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AssetKit-Blender

Fast 3D import/export and DAE support for Blender 5+

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Bring COLLADA/DAE back to Blender 5+ and import/export glTF/GLB, OBJ, PLY, STL and 3MF through a fast native C backend. Work with full scenes, materials and animation. Import Gaussian splats with GPU viewport preview, or use Geometry Nodes file sources and timeline-driven sequences. Open source, with free builds for macOS, Windows and Linux; optional Superhive purchases support development.

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PH · launched Oct 15, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 67%)

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Could you build this?

No Developing high-performance native C backend import/export pipelines for 3D formats, custom COLLADA parsers, and GPU viewport rendering for Gaussian splats requires advanced graphics programming and Blender C/C++ core expertise.

What it would actually take: Requires writing native C/C++ libraries that bind directly to Blender's internal C API (or Python C-extensions) to handle file parsing, vertex buffering, and geometry nodes integration. The hardest parts involve low-level COLLADA schema compliance, memory-efficient multi-format parsing, and custom GPU shader/viewport rendering pipelines for 3D Gaussian splatting. Demands specialized expertise in 3D graphics algorithms, C/C++ memory management, and Blender's internal architecture.

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Attention rank: #60 of 111 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 346 days after the earliest competitor.

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External ID
1278378
Company
n/a
Product
AssetKit-Blender
Website domain
producthunt.com
Cohort
n/a
Upvotes percentile
0.33
All tags
Open Source, GitHub, 3D Modeling
AI summary
3d file import and export plugin for blender users
Manually corrected
No