.blend URL Viewer
- ID
- 23024
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 10 Sep 2026, 7:58 AM
- Fetched
- 10 Sep 2026, 9:39 AM
- Provider
- Simon Willison
- Category
- developer-ai
- Original URL
- https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/9/blender-viewer/
- Source URL
- https://simonwillison.net/atom/everything/
Summary
- Score
- 6.5
- Created
- 10 Sep 2026, 9:40 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersvibe_codersai_agent_users
What happened
Simon Willison built a .blend URL Viewer that renders Blender 5.x files directly in the browser from a URL. He used the tool to inspect a 3D model of a Fabergé egg that he generated by feeding an image from ChatGPT Images 2.5 into Codex running GPT-6 Astra, which spent 17m51s creating the .blend file.
Why it matters
It demonstrates a practical end-to-end 'vibe-coding' workflow where an AI agent (Codex with GPT-6 Astra) can autonomously generate complex 3D assets (.blend files) from a single image prompt, and how lightweight web tools can be built to inspect agent outputs.
Discussion angle
How chaining generative AI tools (image generation to 3D modeling agent) can automate creative pipelines, and the utility of building quick custom viewers to verify agent-generated artifacts.