Full documentation](https://docs.3daistudio.com/llms-full.txt): Complete documentation content in a single markdown file. - [Main website](https://www.3daistudio.com): The 3D AI Studio web application. - [API Documentation](https://www.3daistudio.com/Platform/API/Documentation): Full API reference with endpoints and code examples. - [Pricing](https://www.3daistudio.com/Pricing): Plans starting at $19/month. Free credits on signup. --- > Documentation index for AI agents: https://docs.3daistudio.com/llms.txt