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A Hunyuan3D Alternative for Texturing Your Own Models

Hunyuan3D is Tencent's 3D generation family, with a web platform, open model weights and a cloud API that can redraw the texture of an existing model. The3DAI AI 3D Texturing Studio focuses on that last job: you upload a model in almost any common format, describe the look, and AI paints it from several views, with a brush to repaint one part.

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The3DAI vs Hunyuan3D

Hunyuan3D facts are from their own pages, checked 2026-10-17 (sources below). Prices change; check their site for current numbers.

FeatureThe3DAI Texturing StudioHunyuan3D
PriceCredits: 2 per AI view, 8 for a full 4-view texture (about $0.40 on Basic, $0.23 on Pro), 12 or 16 with 6 or 8 views. Brushes and PBR maps are free. Plans from $4.99/month for 100 credits, or a one-time 200-credit pack for $9.99Cloud API: Texture Edit is 30 credits, about $0.45 prepaid ($15 per 1,000 credits) or $0.60 postpaid ($0.02 a credit); UV Unfold 10 credits (as of October 2026)
Free tier60 free credits for new accounts, enough for 7 full textures20 free generations a day on the Hunyuan 3D Global platform; 200 free API credits
Install neededNoNo for the web platform and API; the open weights can also be run on your own machine
Your own GPU neededNo: the AI runs on our servers, the 3D view runs in your browserNo for the cloud; yes if you run the open models yourself
FormatsUpload GLB, GLTF, OBJ, FBX, STL or PLY (up to 60 MB). Download a textured GLB or the texture PNGTexture Edit API takes FBX only, under 200 MB; the platform exports OBJ and GLB
PBR maps (normal, roughness, metallic)Yes, free: normal, roughness, metal and ambient-occlusion maps made in your browser from the painted texture and packed into the GLB. They are derived from the colour, not painted by the AIYes, but only with a text prompt (not with a reference image)
Keeps your UVsYes by default ("Keep my UVs"). Overlapping UVs get a warning and a one-click "Make new UVs". Models with no UVs get new UVs automaticallyNot stated for Texture Edit; UV Unfold is a separate step
Repaint just one regionYes: brush a part and repaint only that part with AI, or fix seams and spots by hand with the free Heal and Paint brushesNot documented: Texture Edit redraws the texture from one image or one prompt
Runs in the browserYesYes (web platform)

When to pick Hunyuan3D

  • You want free daily generations or open model weights you can run yourself.
  • You are generating new models from images and want them textured in one step.
  • You need a high-volume API with low prepaid credit prices.

When to pick The3DAI

  • Your model is a GLB, OBJ, STL or PLY and you do not want to convert it to FBX for the Texture Edit API.
  • You want to repaint just one part (a face, a logo, a jacket) without redrawing the whole texture.
  • You want to paint view by view and fix spots the first pass missed.

How to texture a 3D model with AI on The3DAI

  1. 1

    Upload your model

    Drop a GLB, GLTF, OBJ, FBX, STL or PLY file, or pick a sample. Keep your own UV map, or let the studio make new UVs.

  2. 2

    Describe the texture

    Write what the surface should look like, or pick a style or a prompt idea.

  3. 3

    Paint with AI

    Auto paints 4, 6 or 8 views. Turn the model to paint any spot again, or brush one part and repaint only that.

  4. 4

    Fix and finish

    Heal seams and paint by hand for free, then make normal, roughness, metal and AO maps in your browser.

  5. 5

    Download

    Get a textured GLB with its maps, or the texture PNGs to use in Blender, Unity, Unreal or Godot.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, through the Tencent Cloud Texture Edit API, which takes an FBX file under 200 MB plus one image or one text prompt (not both), as of October 2026. The3DAI AI 3D Texturing Studio takes GLB, GLTF, OBJ, FBX, STL or PLY in the browser.
Tencent offers 20 free generations a day on the Hunyuan 3D Global platform and 200 free API credits. The3DAI gives new accounts 60 free credits, enough for 7 full textures.
In a simpler way. After painting, "Make PBR maps" builds normal, roughness, metal and ambient-occlusion maps from the colour texture, free, and the GLB download carries them. Hunyuan3D's API can generate PBR materials when you texture from a text prompt.
On The3DAI, yes: brush the part on the model and press Paint the marked part. It costs 2 credits and the rest of the texture stays as it was.

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Sources (checked 2026-10-17)

Hunyuan3D is a trademark of its owner. The3DAI is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Hunyuan3D. This page compares public information to help you choose.