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Trellis 3D

by Microsoft3D generatorOpen source, free to run locally

Microsoft's open-source image-to-3D model, a favorite for local generation pipelines.

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How to use Trellis 3D with Blender

Run TRELLIS locally or through a hosted space, export the mesh as GLB, and import into Blender. Popular in ComfyUI-to-Blender pipelines.

Best for: Developers and researchers who want state-of-the-art image-to-3D without usage costs.

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What is Trellis 3D?

TRELLIS is Microsoft Research's open-source 3D generation model. It converts images (and text via image conditioning) into 3D using a unified latent representation that can decode to meshes, radiance fields, or 3D Gaussians.

Since release it has become the default open-source image-to-3D baseline — widely run in ComfyUI, Hugging Face spaces, and research projects. Quality on single-image inputs rivals commercial services, which is remarkable for a free local model.

Strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Strength:Open source and free — unlimited local generation
  • Strength:Near-commercial quality image-to-3D
  • Strength:Flexible outputs: mesh, radiance field, or Gaussians
  • Strength:Large community: ComfyUI nodes, HF spaces, forks

Limitations

  • Limitation:Requires a serious GPU (16GB+ VRAM for comfortable use)
  • Limitation:No official web app — setup is on you
  • Limitation:Texture quality trails Hunyuan3D and commercial tools