f3d ☆

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Description:
Fast and minimalist 3D viewer

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 3.3.0@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: 3d-viewer visualization graphics model-viewer command-line

Install: brew install f3d

About:
F3D is a fast and minimalist 3D viewer that supports a wide range of file formats including USD, glTF, STL, and OBJ. It provides a command-line interface and a lightweight GUI for quick visualization of 3D models. The tool emphasizes performance and simplicity, offering features like ray-tracing rendering and animation support.

Key Features:

Supports over 30 file formats (USD, glTF, STL, etc.)
High-performance rendering with optional ray-tracing
Lightweight GUI and powerful CLI
Batch processing capabilities
Theming and customization options

Use Cases:

Quickly previewing 3D assets during development
Batch processing and converting 3D model formats
Visualizing scientific or engineering data

Alternatives:

MeshLab – More complex, focused on mesh processing and editing
Blender – Full-featured 3D suite, much heavier than F3D
Meshview – Similar lightweight viewer but with fewer format supports

License: BSD-3-Clause

Dependencies: alembic, assimp, glew, jsoncpp, opencascade, vtk, libx11, mesa

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 29, 2025 10:37pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	451dcbd5
Oct 25, 2025 10:28am	0	VERSION_BUMP	d0ebbc5f
Oct 25, 2025 2:28am	0	VERSION_BUMP	aed6ddcf
Sep 18, 2025 9:29am	2	VERSION_BUMP	9628e727
Nov 10, 2024 1:46pm	3	VERSION_BUMP	098e6153
Oct 10, 2024 9:08am	2	VERSION_BUMP	a48ea644
Oct 5, 2023 9:51am	0	VERSION_BUMP	0611e56a
Apr 30, 2023 11:18am	1	VERSION_BUMP	7678cbf6
Apr 20, 2023 6:46pm	3	REVISION_ONLY	630ac803
Apr 20, 2023 5:13pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	4202f0f6
Mar 17, 2023 4:08am	3	VERSION_BUMP	023de0e5
Mar 17, 2023 4:08am	3	VERSION_BUMP	e2e3d7db