# Gen3D -> Full PBR - Workflow ### What you'll need * A web browser * A Github account to log into replicate * A credit card for Replicate (pay-per-run; a single Hunyuan3D run costs cents, not dollars) * An image or text prompt for the asset you want to create * A Marso Studio account (with access granted) — sign up at [app.m-xr.com](https://app.m-xr.com/) if you haven't already *** ### Step 1 — Create a Replicate account 1. Go to [replicate.com](https://replicate.com/) 2. Click **Sign in** (top right) and sign up with GitHub, Google, or email 3. Once signed in, head to **Billing** in your account settings and add a payment method. Replicate charges per second of GPU time — Hunyuan3D 3.1 typically runs in under a minute per asset. {% hint style="info" %} When running this model internally, the cost is 16 cents per generation. However this does not count as a guarantee for your generation. {% endhint %} *** ### Step 2 — Run Hunyuan3D 3.1 1. Go to the model page: [replicate.com/tencent/hunyuan-3d-3.1](https://replicate.com/tencent/hunyuan-3d-3.1) 2. You'll see an input panel on the left and an output preview on the right. 3. Provide your input: * **Image-to-3D** (recommended): upload a clean reference image of your subject — ideally a single object on a plain background. Front-facing shots work best. * **Text-to-3D**: enter a descriptive prompt (e.g. *"a weathered wooden treasure chest with iron banding"*). {% hint style="success" %} We’ve found best results have been when using an image as a starting point. {% endhint %} 4. Leave the default settings as-is for your first run. They're tuned for quality. 5. Make sure to keep the PBR toggle **OFF**. 6. Click **Run**. The model will take 30–90 seconds depending on queue time. 7. When it finishes, you'll see a 3D preview on the right. *** ### Step 3 — Export the GLB 1. Below the 3D preview on the Replicate output panel, click the **download icon** next to the output file. 2. Save the `.glb` file somewhere you'll find it (Desktop or Downloads is fine). That's your raw mesh. Now we texture it. *** ### Step 4 — Bring the GLB into Marso Studio 1. Go to [app.m-xr.com](https://app.m-xr.com/) and sign in. 2. Open **Marso Studio** from your dashboard. 3. Click **New project** (or drag your GLB straight onto the upload area). 4. Drop in the `.glb` you exported from Replicate. 5. Marso Studio will parse the mesh and show you a preview with the existing baked textures stripped out — this is intentional. You're about to replace them with proper PBR materials. *** ### Step 5 — Run the I2M model in Marso Studio 1. With your asset loaded, hook up a PBR generation node and click **Generate PBR**. 2. Marso Studio's I2M (Image-to-Material) model will analyse the geometry and produce a full set of PBR maps: * Base colour (albedo) * Roughness * Metallic * IOR 3. Generation typically takes 4–6 minutes. 4. Once complete, you'll see your asset re-rendered with the new materials in the preview window. *** ### Step 6 — Review and export 1. Use the viewer controls to orbit the asset and inspect the materials under different lighting. 2. If you want to iterate, you can re-run with adjusted parameters or swap reference images. 3. When you're happy, click **Export**. You'll get: * The textured GLB (drop straight into Unreal, Unity, Blender, Maya) * Individual PBR map files at your chosen resolution {% hint style="info" %} We are still working on the viewer within Marso Studio, it may be beneficial to export and view the materials in another platform. {% endhint %} *** ### Where to take it next * **Drop into Unreal**: import the GLB into your Unreal project — materials apply automatically. * **Use in Blender**: import the GLB into Blender's scene view; the PBR maps connect to Principled BSDF out of the box. *** ### Why this workflow matters AI mesh generation can produce good quality geometry. The remaining bottleneck is materials — most generated meshes ship with low-quality, baked textures that fall apart under production lighting and can't be edited. M-XR's I2M model is trained on a proprietary dataset of **measured** PBR materials captured from real-world objects. That means the materials you get out aren't artist-interpreted or estimated — they're grounded in objective real-world data. Combine the two and you've got a pipeline from text prompt to production-ready, fully textured asset in under 10 minutes. *** ### Our Results {% embed url="" %} {% embed url="" %} {% embed url="" %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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