Step1X-3D

Apache-2.0 two-stage geometry plus texture generator (1.3B and 3.5B models) for textured 3D assets

What Step1X-3D does

  • Apache-2.0 two-stage geometry plus texture generator (1.3B and 3.5B models) for textured 3D assets
  • Released with training code and an 800K curated asset dataset
  • Free Hugging Face Spaces demo

Step1X-3D — straight answers

What is Step1X-3D?

Step1X-3D is listed under 3D & CAD Generation, in the Content & Media Generation category on Flocci AI Tools. Apache-2.0 two-stage geometry plus texture generator (1.3B and 3.5B models) for textured 3D assets. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at github.com.

Is Step1X-3D free?

Step1X-3D is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 399 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

What can Step1X-3D do?

Step1X-3D does 3 things the catalog singles out: Apache-2.0 two-stage geometry plus texture generator (1.3b and 3.5b models) for textured 3d assets; released with training code and an 800k curated asset dataset; free hugging face spaces demo.

What is the best free alternative to Step1X-3D?

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