The Interactive Web export packs a glTF (and optional model-tree.json) into a single HTML file. Send it by email or put it on a USB drive. Recipients open it in Chrome, Edge, or Firefox.
This format is for sharing, not for streaming city-scale tiles. Use 3D Tiles when the model is too large for one file.
Questions or a license? Email tensile3d@gmail.com. License terms.
Features
Single file
No tileset folder, no local server. One .html to double-click.
Built-in viewer
Orbit, select, and (when exported) inspect properties packed from model-tree.json.
Offline
Works without Tensile3D servers or an internet connection after download.
Same settings family
Shares Flip YZ, origin, and property options with the glTF exporter.
Export settings
- Export metadata / properties
Off by default. When on, Navisworks properties go to model-tree.json (sidecar hierarchy) or into the file (embed hierarchy). Takes longer on large models.
- Hierarchy
Separate JSON (default) writes model-tree.json next to the export. Embed writes the selection tree inside glTF, IFC, or USD. 3D Tiles and the single web file always use the sidecar / packed JSON.
- Flip YZ-axis
On by default for glTF, 3D Tiles, and the web file so Y is up. Off by default for IFC and USD.
How to use
- Install the Tensile3D Exporter (or the format-specific bundle) for your Navisworks year and restart Navisworks.
- Open a model. On the Tensile3D ribbon, choose the export format if more than one is licensed.
- Open Settings. Options such as Export metadata/properties, hierarchy (sidecar JSON vs embed), Flip YZ, and units are stored per format.
- Click Export and choose a .html path.
- Double-click the HTML to view it locally. You can also drop a glTF export on tensile3d.com/3d-viewer if you did not pack a web file.
