Updated August 27, 2026
How to turn a text prompt into a 3D model
Open Generate, switch to the Text tab, describe one object in a sentence, pick a mesh density, and run the job. Generate returns a downloadable GLB. Naming a single concrete object with two or three visual details works far better than a long scene description.
Text to 3D invents an object from your words. It does not set type in 3D. For an extruded wordmark of your own brand name, use the 3D text logo page instead.
How do you generate a 3D model from text?#
Four steps. The prompt does most of the work, so it is worth spending a moment on before you spend credits on a high density.
- Open Generate and switch to the Text tab.
- Write a short prompt: the subject first, then two or three visual details.
- Pick a mesh density, and leave Texture on unless you want a white clay mesh.
- Run the job, orbit the result, then download the GLB.
How should you write the prompt?#
Name the object first, then describe it. The generator needs an object, not a scene: camera angles, lighting notes, and mood words spend prompt length without changing the mesh. These are the five rules the studio shows beside the prompt box, quoted as written.
Name the subject first, then two or three visual details.
Every density returns a textured mesh. Turn Texture off for a white clay mesh.
Standard keeps prompts under 200 characters. Fast, High, and Ultra allow up to 1024.
Call out style if it matters: cartoon, clay, chrome, wood.
Avoid camera directions and lighting essays. The model needs the object, not the scene.
How long can a text to 3D prompt be?#
Standard keeps prompts under 200 characters. Fast, High, and Ultra allow up to 1,024. The cap is a property of the engine behind each rung, not a plan restriction, so a prompt that is too long for Standard is fine at High.
| Density | Prompt limit | Cost | Face ceiling | What it returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast | Up to 1,024 characters | 30 credits | 20,000 faces | Quick textured draft |
| Standard | Under 200 characters | 68 credits | 500,000 faces | Full-detail mesh |
| High | Up to 1,024 characters | 120 credits | 500,000 faces | PBR, hard-surface, extra views |
| Ultra | Up to 1,024 characters | 203 credits | 1,000,000 faces | PBR at 1M faces |
Image or text: which should you use?#
Use image to 3D when the object already exists and you can photograph it. Use text to 3D when it does not exist yet, or when you want several variations of an idea before committing. Both return the same kind of GLB and cost the same credits at the same density.
Text is the cheaper way to explore. Running the same prompt twice returns two different objects, so a few Fast runs will tell you whether the idea reads in 3D before you spend Ultra credits on it.
An image pins down the thing you actually have. If a client sent a product photo, the photo carries proportions and colour that a sentence would only approximate.
Neither one replaces the editor. Both build new objects; the 3D logo editor extrudes the mark or the words you already own, without changing their shape.
What file do you get back?#
A GLB carrying geometry, material, and any texture the job produced. It opens in the free GLB viewer on this site, and the on-device converter recodes it to glTF, OBJ, STL, or PLY without an upload.
Turning Texture off returns a white clay mesh. Clay is the right output when you intend to apply your own material in a 3D tool, and the wrong one when the colour described in the prompt is the point of the object.
A prompt is not stored as part of the file. Keep the wording that produced a result you liked; re-running it is the only way to get a sibling of the same object.
What text to 3D will not do#
It will not lay out a scene, it will not set typography, and it will not repeat itself exactly. Each run is a fresh object, so treat the prompt as a brief rather than as a file name.
Ask for one object. A prompt describing an object on a table beside a lamp usually returns a single fused mesh rather than three separable ones.
Lettering is unreliable. Text described inside a prompt tends to come back as texture that resembles writing. When you need real letters in 3D, extrude them in the editor.
Failed, cancelled, and timed-out jobs return their credits, so a prompt that misses costs time rather than allowance.
Questions
- How long can a text to 3D prompt be?
- Standard keeps prompts under 200 characters. Fast, High, and Ultra allow up to 1,024 characters. The limit belongs to the engine behind each density rung, not to the plan.
- Is text to 3D free?
- Signed-in Free accounts get 1 Fast generate a month, and it can be a prompt instead of a photo. Standard, High, and Ultra density need Pro.
- Why did the same prompt give me a different object?
- Every run generates a new object rather than retrieving a stored one, so two runs of one prompt return siblings, not copies. Use that to explore, and download the run you want to keep.
- Can text to 3D make a 3D wordmark of my brand name?
- Not reliably. Letters described in a prompt come back as texture that resembles writing. Type the name into the 3D logo editor instead, which extrudes real letterforms you can set in chrome, gold, or glass.
- What file does a text to 3D job return?
- A GLB with geometry, material, and any texture from the run. Open it in the free GLB viewer, or convert it to glTF, OBJ, STL, or PLY in the on-device 3D converter.