Iris 3D Viewer

A light weight 3D Model Viewer right in your browser.
What is Iris 3D Viewer?
Iris 3D Viewer is a cross-platform, open-source, online 3D model viewer Chrome extension. It enables viewing of Exchange Format files via a web browser without the need to preinstall larger packages. Iris supports ASCII and Binary stl files and obj files. It can export to ASCII stl files for 3D printing. The tool also features a treeview for viewing model statistics and measuring distances in each coordinate axis.

Extension stats

Users: 2,000+
Rating: 2.14 (7)
Version: 0.5.1 (Last updated: 2018-06-26)
Creation date: 2018-06-26
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 23.37K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

A light weight 3D Model Viewer for viewing Exchange Format files without the need for larger packages to be preinstalled on a computer.

Iris Web Viewer is an open source experimental online model viewer. It allows you to view 3D Exchange format files through a web browser with out the need for larger packages to be installed on your or someone elses computer. It runs through Javascript and WebGL and is therefore cross platform and available through a number of different browsers.

Importing Iris can import any of the following model formats. If there's one you don't see then feel free to request it in the 'Issues'.

  • stl (both ASCII and Binary)
  • obj (material files not supported yet)

Exporting for 3D printing Iris can can also export to stl files for use in 3D Printing. We currently only support ASCII stl files.

The Iris Environment has a treeview overlayed on the screen, allowing you to view statistics of each imported models as well as be able to hide and show groups/sub meshes of each model. Other info, such as measurements, are added to the treeview, allowing you to see broken down information (such as the measured distance in each coordinate axis).

Note: This app is still in 'Beta' and should not be used for final production decisions. It should only be used for non-critical reference and conceptual views. You can file any bugs found on our Github page.

User reviews

Not working with IFC or VRML-files.
by W. Paryschew, 2023-11-29

Web app says it is loading the file from Google Drive, but never loads the stl in the viewer. only needed to preview files, and cannot preview files. Uninstalling. Disappointing.
by Jeremy Bernhardt, 2021-09-09

not work
by Roy Hellen, 2020-03-02
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Iris 3D Viewer does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Iris 3D Viewer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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