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Introduced in March, Sketchfab’s download API gives developers access to more than 150,000 3D models available under Creative Commons licensing. With the integration with Facebook, developers. Download the free 3D Models above and many others here.You can also buy Royalty-Free 3D Models on the Sketchfab Store. How to upload your model to Sketchfab.com. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. According to Sketchfab, the new collection is simply the first wave of models released to the public. More will be added to the digital platform as the program continues to evolve.

You may or may not be familiar with Sketchfab, but if you're the sort of person who likes to acquire 3D models and play with them, then it'll probably be of use to you to learn more about it right now.

Sketchfab is a website where you can upload a 3D model for yourself to see later from anywhere in the world. It also allows other people to see the file if you wish for it.

In other words, it's like YouTube but with 3D models instead of videos, as certain other people all too glibly compared them.

Unfortunately, the two websites were alike in another manner, specifically the impossibility to download the files once they were put up. And Sketchfab doesn't have the freelancing community to develop a downloader for that.

Sure, if you're the uploader it stands to reason that you're going to keep a copy of the file on your PC. But what if you want the file from someone else? Well, now you can get it.

What Sketchfab offers

For one thing, it lets you show off your three-dimensional files for the whole world to see, as we said. Well, the whole world with an Internet connection actually. You can also embed the files in articles or forum posts, assuming the websites you frequent allow for it.

The files can be found in a variety of formats, and there are even specific repositories belonging to companies for instance. Formlabs has an entire gallery all to itself. Kind of like you can find music mixes on YouTube actually.

How To Download Any Sketchfab Model

Of course, you can choose not to put your own file up for download if you still want to protect it in preparation for a project you're just seeking feedback on. But the option is there now, which is the whole point.

And you can even export files directly from Photoshop, Blender and Modo, turning them into Sketchfab, HTC and Microsoft models.

It means that visitors won't find themselves restricted by unsupported file types if they happen to use a specific program for their additive manufacturing needs. Toy cars and action figure parts coming right up.

How To Download Sketchfab Models

The current volume of models

Sketchfab is no Thingiverse yet, but there still are around 200,000 models. A few more than that in fact. Which is a significant jump from the 100,000 that were available there back in April. A fast rise for such a short period really.

Browse, import and export assets between Unity and Sketchfab
Based on khronos' UnityGLTF plugin

A Sketchfab account is required for most of this plugin features (you can create one here)

Supported versions: Unity 5.6.4 or later

Installation

Download attached SketchfabForUnity-v1.1.1.unitypackage and double click on it to import the plugin into your current Unity project.

Report an issue

How to download sketchfab models without having to sign in

If you have any issue, please use the Report an issue link to be redirected to the support form.

Sketchfab Asset Browser

Available in menu: Sketchfab/Browse Sketchfab

Authentication

Browse more than 150k free downloadable models from Sketchfab and import them into your Unity project.

You need a Sketchfab account to download and import assets from Sketchfab

PRO users can now access their own models

If you are a PRO user, you can also use the My Models filter to search and have a private access to your personal library of models, which includes all your published models (including the private ones)

Asset Browser UI

Browse free Sketchfab downloadable models from the plugin using search and filters.

Click on a thumbnail to show the corresponding model page with a button to download and import the asset

You can specify a path in your project directory to import the asset into, set a name for the prefab that will contain the model and also choose to import it into your current scene.
Click the 'Download model' button to download to proceed.

Sketchfab Exporter

Available in menu: Sketchfab/Publish to Sketchfab

Export and share your current Unity scene on Sketchfab.
You need a Sketchfab account to download and import assets from Sketchfab

Important note: glTF file format is used as transport between Unity and Sketchfab.
Because of this, a few features will not be supported and will be missing on the Sketchfab result.

The plugin will not export:

animations or object handled by custom scripts
custom materials/shaders

Only Standard materials (including Specular setup) are supported.
For animation, only Generic or Legacy animation type are exported.

This support will be improved in the future.

glTF Importer (editor)

Import glTF asset into Unity
Available in menu: Sketchfab/Import glTF

Drag and drop glTF asset on the importer window, set the import options and click import.

This release has been moved from the previous unity plugin repository for anticipation, but sources are still not setup so they are not yet available*