ContextCapture User Guide

Publish to Sketchfab

Sketchfab is a platform to publish, share and embed 3D models, you can sign up for free on sketchfab.com.

To publish to Sketchfab, you must first produce your reconstruction in OBJ format.

OBJ productions made of several tiles or with LOD are not supported.

  1. From the OBJ production General tab, click on Publish to Sketchfab.

    OBJ production General tab.

  2. Define your Sketchfab model properties, and your API token.

    You can find your API token in your Sketchfab registration confirmation email, or in your Sketchfab settings.

    Publish to Sketchfab dialog

  3. Click on Publish to upload your model to Sketchfab.

    The publishing time can significantly vary, depending on the size of the 3D model and on your internet bandwidth. The typical publishing time is of a few minutes.

Internet access is required for publishing to Sketchfab. You may have to define proxy settings of your internet connection. See Installation, licensing and configuration.

Once your model is published, it is online and you can manage it from the Sketchfab website.

Note: For a better result, we recommend to set the scene Shading to Shadeless from Sketchfab 3D settings.