Possiblie to view local 3D model inside a note?

CobaltMongoose · August 18, 2023, 3:53am

What I’m trying to do

Is there a known way to view my 3D files in my Obsidian notes?

Preferably offline.
Preferably ‘easy’ to add to notes over and over again.
File format doesn’t matter too much, I can convert my meshes to almost anything.

Things I have tried

Sketchfab is often recommended but this is an online solution, and a public one. Both aren’t desirable to me.

I have tried the github STL markdown code demo but I couldn’t get it to work inside Obsidian.

Example of it working on github here:

github.com/MatthijsvdVeer/3d

Your model isn't a cube, bring back cubes!

opened 07:44AM - 03 Jul 22 UTC

MatthijsvdVeer

I'm almost insulted by the lack of cubes in this repo. Here, this is what people… like: ```stl solid Mesh facet normal 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 outer loop vertex 10.000000 0.000000 0.000000 vertex 10.000000 -20.000000 20.000000 vertex 10.000000 -20.000000 0.000000 endloop endfacet facet normal 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 outer loop vertex 10.000000 0.000000 20.000000 vertex 10.000000 -20.000000 20.000000 vertex 10.000000 0.000000 0.000000 endloop endfacet facet normal -1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 outer loop vertex -10.000000 -20.000000 0.000000 vertex -10.000000 0.000000 20.000000 vertex -10.000000 0.000000 0.000000 endloop endfacet facet normal -1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 outer loop vertex -10.000000 -20.000000 20.000000 vertex -10.000000 0.000000 20.000000 vertex -10.000000 -20.000000 0.000000 endloop endfacet facet normal 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 outer loop vertex -10.000000 -20.000000 20.000000 vertex 10.000000 0.000000 20.000000 vertex -10.000000 0.000000 20.000000 endloop endfacet facet normal 0.000000 -0.000000 1.000000 outer loop vertex 10.000000 -20.000000 20.000000 vertex 10.000000 0.000000 20.000000 vertex -10.000000 -20.000000 20.000000 endloop endfacet facet normal 0.000000 0.000000 -1.000000 outer loop vertex -10.000000 0.000000 0.000000 vertex 10.000000 -20.000000 0.000000 vertex -10.000000 -20.000000 0.000000 endloop endfacet facet normal -0.000000 -0.000000 -1.000000 outer loop vertex 10.000000 0.000000 0.000000 vertex 10.000000 -20.000000 0.000000 vertex -10.000000 0.000000 0.000000 endloop endfacet facet normal 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 outer loop vertex -10.000000 0.000000 0.000000 vertex 10.000000 0.000000 20.000000 vertex 10.000000 0.000000 0.000000 endloop endfacet facet normal -0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 outer loop vertex -10.000000 0.000000 20.000000 vertex 10.000000 0.000000 20.000000 vertex -10.000000 0.000000 0.000000 endloop endfacet facet normal 0.000000 -1.000000 0.000000 outer loop vertex 10.000000 -20.000000 0.000000 vertex -10.000000 -20.000000 20.000000 vertex -10.000000 -20.000000 0.000000 endloop endfacet facet normal -0.000000 -1.000000 -0.000000 outer loop vertex 10.000000 -20.000000 20.000000 vertex -10.000000 -20.000000 20.000000 vertex 10.000000 -20.000000 0.000000 endloop endfacet endsolid Mesh ```

I saw the following discussion topic but it looks like only an online solution exists, specifically that the model file needs to be hosted somewhere, not suitable for a local file.

This has long been a note-taking holy grail for me. TempleOS had a few flaws but I always loved the ease that 3D was incorporated everywhere.

Jopp · August 18, 2023, 9:17am

You can load local files, but plugins need to handle this loading internally.

Check Obsidians changelog why local url aren’t supported anymore

CobaltMongoose · August 18, 2023, 6:39pm

Ok. So I take it there is no common way to slap a 3D model into my notes without a plugin?

Jopp · August 19, 2023, 8:05am

Probably not.
Anyway it can’t hurt if you experiment with obsidian uri or iframes(just start a search in here)
I myself don’t use them so this is all i can tell you. If you find a solution, I’d be great if you would share your findings

CobaltMongoose · August 19, 2023, 4:45pm

Thanks for the info, I will be poking around a bit when I have time to see if I can get some sort of 3D embedding working. This was step one to see how far I have to dive in.

Thank you. I don’t know if this is a solution exactly but it answers what I need to know so I’ll mark it as such.

Jopp · August 19, 2023, 6:06pm

Yeah, I guess there’s not much info out in the web on how to embed 3d in markdown, but this makes research interesting.
I stumbled over a promising 3d viewer:
modelviewer

Next step is to make a plugin, because iframe embeds online data and uris would need some parser to display 3d, however such features are highly unlikely to be supported now and in future. Most pkm people i know use Obsidian to write…

You should have more luck asking on Discord’s Obsidian member group, under extensions > plugins

system · August 26, 2023, 6:07pm

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