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Not announcements. What generated meshes are actually good for, which format to export, and the things that go wrong before anyone tells you they will.
From one photo to a rigged character, without leaving your editor
Ask in plain words and get a textured mesh, a rig and a walk cycle back as files. The whole run, what each step costs, and what to do when one of them fails.
August 2026 · 4 min readAI 3D generation or photogrammetry: which one your job needs
One needs a hundred photographs and gives you measurements. The other needs one and gives you a guess. How to tell which your project needs.
August 2026 · 4 min readGetting a generated 3D model into Blender without fighting it
The five minutes between downloading a GLB and having something you can work on: import, scale, origin, shading, and the triangle count.
August 2026 · 4 min readGetting a generated 3D model into Unity, including the rig
FBX or GLB, the pink material on URP, why the normal map looks wrong, and setting a generated character up as Humanoid so animation retargets.
August 2026 · 3 min readWhat makes a good input image for 3D generation
The difference between a usable mesh and a wasted generation is almost always the photograph. Six things that matter, and three that do not.
August 2026 · 3 min readGLB, OBJ, FBX, STL or USDZ · which 3D format to export
Five formats, five jobs. What each one carries, what it loses, and which to pick for Unity, Unreal, Blender, a 3D printer or the web.
August 2026 · 3 min readWhat "EU-hosted" actually means for an AI 3D tool
Most image-to-3D services do not say where your uploads go. Here is what the question really means, what to ask a vendor, and what our own honest answer is.
August 2026 · 3 min readUsing AI image-to-3D in a real game project
What generated meshes are actually good for in a game, what they are not, and how to get one from a photograph into Unity or Unreal with a rig on it.