Downloading 3D Models from Fab to Vizard and SightLab VR Pro

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With the new Fab store (formerly Sketchfab) you can download thousands of 3D model content, including many creative commons licensed content. Here are the steps to bring those models into your Vizard and SightLab projects. (Note: as of 10/23/24 the older Sketchfab library is still online, and there is a lot of content available there still as well).

See this quick video tutorial

1. Navigate to https://www.fab.com/ 

2. Create an Epic Games account or login if you have an existing one.
   

3. Use the search bar to search for your 3D model.
   

4. Click on the “Formats” dropdown and choose “GLB and GLTF”.
   
   
5. Can also filter out results by Price (including “Free”), download size and license type.
   

6. Click on the thumbnail and you can see a preview and the option to download the model.
   

7. Choose “.GLB” or “.GLTF” as most supported format.
   

8. From there you can open up the model in Vizard and SightLab’s model editor and check size, starting position, lighting and more. This editor can be accessed either by clicking “Edit” in the SightLab GUI (after adding the model to the resources folder or dragged into the GUI interface),  launching the Inspector shortcut, or going to Tools-Inspector within the Vizard IDE.
   

9. Add your model to either your Vizard or SightLab folder or “Resources” folder. To directly run a session using this model, add it to your SightLab project and run SightLabVR. From there click “Modify” and choose this model to be your environment (can also tag regions and objects of interest and more). See this page for more information:
   https://sightlab2.worldviz.com/creating-a-new-scene
   
   For adding in code use the following code:
   
   import viz
   import vizfx
   
   #If sightlab add this line and don’t need to import viz and vizfx
   import sightlab_utils.sightlab as sl
   from sightlab_utils.settings import *
   env = vizfx.addChild(‘path_to_your_model’)