Embossify

Embossify Lens

Open any 3D model or picture and look at it closely. Nothing leaves your device.

  1. 1. Open a fileA 3D model or a picture; it stays on your device
  2. 2. Look aroundRotate, zoom, section or measure
  3. 3. Read every detailSizes, weight, mesh check, file facts

Drop a 3D model or a picture here

3D models up to 100 MB · pictures up to 25 MB

Opens STL, 3MF, GLB, PLY and OBJ models, and JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, BMP, AVIF and SVG pictures. Everything stays on your device.

Lens

Look at any model from every side

Open a 3D model or a picture and inspect it in 3D: change the style, cut it open, measure it and check the mesh, all on your own device.

  • Shaded, wireframe, X-ray
  • Section and measure
  • Never uploaded
One relief shown three ways: shaded, as a wireframe, and sliced open with a measurement
3D modelsSTL, 3MF, GLB, PLY and OBJ, up to 100 MB
PicturesJPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, BMP, AVIF and SVG, up to 25 MB
PrivateYour file never leaves your device

What you can do

Look aroundDrag to rotate, right-drag or Shift-drag to move, and use the wheel or a pinch to zoom. Seven one-tap views (front, back, left, right, top, bottom and angled) and a perspective or flat (orthographic) camera.
Change how it looksShaded, shaded with edges, wireframe, X-ray, normals and a height map. Pick the model color and the background, and turn the grid, axes and a dimensioned box on or off.
Cut it openSlide a section plane through the model along any axis to see inside. The cut is filled in, so you can check wall thickness and hidden cavities.
MeasureClick two points on the surface to get the distance and the difference along each axis. Sizes can be shown in millimeters, centimeters or inches.
Read every detailThe size on each axis, where the center and the center of mass are, surface area and volume, the smallest and largest triangle, how much would need support, and what the file says about itself (format, units, creator, parts). Run the full check to find open edges, non-manifold edges, separate parts and holes, and highlight back faces to catch flipped normals.
Estimate the weightPick a material and an infill to get a rough print weight from the model's volume.
SaveSave a picture of the current view as a PNG, or save the model as a compact binary STL.
Look at pictures tooOpen a picture to zoom and pan it, check whether it is color or black and white, and send it straight to the converter to make an STL.

Shortcuts

KeyDoesKeyDoes
1 to 7Front, back, left, right, top, bottom, angledFFit the model in view
WCycle shaded, edges and wireframePPerspective or orthographic
GGridBBounding box and sizes
AAxesRAuto-rotate
XSection planeMMeasure

Privacy and limits

Embossify Lens runs entirely in your browser. The file is read on your device and is never uploaded to Embossify or anyone else. When you press Clear, open another file, close the page, or leave the tab alone for 10 minutes, the file is released from memory. Nothing is saved anywhere. If you save a picture or a copy of the model, it goes to your own Downloads folder and Embossify keeps no copy, so there is nothing on our side to delete or to keep for a set time. (Files made by the converter are kept for only 3 days, or 3 days once paid, and then deleted.)

To keep your own computer responsive, 3D models can be up to 100 MB (about 2.1 million triangles as a binary STL) and pictures up to 25 MB. Very large models open slowly on phones, so use a computer for the biggest files. Embossify Lens needs a browser with WebGL 2, which every current version of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari has.

Need an STL to look at?

Press Try a sample to open one of eight built-in models: a donut, a trefoil knot, a coil spring, a gear, a twisted vase, a chess pawn, a star and an asteroid. They were made by us for this purpose. Or make your own from any picture with the image to STL converter, learn what is inside the file in our STL file guide, or open the Studio to tune a model before you print or carve it.

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