3D objects in Storyline

Hi Articulate Team,

Are there any plans to bring support for 3D objects (such as .obj files) into Storyline?

Essentially I'm referring to a 3D model viewer component function added to Storyline allowing for some basic manipulation of the 3D object itself such as rotate and move in X/Y/Z axis, exploded view, and part isolation. This would work wonders for so many learning projects and enhance the actual learning being achieved by the learner.

Whilst Storyline has an insert web object feature, this requires additional overhead of the resource itself already being suitably hosted online or in a folder that can be hosted online (i.e. it contains HTML like files - index.html, etc. which is effectively asking for it to be web-ready). This isn't always suitable or practical for every company and their respective IP assets/resources.

I have come across multiple threads asking for such a feature. Here's a few of them:

• 3D Models in Storyline | Articulate - Community
• Import 3d shapes into articulate storyline 360? | Articulate - Community
• How to put/import 3D moldels in Storyline | Articulate - Community

In one of the threads I came across, there was a reply from Katie Riggo who stated "We're working on the ability to add 360° media assets to your courses". However, later on in the thread this turned out to be referring only to 360-degree images despite the thread being filled with people asking and requesting for 3D object support in terms of 3D models and being able to manipulate them like they can in PowerPoint.

You can chalk this up as another +1 to the feature request for native 3D object support by way of being able to import and, to a basic level, manipulate them.

Kind regards,

Sam