Best free or affordable 3D rendering resources

#30

Dimensiva - 3D models of great designs for the professional community

Has a collection of free 3D models with an account.

#31

Ambient CG, Poliigon

#32

GrabCAD
McMaster Carr

#33

Dimensiva is quite good, it’s subscription based but i tend to subscribe for a short amount of time, download everything I need and unsubcribe

#34

I used to buy at Poliigon, but those bastards took away all my credits just because I didn’t pay 1 month. Now I use freepik and create all materials by myself

#35

Most of the time I use GrabCAD and CGTrader

#36

https://www.3dcadbrowser.com/

#37

GrabCAD, although usually searching 'model you’re after + free 3D model" does the trick

#38

I often use TurboSquid, CGTrader, and SketchFab

#39

Hey everyone! Where can I find models of hands holding a product, limbs, 3D models of people for product perspective, and skin textures?

#40

If you really need realistic hands I think I would go for Photoshop. Rendering skin is quite challenging but it depends how realistic they should be of course. I think ArtStation always has a lot reasonably priced models. You can also try SketchFab.

The models on the ones mentioned vary quality wise but it really depends on how realistic models need to be. You can also look at Evermotion, TurboSquid and so on.

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#41

Thanks! I’ll check out the sites you mentioned. I don’t always need highly realistic hands—sometimes it’s just for product scale reference.
I appreciate the help!

#42

If it’s more for scale I like to sometimes do a really simplistic more illustration style render. Depends on the product if that works but sometimes just a black silhouette of a hand + black silhouette of the product can work well to give people some idea of scale. And bananas seem to do well these days in socials for scale reference :banana: :wink:

#43

Vizune also has some hands available for KeyShot:

#44

Grabcad library mostly

#45

GrabCad and PolyHaven

#46

GrabCad and SketchFab

#47

I use GrabCAD. And I also make models myself.

#48

my absolute favorites are:
HDRIs

  • HDRI Haven (now part of Poly Haven) – High-quality HDRIs that work great in KeyShot lighting setups and HDRI Skies
    for 3D Models;

  • Sketchfab(https://sketchfab.com/) –lots of free downloadable models

  • CGTrader

  • Thingiverse(https://thingiverse.com) – Especially good for mechanical parts and print-ready designs

#49

grabcad, CGTrader, Sketchfab,