API to render glTF/GLB as image

[tehfonsi]

We use model-viewer to provide an API to render images directly from a glTF or GLB file URL.

How does it work?
Imagine you have the URL of a glTF file, something like:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KhronosGroup/glTF-Sample-Models/main/2.0/FlightHelmet/glTF/FlightHelmet.gltf

If you want to render this URL as an image, simply add the file URL to our API like this:

https://www.flowkit.app/s/demo/r/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KhronosGroup/glTF-Sample-Models/main/2.0/FlightHelmet/glTF/FlightHelmet.gltf

The image is rendered the first time you call the service, and afterward, it's served from a CDN.

There are a lot of use cases where this is useful, for example:

• Provide thumbnails of 3D files
• Compare images of 3D files in automated tests
• Ask questions about a 3D file using Open AIs vision model
• Render a 360-degree GIF of a 3D model
• Generate images for sharing on social media

It enables you to create automated workflows for things you had to do manually before.

You can try it and play around here: https://www.flowkit.app/glb2png
For more details, check the documentation: https://docs.flowkit.app/

We’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback!

[elalish]

Very nice, thanks for sharing!