Nowadays, it became part of my workflow to download free models that I get from Thingiverse, Sketchfab, Turbosquid, OpenGameArt, Warehouse… - to name a few.
The 3D file extensions are a real zoo, I get STL, GLTF, OBJ, SKP and many others. Sometimes I want to browse my collection and I have no good choices other than importing them directly into Blender - which takes some time for my processor to load, and afterall, I just wanted to see the model to choose or dismiss it. My library is getting bigger and I just needed a light and practical way to load and visualize the 3D models, no need to edit them, it need to be compatible with a large range of file formats.
I am searching and did not found a good option yet. Thank you in advance!
Which Operating System are you using?
In Windows 10 there is a 3D viewer by default that displays variety of 3D formats quite good (Most of the time it doesn’t load textures properly but it’s fine for a quick look to the mesh):
@filibis whoa! where this had been all the time? it was not installed here. Thanks, Ok, this solves half of my problems! This microsoft app does work. I would appreciate if now I get an answer for Ubuntu, since it is my primary system when I am using Blender.