SketchUp · STEP · IFC · OBJ · STL · GLB
Publish a project in seconds. Your client opens it on their phone, spins it, measures it and places it in their room in augmented reality. No app, no account, no plugin.
Free, no credit card. Your first link needs no account and stays online for 24 hours.
This model is live: give it a spin.
Scan it with your phone to open it in 3D, then place the project on your table.
How it works
From SketchUp with the extension, or by dropping a STEP, IFC, OBJ, STL or GLB file into your browser, with nothing to install. Conversion runs on your computer: your source file never leaves it.
Background, edges, opening view (your SketchUp view, if you like), parts your client can hide. In the browser, a preview shows the final result before you publish.
A short link and a QR code, to send by email or messaging, print on a quote, or embed on your website.
Who it’s for
One link, four ways to win the client over.
Present a design your client explores on their own, at home, at their own pace, and places in the room in augmented reality.
Get a kitchen, a piece of furniture or a fit-out approved before manufacturing. Your client walks around it, measures, pictures it.
Share a STEP part or assembly with a client, a supplier or a workshop, without them needing any CAD software.
Make an IFC model readable by everyone: owner, trades, site teams, from a simple phone.
Augmented reality
In one tap, the model leaves the screen and takes its place in the room. Your client walks around it, steps closer, pictures it, straight from the browser.
Augmented reality on iPhone and iPad, and on Android with the Chrome browser. On Android, other browsers show the model in 3D, without the augmented reality mode.
Convert your 3D fileExamples
Four real projects, published with Smart Web Export. Pick one, then load it in 3D.
Supported formats
Export from the software you already use and drop the file: Smart Web Export converts and publishes it. Nothing to install, except the extension if you work in SketchUp.
Direct export from SketchUp with the extension, layers and units included, with true colours down to dark greys.
Exported by, among others SketchUp 2017+
Mechanical CAD parts and assemblies, converted in your browser, exact edges included.
Exported by, among others SolidWorks · Fusion · Inventor · CATIA · Creo · Onshape · FreeCAD
BIM models, split by storey or by object type, with edges derived from the geometry.
Exported by, among others Revit · Archicad · Allplan · Vectorworks · Tekla Structures · BricsCAD BIM
Textured meshes, uploaded with their .mtl file and images, or the whole export folder in one go.
Exported by, among others Blender · 3ds Max · Rhino · Cinema 4D · Maya
3D printing and plain meshes: pick the unit on upload, edges are derived from the geometry.
Exported by, among others Fusion · SolidWorks · Tinkercad · Blender · FreeCAD · SketchUp
The web’s 3D format: published as is, compressed if needed.
Exported by, among others Blender · Rhino · SketchUp 2024+
The names mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners. Smart Web Export is not affiliated with any of these publishers.
Features
Your client measures the distance between two points themselves, in the project’s units. The view flattens while measuring, so edges follow the X, Y and Z axes.
Pick up to six groups (roof, furniture, options) that your client can show or hide.
Your logo and your website on every model, instead of ours.
A code to paste to show the model in your pages, at any screen width. On the free plan, it shows until the model expires.
Fix the project and republish: the link and QR code you already sent keep working.
Know whether your client opened the link, and when.
Automatic compression: the demo model goes from 10.5 MB to 1.7 MB and opens fast, even on 4G.
Settings you can change after publishing, pause, reactivation, folders to sort your models: you decide who sees what. Paid plans also let you choose how long it stays online.
Pricing
Start for free. Move to a paid plan when your projects call for it.
€0/mo
3 active models
€9€7.50/mo
Billed €90 per year
10 active models
€19€15.83/mo
Billed €190 per year
25 active models
€59€49.17/mo
Billed €590 per year
100 active models
€119€99.17/mo
Billed €1,190 per year
500 active models
Secure payment via Stripe · Cancel anytime
More than 500 models, or a tailored offer? Contact us
FAQ
No. The link opens in any recent browser, on a phone, tablet or computer. No app, no account.
SketchUp, with the extension (SketchUp 2017 or later, on Windows and macOS; from 2017 to 2020, publishing finishes in your web browser). STEP, IFC, OBJ, STL and GLB, right in your browser from your online space.
No. The SketchUp extension is one way in among others: STEP, IFC, OBJ, STL and GLB files are published without it.
Up to 52 MB per model, once compressed. Most projects are far smaller.
The people you give the link to: its address cannot be guessed. You can pause or delete it at any time.
7 days with the free account, counted from the first publication: editing or updating the model does not extend them. With a paid plan, you choose how long, or no limit at all.
Up to 3 models online at a time, each visible for 7 days (an expired link frees its slot), with every display option, augmented reality and measuring. You can also edit, update, pause and embed your models. Paid plans add your logo and website, a free choice of duration, more models and view counts. A free link shows a small “Create my 3D tour, it's free” card; paid plans replace it with your logo.
Yes, once: your first export is published in one click, with no account and no form, with its link and QR code, from SketchUp as from the browser (STEP, IFC, OBJ, STL, GLB). It is a trial link, online for 24 hours. Then create your free account: it keeps that link, with no re-export.
As in SketchUp: the mouse wheel, or a pinch on a phone, zooms toward the point you aim at; clicking a point orbits around it; the middle button orbits, Shift + middle button pans. On opening, the model fills the screen.
Yes, at any time, from your space. Subscriptions are monthly or annual, with no commitment beyond the period paid.
Yes, with any paid plan: your logo and a link to your website replace ours on your models.
iPhone and iPad, and Android phones and tablets with the Chrome browser. On Android, other browsers show the model in 3D as usual, without the augmented reality mode.
Download the .rbz file from this page, then in SketchUp: Extensions, Extension Manager, Install Extension. The extension is signed, so SketchUp recognises it. It is also available on SketchUcation.
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