i recently found an ai that makes 3d models from text. ive been messing around with it a tiny bit but now i have a handful of 3d models that im not sure what to do with. the bad thing is i have like no skills and they are not the best looking either. i would 3d print them but i dont own a 3d printer because they are pricey.
You can get a decent 3D printer for ~$100 USD these days. Look for an original Ender 3 or one of the many clones of it. For double that you can get something pretty good. If that’s the route you want to go.
Otherwise learn some modeling software, if you’re going the 3D printing route then CAD can be useful, I like Fusion 360, some people find TinkerCad or FreeCad easier to start with. Tons of tutorials for all of these on YouTube.
If you just want to edit or make some fun models maybe learn something like Blender.
Seeing a lot of recommendations for the ender 3 here. It’s a great printer, don’t get me wrong, I have one myself and I love it. BUT. You have to be ready to tinker with it. A lot. It is by no means comparable to a desktop inkjet or laser printer. You will be tinkering with it for tens or even hundreds of hours to make it better and better. If you like the printer itself being a project, then it’s honestly great.
If you want a care-free 3D printer, then yeah, they are expensive.
If you convert them to usdz files (RealityConverter can help with this) and you have an iPhone, you can open them up and it will throw them into an AR camera mode where you can take photos with them in it. You can also embed usdz files in web pages and it does this through safari. Check out some examples here: https://developer.apple.com/augmented-reality/quick-look/
Make a meme where your cat is fighting a 5-foot tall melty-looking mouse!
You also can import them into RealityComposer and make simple interactive AR applications without doing any coding.
Looks like a lot of people are encouraging 3d printing (of which I am a huge fan) but I'll go the other way. You could try making models for a video game or 3d environment. Any models that look a little meh you can throw into blender to try to touch up. Fire up unreal or Godot and see what you can make!
It would be better if they share the site/ai model they’re using so people can do this for themselves. Thingiverse doesn’t need an influx of likely unprintable random models
3D printing them would probably not give you decent models for now, even then what would you do with them?
Im a 3D modeler/animator and could theoretically use them for animations/backgrounds to fill a set without needing to take hours working on models that will be on screen for 5 seconds. I haven’t used them any 3D ai though and considering theres a ton of 3D modes available for free with higher quality topology there’s a lot of options already. I do see how they could be useful though