3D

[b squires]

I'm interested in Substance 3D programs and want to know if I can create an interactive 3D model that I can send electronically to a customer to view who doesn't have 3D software.

[John T Smith]

You need to ask program questions in the forum for the program you are using
To ask in the forum for your program please start at https://community.adobe.com/
Moving from Using the Community (which is about the forums) to a 3D forum

[davescm]

Hi,

Adobe Substance Modeler can produce 3D models, but it is really more suited to sculpturing a model than traditional 3D techniques in other 3D apps (such as Blender, or 3Ds Max..etc)  which start with primitive shapes and extrude them.

Other Substance applications are :

Substance 3D Designer - for creating parametric textures.

Substance 3D Painter - for painting such textures onto a 3D model's surfaces

Substance 3D Stager - for laying out and lighting a 3D scene prior to rendering into a 2D image.

Substance 3D Sampler - which can produce texture materials from photographs, and even models from a series of photographic images of a real world object (photogrammetry).

However you produce your models though, if you pass them to a third party as 2D renders then they are simply images so anyone can view them. If you pass them as 3D models, and expect the other person to be able to open, rotate and view them from different angles, then they will need 3D viewing software in order to do that.

Dave