SMC Design — 3D Model Viewer

How to use this viewer ×

This is the real 3D model of the project — walk it, slice it, run the sun across it. Nothing to install; it runs right in the browser.

Tell us what you think while you are in here. Press Add comment, click the thing you mean, and type. We see exactly what you were looking at.

The three views (buttons at the top left)

OverviewThe whole building in your hands — spin it, zoom in, look at it from anywhere.

NavigationTwo ways to drive it — pick whichever matches what you already use. Orbit spins the building on a left-drag and zooms toward the middle. Map works like Google Earth: left-drag slides, the wheel zooms toward your pointer, right-drag tilts. Your choice is remembered on this device.

WalkGo inside at eye height. You start just inside the front door.

Floor PlanStraight down with the roof sliced off. If floor buttons appear under it (Upper, Main…), they jump between levels.

Getting around

OverviewSame feel as Walk, airborne: drag look around · scroll move forward / back · middle-drag slide · W A S D or arrows glide · Q/E rise / sink · Shift 2× · Shift+Space 4× · Space creep

Walkdrag look around · scroll walk forward / back · W A S D or arrows move · Q/E float up / down · Shift faster · Space slower

Floor Plandrag tilt and turn the plan · middle-drag slide it · scroll zoom · W A S D pans too · the slider in the corner moves the cut height

Overviewone finger spin · pinch zoom · two fingers slide

Walktap the floor to go there · drag look around · the arrow buttons step you around · ↑/↓ float up or down to another floor · the globe button lets you look by tilting the phone (drag any time to re-aim)

Floor Plandrag slide · pinch zoom

Telling us what you think

Add commentPress it, then click anything in the model — a window, a wall, a worktop — and a numbered pin drops there with a box to type in. Say what you would change and press Done; it saves itself and reaches us straight away, so there is nothing to send.
Your pins are listed under the button. Click one and the view travels back to the exact spot and angle you were looking from when you wrote it, so we are both looking at the same thing. Comments fade as you move away from them, and only appear as you get close, to keep them out of the way while you look around.
Reading a comment never changes it — click the words if you want to edit, or click anywhere on the model to close it again.

The tools (right edge, top to bottom)

Sun studyReal sunlight for this exact site — pick any date and time of year and watch where the light and shadows actually fall.

Cross-sectionSlice the building open along any direction with a slider.

MeasureClick two points and read the distance like a tape — feet and inches, and it snaps to corners.

Saved viewsJump to preset camera angles.

LightingBrightness sliders. “Fixtures” turns the house lights on — the cans, pendants and sconces really light up.

TexturesReal materials, or a plain white study model.

HQ photoA true light-simulation still. Hold the view, let the image develop like a Polaroid, then Save image. Dark rooms brighten automatically; Smooth polishes the grain; Pause holds it while you decide. Once it is well under way it will not be thrown away by a stray click or a window resize — press Esc or Exit to leave it deliberately.

Reset viewBack to the opening shot.

FullscreenOn iPhone it hides the panels instead (Safari has no true fullscreen) — same button brings them back.

Good to know

The first open can take a moment — that's the full model downloading once. The compass shows true north for the site, and the sun study follows it. This link is unlisted: only people it's shared with can see the model.

For the designer — calibration

Add &calib=1 to the address to open the setup panel: typed north (direct or from the plan rose), ⚑ walk start, floor-plan levels (each capture stores the cut height and the framed view), and the material picker (Grass / Stainless / Fire / TV / Bulb / Polished / Mirror / None — “None” permanently vetoes an auto-assignment). Save writes the project's .site.json through the publisher; everything survives re-converts.