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Trellis 3D
by Microsoft · 3d-generator · Open source, free to run locally
Microsoft's open-source image-to-3D model, a favorite for local generation pipelines.
Arena Status
Season 1 — Calibration
Seed Rating
1500
Rating Deviation
±350
Benchmark Outputs
0/12
Recorded Votes
0
Every tool starts Season 1 at the Glicko-2 default rating of 1500. Rankings appear once real head-to-head votes are collected — no seeded or editorial vote data is ever shown as community results. Read the methodology.
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
- +Open source and free — unlimited local generation
- +Near-commercial quality image-to-3D
- +Flexible outputs: mesh, radiance field, or Gaussians
- +Large community: ComfyUI nodes, HF spaces, forks
Limitations
- −Requires a serious GPU (16GB+ VRAM for comfortable use)
- −No official web app — setup is on you
- −Texture quality trails Hunyuan3D and commercial tools
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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