Rodin: AI 3D Generation Tool by影眸科技 (Yingmou Tech) 175

Rodin, introduced by影眸科技 (Hyper3D), is an AI 3D model generation tool that focuses on generating high-quality 3D models. With Rodin, users can quickly turn 2D images into complex 3D models, which is extremely useful in game development, film and TV production, as well as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR).

Rodin Core Features:

• Automated Generation: Rodin leverages the Diffusion Transformer (DiT) architecture to generate 3D assets with regular quad faces and PBR (Physically Based Rendering) materials in just seconds.

• 3D Model Generation: It supports text-to-3D and image-to-3D generation, allowing users to quickly create the 3D models they need by entering text prompts or uploading images.

• Multi-View Image Fusion: It supports the fusion of multi-view images, enabling more accurate 3D model generation, which is ideal for complex texture generation and high-poly exporting.

• Diverse Needs Adaptation: Rodin can not only generate single static objects, but also produce multiple NPCs (non-player characters) for large-scale scenes.

Rodin Use Cases:

Rodin 3D is suitable for character design, environment construction, prop creation, special effects modeling, animated film character modeling, as well as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), among other fields.

• Game Development: Users can generate individual items (such as a Hextech gauntlet in the style of Arcane) or batch-generate NPC characters; some developers have already integrated Rodin-generated assets directly into their games.

• Animation and Film/TV: Generate scene assets to build towns, or combine with offline rendering engines to produce CG content (such as the animation project of Bilibili creator "T-BOY"); one animator used Rodin to generate 70% of the assets for a short film production.

• 3D Printing and Consumer Creation: The generated models can be directly used for 3D printing, and after simple painting they can become physical toys.

• E-commerce Display: Rodin's 3D modeling capabilities have also found applications in e-commerce, generating 3D models of products for display.

Rodin Technical Features:

Rodin 3D adopts a technology that uses AI to directly generate 3D models. It handles textures through a 2D-to-3D approach and supports multi-view fusion. Users can input prompts or upload images to generate 3D models, including both text-to-3D and image-to-3D methods.

• Sharp Edge Processing: Rodin Gen-1.5 is the first to achieve accurate expression of sharp edges in 3D generation models, solving the long-standing issue of blurred edges in traditional 3D generation models. This is especially suitable for industrial design (such as CAD models), hard-surface objects (such as mechanical parts), and film-grade assets.

• Native 3D Generation Architecture: Built on the team's self-developed CLAY framework (a 3D-native DiT generation framework), it adopts Diffusion Transformer technology with over 1.5 billion parameters. It supports generating models with regular quad-face topology and high-quality PBR textures from text/image input, with generation speed as fast as seconds.

• Multi-Scenario Adaptability: It supports multi-view image fusion to generate complex models, and the output formats are compatible with game engines (such as Unity), 3D printing, film rendering, and other needs — even ready to be used directly in production environments (Production-Ready).

The latest version of Rodin, Rodin Gen-1.5, has made significant progress in addressing the long-standing issues of thin surfaces and edge sharpness in the industry, making it ideal for applications that require high-precision CAD-style industrial models and hard-surface models.

In addition, Rodin also performs excellently in product design. You can use Rodin to easily design and generate 3D models.

In early 2025, Rodin completed a Series A funding round worth tens of millions of U.S. dollars (led by Meituan Longzhu and ByteDance), driving the global rollout of its core product Hyper3D. It achieved one million U.S. dollars in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) within just 45 days of launch.

GitHub: https://github.com/CLAY-3D/OpenCLAY

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