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SamBarnard-98a4
Community Member
2 months ago

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:

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

  • Caitlin's avatar
    Caitlin
    Community Member

    StevenBenassihi Steven! I'd love to include support on this request as well. Is there somewhere we can see the request itself? I viewed the roadmap link but only saw general categories. Thank you! 

    • Hi @CaitlinKovacevi!

      Thanks for reaching out and sharing your support for 3D objects in Storyline!

      This feature hasn't made it to our product roadmap yet, so you wouldn't see it listed there. Not to worry! I've included your voice in the request so we can notify you as soon as we have news to share! 

      • AlanCamerer-0cf's avatar
        AlanCamerer-0cf
        Community Member

        Hello, Steven. Please add my voice to this request. We're putting considerable effort into making 3D versions of medical equipment accessible to students via Storyline using image states. It would greatly benefit us to import the same file types as PowerPoint, particularly .glb files, to enable user interaction with these objects. Thanks!

  • Jim_Arbon's avatar
    Jim_Arbon
    Community Member

    Leaving another +1 for this feature request. Manipulating the objects that we're teaching about would give a lot of value to our learners!

  • Hi SamBarnard-98a4!

    Thanks for the feedback on the type of functionality you'd like to see in Storyline!

    We are currently tracking a feature request for support of 3D objects in Storyline 360. I've included your voice in the request, so we can notify you if this enhancement makes it to our product roadmap.

    Have a great rest of your week!

    • SamBarnard-98a4's avatar
      SamBarnard-98a4
      Community Member

      Hi StevenBenassi 

      Thank you for the reply, and I really hope this is something that can be added to Storyline 360.

      Kind regards,

      Sam