3D Preview in your browser on Thingiverse!
Tony Buser’s Thingiview.js is an in-browser 3D file viewer powered by WebGL. If you have a WebGL-enabled browser, you can view 3D files in your browser almost as fast as viewing them with a desktop application.
Now, Thingiview.js is available on Thingiverse! Just look for the little 
cube icon next to the thumbnails for any STL file. For example:
As a bonus, and as shown above, you can embed Thingiviews into your own pages! Each Thingiview page has an “Embed This Thing” button, which gives you the HTML to copy-and-paste into your site. You can even customize the colors!
If your current web browser doesn’t support WebGL, you might want to try the latest Google Chrome, which has WebGL support built in, or check out the latest Firefox and Safari betas.
The ability to preview 3D files in-browser has been on our wishlist for a while so it is great to be able to get this feature into the hands of the citizens of Thingiverse!
Please keep in mind that Thingiview is an experimental feature. If you run into any files that don’t work, please let us know!
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8 Comments so far
elspeth
kewl, kewl
aubenc
Awesome, Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible… so cool!
mitpatterson
So does anything need “installed” i noticed a link to github, is that just like for fun/people who know what all that is?
Rob
No, nothing needs to be installed it is powered by JavaScript. The GitHub link is for the source code if anyone wants to hack on it or help fix any bugs.
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R
INCREDIBLY COOL!
Erik de Bruijn
Yes!!! So cool. I’d been anxiously hoping for Tony Buser’s awesomeness to get integrated in Thingiverse.. You outdid yourselves with the ability to embed “things”!!! It’s post-web 2.0 worthy.
WebGL around the net, 24 February 2011 | Learning WebGL
[...] Thingiverse is an online catalogue of digital designs for physical objects (so you can share a design and other people can print it out using 3D printers etc). And there’s now a plug-in for their gallery so that you can view a design, called (naturally) Thingiview. [...]