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Chapter 30a: How to import 3D models from CGTrader to Blender

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Now you can easily animate it by just changing the value.

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ambient occlusion included) | Step-by-stepguide

Hello everyone, my name is SaTales, and today we will learn how to import 3D models withtextures like metallic, ambient occlusion, roughness, and displacement from CGTrader toBlender.

YouTube link(https://youtu.be/vGDYKE4XQ70)

First, go to CGTrader (or any other site with 3D models) and find a free (or paid) 3D modelthat you want to download.

I chose this chair.

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Click on 'Free download,' and you will be redirected to a new page where you will need towait approximately 18 seconds.

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After the time is up, your files will be available in various formats. I decided to download an.fbx file for this example.

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When you open the folder, you will encounter this: 6 different textures and a 3D model in FBXformat.

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Now you can open Blender.

Select everything with “A” and delete with “X”.

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Select the .fbx file and drag and drop it into Blender (drag and drop only works in Blenderversion 4.1 and later)

Press Import FBX

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and your chair will be imported.

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Switch to Material Preview mode so that you can add textures and see how they look.

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Place the cursor on the upper side of the screen as shown, and when you see a plus,

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Just pull it down to the left while holding the left mouse button.

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Go to Shader Editor

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Press “N” to move that sidebar “Node” from the right

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Now, drag and drop the file texture_diff.png. Diff means diffuse, and it is always texture for a basecolor. Of course, it can be named differently, depending on the person who uploaded the file.

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After you connect color from added texture with Base color from the Principled BSDF, the chaircolor will appear.

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The next file we will add will be texture_metal.png. As you can assume, it is a texture for themetallic part of your chair.

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Connect the color from the metal texture with Metallic from Principled BSDF. As you can see, nowwe have a metallic-looking part, but if you look closer, something is not right. Metallic shouldn’tlook like that.

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When you have texture for metallic, never forget to change Color Space from sRGB to Non-Color.

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Now it looks as it should.

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The next texture that we will add is the texture for roughness.

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Connect color from roughness texture with Roughness from Principled BSDF.

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Change Color Space to Non-Color, and you will see that your model now has varying amounts ofglossiness.

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In this case, the Normal Map node is already here, but if you need to add it. This is how you do it.

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Go to Add → Vector → Normal Map

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And connect Normal from Normal Map with Normal from Principled BSDF

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Now, drag and drop the texture for normals

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And connect color from that texture with Color from Normal Map. As you can already see, seams looksweird, so just change Color Space from sRGB to Non-Color and it will be fixed.

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Now drag and drop texture for height (or as sometimes is called bump). That texture can be used fordisplacement.

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Connect Color from that texture with Height from Displacement.

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Connect Displacement from Displacement with Displacement from Material Output.

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And change to Non-Color.

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Now, drag and drop the last texture, the texture for AO or ambient occlusion.

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Go to Add → Color → Mix Color

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and put it between texture diffuse and Base Color from Principled BSDF.

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Connect color from AO with B from Mix Color

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Change it to Non-Color.

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And change Mix to Multiply

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Now, as you change Factor from 0 to 1, you change ambient occlusion as well.

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That’s all for today!

If you had fun learning with me, don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel SaTales.Also there is a first part of this video: How to import 3D models with textures from SketchFabto Blender | Step-by-step guidehttps://youtu.be/P_Gxefjggu0?si=Ax6tgtPDcaqGeHzy

I recently started a Patreon with more exclusive content like tutorials, 3D models, .blend files,behind-the-scenes videos, etc. I am also often sharing free 3D models, making quizzes, etc.

There is something for both free and paid members, so don’t forget to check it out.

And if you have any questions, write them down in the comments :D

Happy Blending everyone! Byeee, see you next time.