Helpers

A few tools that do not belong anywhere else. You will use the first two occasionally and the third probably never.

Converters

Turns CAD files into a format the web can display.

If your product exists as a STEP file, which is what most CAD packages export for sharing, this converts it to glTF. That is the format 3D Bits and every web 3D viewer works with.

Conversion is a starting point rather than a finished asset. CAD models carry far more detail than a web page needs, so the result usually wants a pass to reduce its size and to check the parts are grouped the way your options need. Preparing 3D Assets covers that.

3D Inspector

Opens a 3D file and shows you what is inside it.

This is the tool for answering "why is my model not working". It shows the parts and how they are named and nested, the materials, any animations, and how heavy the file is. When a configurator will not switch between parts the way you expected, the reason is almost always visible here, and it is usually that parts you thought were separate are not.

Useful before you build anything, to check a model is fit for the job.

Metafields

The original way to put 3D on a product, from before projects existed. You created metafield definitions here, then pasted a model link or a scene configuration onto each product by hand.

It still works, and stores set up this way keep running. It is marked as advanced because there is no reason to start here now. Projects do the same job without hand-editing anything per product, and give you the options panel, pricing and version history as well.

If you have products set up this way, Metafields documents the workflow. Moving one over means rebuilding it as a project and publishing, and the app leaves your existing setup alone until you do.