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Preview 3D assets in Adobe Experience Manager

Last update: March 25, 2025

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Experience Manager Assets supports the ingestion, management, preview, and delivery of 3D assets.

You can preview 3D assets with the automatically generated thumbnail renditions or the interactive 3D viewer. The interactive 3D viewer is available from the asset details page in Experience Manager. The viewer includes, among other things, a collection of interactive camera controls that let you rotate, zoom, and pan around the 3D scene.

Supported formats for thumbnail preview in Experience Manager

Experience Manager generates thumbnails for the following file formats by default:

3D file extension	File format	MIME type
GLB	Binary GL Transmission	model/gltf-binary
FBX	Autodesk FBX	application/octet-stream
OBJ	WaveFront 3D Object File	application/x-tgif
3DS	3D Studio Model	application/x-3ds
USDz	Universal Scene Description	model/vnd.usdz+zip

Supported formats for interactive 3D preview in Experience Manager

Experience Manager supports Interactive 3D preview for the following file formats natively:

3D file extension	File format	MIME type	Notes
GLB	Binary GL Transmission	model/gltf-binary
GLTF	GL Transmission Format	model/gltf+json	See the Note below.
OBJ	WaveFront 3D Object File	application/x-tgif
STL	Stereolithography	application/vnd.ms-pki.stl

NOTE

If materials do not render in preview of a gLTF model, make sure they are named properly and in a textures folder in the same root folder as the model, similar to the following:

Asset (folder)
    model.gltf
    model.bin
    textures (folder)
        material_0_baseColor.jpeg
        material_0_normal.jpeg

Performance considerations when you preview 3D assets in Experience Manager

The time it takes to open a 3D asset in the asset details view page depends on several factors such things as bandwidth, image complexity, and latencies to the server.

In addition, the capabilities of the client computer – such as a workstation, notebook, or mobile touch device – are also important to consider when you manipulate the camera interactively. A reasonably powerful system with good graphics capabilities can make the interactive 3D viewing experience smoother and more favorable.

To preview 3D assets in Experience Manager:

Make sure you have uploaded 3D assets into Experience Manager.
See Supported formats for 3D preview and Upload assets.
From Experience Manager, on the Navigation page, go to Assets > Files.
Near the upper-right corner of the page, from the View drop-down list, select Card View, then navigate to a 3D asset that you want to preview.

In Card View, select the card of the 3D asset you want to preview.
Select the card of the 3D asset.

Interactive preview of a 3D asset in the asset details view page.
On the asset details view page for the 3D asset, do any of the following:

View
Description
Mouse action
Touch screen action
Turn your camera
Orbit your view around the 3D scene and objects.
Left click + drag.
Single-finger press + drag.
Pan your camera
Pan your view left, right, up, or down.
Right click + drag.
Two-finger press + drag.
Zoom your camera
Move in and out of areas of the 3D scene.
Scroll wheel.
Two-finger pinch.
Recenter your camera
Recenter your camera to a point on an object in the 3D scene.
Double-click.
Double-select.
Reset
Near the lower-right corner of the page, select the Reset icon to restore the view target point to the center of the 3D asset. Reset also moves the camera closer or further away to show the asset in its entirety and at a reasonable viewing size.
Full screen mode
To enter full screen mode, in the lower-right corner of the page, select the Fullscreen icon.
When you are finished, near the upper-right corner of the page, select Close.

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