{"slug": "generate-3d-meshes-glb-obj-stl-directly-from-the-terminal-and-ai-agents", "title": "Generate 3D Meshes (GLB, OBJ, STL) Directly From the Terminal and AI Agents", "summary": "A developer released hi3d-cli, a zero-dependency command-line tool and agent skill that generates textured 3D meshes in formats including GLB, OBJ, STL, USDZ, FBX, and 3MF directly from the terminal via the Hi3D API. The tool is configured through an interactive setup wizard that stores API credentials in ~/.hi3d/config.json, and can be paired with Claude Code through a skills add command for automated 3D modeling in developer workflows.", "body_md": "Integrating generative 3D meshes into web applications (Three.js, Babylon.js) or game engines usually involves manual asset downloads from web dashboards.\n\n[hi3d-cli](https://github.com/MIt9/hi3d-cli) (`hi3d`) is a lightweight, zero-dependency CLI tool and agent skill for generating textured 3D models via the Hi3D API.\n\n`.glb`, `.usdz`\n`.obj`, `.fbx`\n`.stl`, `.3mf`\n`.exr`, `.png`, `.bmp`\n\n```\nnpx -y hi3d-cli setup\n```\n\nThe interactive wizard configures your Access & Secret keys from [platform.hi3d.ai](https://platform.hi3d.ai/console/apiKey) into `~/.hi3d/config.json`.\n\n```\n# Generate 3D model from image reference\nhi3d generate --image ./concept.png --format glb --output ./public/models/character.glb\n```\n\nPair with Claude Code via `npx -y skills add MIt9/hi3d-skills/hi3d-generate` to enable automated 3D modeling directly in your dev workflow.\n\n`hi3d-cli`", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/generate-3d-meshes-glb-obj-stl-directly-from-the-terminal-and-ai-agents", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/mit9/generate-3d-meshes-glb-obj-stl-directly-from-the-terminal-and-ai-agents-4fd4", "published_at": "2026-09-24 07:42:41+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-24 08:00:18.710178+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools", "ai-agents", "generative-ai", "ai-products"], "entities": ["hi3d-cli", "Hi3D", "Claude Code", "Three.js", "Babylon.js", "GitHub"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/generate-3d-meshes-glb-obj-stl-directly-from-the-terminal-and-ai-agents", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/generate-3d-meshes-glb-obj-stl-directly-from-the-terminal-and-ai-agents.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/generate-3d-meshes-glb-obj-stl-directly-from-the-terminal-and-ai-agents.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/generate-3d-meshes-glb-obj-stl-directly-from-the-terminal-and-ai-agents.jsonld"}}