Paint3D - and thus this folder, too - is great for taking PowerPoint animations to another level. As an English teacher, I once made a sci-fi themed museum trip presentation. Instead of just teetering an image of a spacecraft cockpit, I modeled the frame in Paint3D for more realistic 3D rocking in PowerPoint. I also had a picture of some closed doors inside the Louvre, so I cropped the pictures of the doors and placed them on "boards" in Paint3D, so that I could animate the doors as opening up before transitioning to the next slide. Selecting overlaid stuff in Paint3D seemed almost impossible and PowerPoint is super limited in its animation options for 3D objects, but it already opens up many new possibilities like this!
I actually use the 3D objects folder, sometimes I design models for 3D printing and It's a great place to store them. But I can see It not being useful for most people, as most PCs are not used for 3D design.
Funny enough I also 3D model a lot, for both work and my own projects, but never used that folder for this purpose. All on their own project folders, and even some individual models I have a folder under my normal documents folder, tho that's a carryover from Windows 7 as well.
I recently got into 3D printing and created my own 3D objects folder on the desktop. I don't really use any of the windows provided folders though. I basically keep everything in folders and subfolders on my desktop.
As a 3D artist with focus towards Blender and Substance Painter, I completely understand and I disagree with people seeing 3D as only being practiced by a small minority. These people calling it a small minority don't seem to know that 3D has gotten big over the last 10 years. For a long time it was a niche yet skilled profession that required college degrees in video games and CGI. Today, its a huge industry that consists of beginners, seasoned artists and hobbyists, all sharing knowledge on TH-cam and other sources to create indie games, indie films and unique 3D content. Almost every mid to high quality phone has excellent options for 3D scanning and more people are 3D printing now than ever. With printers becoming more mainstream and providing higher quality results; 3D printing is now the number one method to produce a wide range of different products, medical applications, tools or demonstration pieces. e.g. I looked up an old GE fan knob for a specific model from 1970, and lo and behold, someone had a perfect scan available for printing. This is exactly why Microsoft was encouraging 3D among Windows users by adding such folders, its because the future is actually leaving the majority of people behind. For example, most people don't realize that the internet, computers and technology in general evolves faster than our immediate needs. Its why AI is already considered a multi-billion dollar industry despite a majority of average people not knowing yet what to do with it; its about the potential of having the power to do advanced calculations regardless of the data to be processed. In this case, Microsoft was just thinking ahead that more people would be into 3D printing and so they were supporting a new industry similar to the success of the original paper printer. Imagine everyone who has a computer, also having a 3D printer capable of instantly printing any plastic replacement part, special tools or clamps, the list goes on and on; the potential is massive, but it takes people to adopt the technology and learn to use it. The more mainstream and cheaper that printers become, the more that people will find themselves buying one just to print random BS, and then people won't be able to live without one due to its usefulness to fix or replace something by just downloading a shared file. The same could be said about VR, AR, scanning, modeling or texturing; these things go together in shaping the future of how people interact with their computers and eventually with each other. Most of these companies are strongly embracing the technologies because they know the full potential. In these very loosely quoted words of a past Sony CEO, "The customer does not know what they want. At Sony, we must think 10 years into the future to design a product people would want to buy today."
I do a lot of CAD work for personal projects, and I have found a lot of use from not only the 3D Objects folder, but also the lightweight 3D apps for quick and easy previews.
@@thefanboy3285I'm currently visualizing Mr. Skinner alone in his office, double clicking 3D objects, muttering "dammit" and returning to work as usual 10/10 visualization would recommend
3:37 I am the Target demographic for paint 3D. I have not once used it for making models.But it is very useful for combining flat images at different angles. It also has a nice image tone feature.
yea I only played with it tiny bit, its good for beginners , but even then its hard to recommend, if your going into 3d modeling, and are intending to use programs like blender, the shortcut keys are a must to master, and I am unsure if using 3D paint will help/ hinder learning that.
It is also just a more powerful version of paint, I use it to save images and such and do really basic image editing and it works so much better than original paint
you can change the icon of any folder by: right click > properties > customize > change icon you can even make your own icons - you just need to convert your image to a very specific format
I used to use the 3D objects folder as my “homework” folder for a while lol. There was a pre-installed 3D file of a dinosaur and I kept everything else as hidden files.
I used it. Still use it. I use it for vr stuff too. Vrchat models specifically for the most part. I am nowhere near a professional 3d artist, but i found it very convenient
I used the "3d objects" folder to dump stuff that I didn't know where to dump. And regarding the 'Paint 3D' thing, I used it once to render a 3d model of an orange for my girlfriend during the pandemic, lol. Wild times.
Who in the history of humanity thought that we as a dominant and civilized race would use legitimately the "pandemic girlfriend" phrase in the same sentence as "3d orange"? but also I think that the pandemic girlfriend really needed it, those were truly wild times...@@mora6821
My PC still has it, even though I'm using the last version of Windows 10 (22H2). And was created on August 8th, 2015. The folder wasn't introduced in 2017 and wasn't removed in 2021.
That folder would have made sense if Microsoft had any longer term efforts and commitments. Like Google, they try something new and then just let it drift away until a competitor does it better. I have used the 3D Viewer/Builder apps for viewing models for 3D printing (as you mentioned, it's lightweight and comes with Windows), but never needed the folder. Paint 3D just isn't very useful to me, though, as it's not as capable as even a simple 3D modeling tool like Tinkercad. So I've never had a reason to use the Windows folder for models - there's just no reason to put things there and I haven't seen anything try to save there by default.
before i downloaded aseprite i used paint 3D because it was the only actual sprite program i had, and also because ms paint didnt have any transparency features
I use the 3D Objects folder to store anything 3D. Blender files, other 3D files etc. Even though it may not be the most efficient (other documents of the same project are in Documents or Images), it makes sense to me.
I had a friend who own ironically used this and he moved all of his 3D print projects out of his documents folder when they added this. And when they took it away his stayed because he had stuff in it
my 3d objects folder still exists in windows 11 because there was a single zip file with a model of the starship enterprise i downloaded in there apparently
I actually use the 3d objects folder quite often, as I have dealt with exporting 3d models from games, and putting them in a dedicated folder is nice. Now, did I use it for stuff normal people do? No, as I was dealing with video game models.
I use the 3d viewer to quickly view and evaluate STL files for 3d printing. Don't own a printer myself, but the files regularly pass through my hands when asking friends to print something for me. But yeah, that is a very niece use case
The folder still shows with its icon if you had something in it. I used to spam random premade objects in the 3D viewer and paint 3d. That's what happens when you are very bored
As someone who does 3d printing, I genuinely do use this folder, although I changed the location of the folder to a drive instead of my user folder. I just like the icon. Also the "3D Builder" app is great for someone who has zero training in 3D modelling
Paint 3D is very useful to create transparent images if you can't download something like GIMP (e.g. at a school) since it came bundled with windows 10.
I downloaded GIMP on my home computer and shipped it off to my school laptop via OneDrive. XD Did this with Sublime Text, BlueJ, TurboWarp, IntelliJ, and possibly Godot in the near future to fuel my programming and game development addiction lol!
I actually find the folder quite useful, and I assumed it was on everyone's computer. I like to fiddle around in Roblox Studio, and I prefer to make models purely in-studio. But when objects are a little too complex like terrain or certain shapes for Roblox to handle I create them in blender then store them in the 3d folder. Also like you said, 3D viewer is actually quite nice to just look at models in. I fiddle around with them before importing them into Roblox.
If you export models from Blender for Unity or modding purposes or whatever, the folder could be useful. I was saving that stuff in my documents until I realized I can just use the literal 3D Objects folder MS added
How...is it any more useful than literally any other folder...I don't get the idea of pre-set folders for stuff. I'm going to put the things I want where I want them. A folder more or less deep into the folder tree is kinda more useless than a folder created directly on the drive, for example. It takes precious digits away from the name due to how file names and their limitations work.
@@kikixchannel It's more useful because it's there by default, because Windows gives it a neat distinct icon without me having to do shit, and because if software developers cared for it, they could be like: "hey, this default folder on Windows profile was designed to store the exact type of files our program works with ... let's use that as our default save directory instead of defaulting to Documents folder, because Documents folder contains more garbage than your local landfill." As for file name limitations: unless you're giving your folders names that are at least thrice as long as they should be, there's very little chance of exceeding even the former "your full file path can't be more than 260 characters long" limit. However, for new Windows installs as of Win 10 1607, the path length limit was pretty much lifted, meaning Windows gets to enjoy the full path length supported by NTFS, which is 32000 characters long. Unless you intend to dump entire works of Shakespear into your path name (255 characters at a time), you aren't going to run out of characters by placing files inside your user profile directory like you probably should.
@@KUIJEN8659game and other app devs. At least depending on the game/app. Like i have some games from steam that put my saves by default to the documents folder. ClipStudio Paint has some stuff saved there (cant remeber what off top my head).
@@kikixchannel I think that those preset folders were meant to make Windows more welcoming for users of Unix-like operating systems such as macOS, Linux and some others that were popular in 90s, in which storing stuff in the root of the system drive generally isn't a good idea (storing stuff in root of other drives is okay though). And if the computer isn't used by a single user (e.g. single computer for a family or a computer for corporation), the user folder is extremely convenient, since instead of cluttering the root of the drive each user clutters only their own user folder
@@FlameRat_YehLon I did too but stopped after needing the space at the time I was using a tablet and the ability to enlarge and inspect had me amazed 😁
These video's are really fun to watch, really like these discussion video's about things everyone knew they existed but never knew why. Just like the Windows XP briefcase folder.
I do a lot of 3D modelling so I actually use that folder a lot, it's nice to have an 'official' location for those files on my PC rather than some random subfolder in Documents.
you forgot about one more 3D app "3D Builder" I actually once used this for fun lol Inside my 3D Objects folder, I have the "3D Builder" folder, and inside of that 4 3MF files that I played around with Basin.3mf Chair.3mf Man.3mf Table.3mf
well to be brutually honest i use the 3d objects folder to save all my files that are related to blender ( 3d software ) from normal maps , refrence images to renders and save files
@@dragons_advocate it was for keeping files in sync between a desktop and a laptop. You could work on a document in your briefcase folder, and when you sync'd up both computers would automatically have the most up to date versions of each file.
I used to store "funny" or sometimes even important files in the 3d folder on the school computers. I knew no one was ever going to look inside of those except for me and since it's a premade folder no one deleted it.
I actually just used the 3D part of 3D paint last night for one of my archaeology assignments. We had to analyze bones to make an estimation for age, ancestry, and sex, and my professor gave us a folder of the digital bones.
Fun fact if you install 3D viewer and view any of the 3D models you have click the mixed reality toggle It will the. Show up in your camera click then use your hands in the camera to move or resize the 3D model in realtime
3D Builder FTW.... I have created a lot of things in 3D Builder to print, I even fixed a baby gate latch that broke using a 3D-printed part engineered in the app.
Technically Microsoft deleted the folder, but not the code used for the folder. I noticed that if you create a folder in your Home directory in Windows 11 and name it "3-D Objects" (without quotations) the folder removed the hyphen and and replaces the default folder icon with a different one. The code remained for legacy reasons, I'm sure, as the folder icon used has a similar looking cube in it like the Windows 10 folder icon, and since 3D Paint is still available to install, it makes sense.
I am an avid and very active user of the 3D Objects folder. I even had to apply a registry hack to bring it back 2 years ago, but I find it very useful to store all my 3D printing projects there. I mainly work with OnShape professional but the Windows 3D viewer is an important part of my workflow to quickly review versions of STL files. It's fast, lightweight and reliable. Just like paint always has been. I'm more of a M$ hater overall, but at times they do create something useful.
@@Vexcenot Do M$ ads refer to M$ with a dollar sign? I'm sure they want to, but haven't seen one so far. Haven't seen any ads of them tbh, I should look that up. How else could I provide a counter argument, anyway? "3D folder gud bro"? And you only heard yourself talking in your mind when you read my words, I never said them. Thanks for the feedback.
Well 3D objects are still created even without VR/AR being commonly used. People still use Blender and other 3D software and make files in that. It makes sense to save that in the 3D folder than the generic Documents folder.
I used my Samsung WMR headset to play hundreds of hours of SteamVR games. It was a really good way to get into VR on a budget back in the day. The software behind it actually worked really great, I wish it caught on more.
I use Paint 3D as regular Paint alongside with regular Paint Paint 3D is one of the first programs i saw on Windows (Even before regular paint!) Paint 3D has free Rotation but don't have layers. (I remember making a 3D object an tracing it on the canvas) Good times 😊
honestly i kinda vibed with the 3D viewer for taking screenshots of my models. the simple to use presets and camera views are quite handy for a quick shot.
heck the thing you mention doesnt even work in paint 3D. you cant just grab a vertex of a cube and move it around. all those primitive shapes you showed you can ONLY SCALE their size. nothing else.
I can’t remember which of the MS 3d apps it was, but I used to use it to fix mesh issues in 3D print files. It was superb! You just opened the file and it automatically detected any issues and asked if you wanted them fixed. worked every time.
I actually now have a use for this because I use a Windows PC, and have been downloading a mriad of 3D objects for my Apple Vision Pro, so it will be nice to have a basic 3D Object Viewer for when I'm not wearing the AVP. Joe, if you haven't checked out the AVP yet, you definitely should it's a really cool piece of tech!
2:30 i use paint 3d to make thumbnails for youtube videos. so yeah there exists some people who still use paint 3d like any other photo editing software
I rememeber playing around with *Paint 3D* and *3D Viewer* back when I got my first Laptop in the COVID time.... thank you for reminding me of these times, really nostalic.
the 3D viewer is actually really useful in that it has a preview for .obj files in the preview pane on the windows explorer, meaning you don't have to open any program to see the model
Fun fact, if you have 3D viewer installed and you enable "preview pane" in file explorer it will be able to quickly preview 3d models without opening any app or program, this "window" is also useful for quick preview of any images, pictures, textures and text or code files
Paint 3D sounds like something I would have played with as a kid. Maybe not the best thing to get people interested in 3D modelling since all those professional tools have a harder entry barriers
Because I have a Mixed Reality headset, I used a lot of the 3D objects library to make customize my home environment. I spent hours creating a winter environment and I was really proud of it.
I basically always use Paint3D. I think its just better than normal Paint. But there are some basic features from oroginal Paint that are missing in Paint3D.
The main things I do at my job are 3D CAD and 3D printing. I have hundreds of 3D files on my work PC and I've never ONCE touched this folder. I didn't even realize it had been removed. I do use the 3D viewer a ton though.
I did. I used it to organize my Blender saves in it. I also configured windows to make all those folders like that on my other drive instead of C: (Downloads, Photos, Music, Etc.) cause it will be easier to backup the second drive rather than backing up files not needed if I need to redo windows.
I work in IT and when doing a data transfer from one PC to another, I always made sure to actually look in that folder! Especially for residential clients. It's always the client you least expect to have something in there that actually does, and often it would be items that opened in Paint 3D.
(Before I get a bunch of comments from upper intermediate users asking why I wouldn't just transfer the entire profile folder, there's a bunch of unnecessary stuff in the hidden folder AppData that in most cases doesn't need to be moved and will just be taking up significant space.)
3D Viewer is handy for looking at STL files, you can quickly browse through them before printing. You can of course just import them into your slicer as well, probably the same amount of time, but this works with a double click and no further thought.
I didn't really use the 3D objects folder, but the 3D viewer was actually quite useful. I often use it to check if FBXs exported correctly or have any errors when opened outside of Blender
thiojoe, this comment is coming from a loyal fan: ive been watching your content for about 2 years now, and these ai images you use instead of normal stock footage has taken a toll on how i, and many others, perceive your videos. please don't use ai in content creation, and stick to stock footage.
“Windous 10” is my favorite operating system
It was so bloated 😭
seconded
XP is Love XP is Life XP is for ever!
Ah yes, the Windous 10.
Windows 7 is the GOAT
I definitely did use the 3D Objects folder!
I used the "Unpin" as well as the "Exclude from backup" options on it!
yep that's what I was looking for
I use it to store .stl files for 3d printing
Same
Oh you can do that?
I need to remember to do that
thanks for saying that
Accidentally put a 3D model of hero brine Steve and Alex in it
Paint3D - and thus this folder, too - is great for taking PowerPoint animations to another level. As an English teacher, I once made a sci-fi themed museum trip presentation. Instead of just teetering an image of a spacecraft cockpit, I modeled the frame in Paint3D for more realistic 3D rocking in PowerPoint. I also had a picture of some closed doors inside the Louvre, so I cropped the pictures of the doors and placed them on "boards" in Paint3D, so that I could animate the doors as opening up before transitioning to the next slide.
Selecting overlaid stuff in Paint3D seemed almost impossible and PowerPoint is super limited in its animation options for 3D objects, but it already opens up many new possibilities like this!
W teacher. I wish there were more people like you.
nice
You have made more effort for one class than all of my teachers e ever did combined, you make this world a better place!
I actually use the 3D objects folder, sometimes I design models for 3D printing and It's a great place to store them. But I can see It not being useful for most people, as most PCs are not used for 3D design.
Funny enough I also 3D model a lot, for both work and my own projects, but never used that folder for this purpose. All on their own project folders, and even some individual models I have a folder under my normal documents folder, tho that's a carryover from Windows 7 as well.
I recently got into 3D printing and created my own 3D objects folder on the desktop. I don't really use any of the windows provided folders though. I basically keep everything in folders and subfolders on my desktop.
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Same! I use this folder even now in Win 11 for organizing all my 3D print files. :P
I use it all the time. It stayed in my system when I migrated from 10 - 11
Ain't no way you call the folder that kick-started my current extensive interest in 3D, _useless_
You're part of a very very very very very small minority
😂😂 Nice!
@@4rumani Tiny but real minority. 😂
As a 3D artist with focus towards Blender and Substance Painter, I completely understand and I disagree with people seeing 3D as only being practiced by a small minority. These people calling it a small minority don't seem to know that 3D has gotten big over the last 10 years. For a long time it was a niche yet skilled profession that required college degrees in video games and CGI. Today, its a huge industry that consists of beginners, seasoned artists and hobbyists, all sharing knowledge on TH-cam and other sources to create indie games, indie films and unique 3D content.
Almost every mid to high quality phone has excellent options for 3D scanning and more people are 3D printing now than ever. With printers becoming more mainstream and providing higher quality results; 3D printing is now the number one method to produce a wide range of different products, medical applications, tools or demonstration pieces. e.g. I looked up an old GE fan knob for a specific model from 1970, and lo and behold, someone had a perfect scan available for printing.
This is exactly why Microsoft was encouraging 3D among Windows users by adding such folders, its because the future is actually leaving the majority of people behind. For example, most people don't realize that the internet, computers and technology in general evolves faster than our immediate needs. Its why AI is already considered a multi-billion dollar industry despite a majority of average people not knowing yet what to do with it; its about the potential of having the power to do advanced calculations regardless of the data to be processed.
In this case, Microsoft was just thinking ahead that more people would be into 3D printing and so they were supporting a new industry similar to the success of the original paper printer. Imagine everyone who has a computer, also having a 3D printer capable of instantly printing any plastic replacement part, special tools or clamps, the list goes on and on; the potential is massive, but it takes people to adopt the technology and learn to use it.
The more mainstream and cheaper that printers become, the more that people will find themselves buying one just to print random BS, and then people won't be able to live without one due to its usefulness to fix or replace something by just downloading a shared file. The same could be said about VR, AR, scanning, modeling or texturing; these things go together in shaping the future of how people interact with their computers and eventually with each other. Most of these companies are strongly embracing the technologies because they know the full potential.
In these very loosely quoted words of a past Sony CEO, "The customer does not know what they want. At Sony, we must think 10 years into the future to design a product people would want to buy today."
You and the 0,0x% of people?
Paint 3D is very useful while waiting for a 2 hour delayed flight
How did u comment 19 min ago, while the video was posted 57 seconds ago 😮😮
I hv always ignored that folder to the point that I forget it exists
@@xrecovery9 Magic.
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He is probably a bot
I do a lot of CAD work for personal projects, and I have found a lot of use from not only the 3D Objects folder, but also the lightweight 3D apps for quick and easy previews.
Of all the times I've opened this folder, none of them were on purpose
Same
the skinner pfp just makes your quote all the better 😂😂
@@thefanboy3285I'm currently visualizing Mr. Skinner alone in his office, double clicking 3D objects, muttering "dammit" and returning to work as usual
10/10 visualization would recommend
Same
3:37 I am the Target demographic for paint 3D. I have not once used it for making models.But it is very useful for combining flat images at different angles. It also has a nice image tone feature.
i just use it to remove backgrounds from images
yea I only played with it tiny bit, its good for beginners , but even then its hard to recommend, if your going into 3d modeling, and are intending to use programs like blender, the shortcut keys are a must to master, and I am unsure if using 3D paint will help/ hinder learning that.
i've actually used it for 3d modeling before :) the only problem with using it is the topology being really bad
It is also just a more powerful version of paint, I use it to save images and such and do really basic image editing and it works so much better than original paint
I thought it was an ice cube folder to keep them cold 🥶
leh
That's where the system goes to hibernate
I love cold drinks, ice cubes and blue rectangular icons.
🧊🗂️ -3D- Cool Objects
I agree les go
3D objects folder becomes the new champion of useless folders unseating the previous champion, the "My Briefcase" folder.
My Briefcase was actually a good "app", just ahead of its time. OneDrive essentially incorporates My Briefcase's features and expands upon them.
Holy shit I remember briefcases....
So do I. I still have my late Dad's real briefcase in his old room...
I used it to store my 3d blender files bc the icon was cool and it was very convenient - still have the folder to this day on win 11
you can change the icon of any folder by:
right click > properties > customize > change icon
you can even make your own icons - you just need to convert your image to a very specific format
@@qualia765 what's the point of creating your own folder for 3d objects and changing the icon instead of just using the built-in one?
I would really like to know how you got it back, I used to use it for random shit on my pc lol
@@KyeTypesKindaFastI cant really help you as it never got deleted for me when i updated from win 10 to 11 as it had files in it I think
@@franstimac Install Paint 3d --> klick on open Folder
Wow you just reminded me of this folder. Funnily enough I made my own folder for 3D objects awhile ago and just never thought of it
It's the best folder to keep your secret files from your parents lol. They never checks the 3D folder
Encrypt your stuff (via 7-Zip).
The “homework” folder
Nah, it's always the windows folder 😁
as a parent and owner of 2 3d printers i would like to say, good luck ;)
As a 3d modeler i. Never used that folder lol
I actually use it to store my 3d models...
I used to use the 3D objects folder as my “homework” folder for a while lol. There was a pre-installed 3D file of a dinosaur and I kept everything else as hidden files.
Sometimes you just gotta view that "homework" in 3d.
Was the homework also 3D?
"Damn, that dinosaur model must be huge, look how big the 3D folder is!"
"Umm... yeah... totally, haha!"
@@kuroshiteyeah I couldn't use that folder for this purpose, as mine is mostly 2D
should've put them in a password-protected 7zip archive
or if you want to, put them in system32 > drivers
...or just don't save them
I used it. Still use it. I use it for vr stuff too.
Vrchat models specifically for the most part.
I am nowhere near a professional 3d artist, but i found it very convenient
That's what I use it for!
I never thought of moving my stuff there lol
The existence of the 3D objects folder never registered in my mind, I forgot it was there and never think about it.
I used the "3d objects" folder to dump stuff that I didn't know where to dump. And regarding the 'Paint 3D' thing, I used it once to render a 3d model of an orange for my girlfriend during the pandemic, lol. Wild times.
i have also used 3d objects to dump stuff
same, it's full of random stuff
Wait, why did your pandemic girlfriend needed a 3d orange?
Who in the history of humanity thought that we as a dominant and civilized race would use legitimately the "pandemic girlfriend" phrase in the same sentence as "3d orange"? but also I think that the pandemic girlfriend really needed it, those were truly wild times...@@mora6821
A 3d orange? Damn dude, let's bring it down about 20 notches. We're getting a bit crazy here
My PC still has it, even though I'm using the last version of Windows 10 (22H2). And was created on August 8th, 2015. The folder wasn't introduced in 2017 and wasn't removed in 2021.
That folder would have made sense if Microsoft had any longer term efforts and commitments. Like Google, they try something new and then just let it drift away until a competitor does it better.
I have used the 3D Viewer/Builder apps for viewing models for 3D printing (as you mentioned, it's lightweight and comes with Windows), but never needed the folder. Paint 3D just isn't very useful to me, though, as it's not as capable as even a simple 3D modeling tool like Tinkercad.
So I've never had a reason to use the Windows folder for models - there's just no reason to put things there and I haven't seen anything try to save there by default.
For me I think 3D Builder saved some work in that folder "3D Objects/3D Builder"
before i downloaded aseprite i used paint 3D because it was the only actual sprite program i had, and also because ms paint didnt have any transparency features
I use the 3D Objects folder to store anything 3D. Blender files, other 3D files etc. Even though it may not be the most efficient (other documents of the same project are in Documents or Images), it makes sense to me.
As a 3D artist myself. This sometimes is very helpful to view 3d models with without needing to use any 3D software.
I had a friend who own ironically used this and he moved all of his 3D print projects out of his documents folder when they added this. And when they took it away his stayed because he had stuff in it
my 3d objects folder still exists in windows 11 because there was a single zip file with a model of the starship enterprise i downloaded in there apparently
I actually use the 3d objects folder quite often, as I have dealt with exporting 3d models from games, and putting them in a dedicated folder is nice. Now, did I use it for stuff normal people do? No, as I was dealing with video game models.
I use the 3d viewer to quickly view and evaluate STL files for 3d printing. Don't own a printer myself, but the files regularly pass through my hands when asking friends to print something for me. But yeah, that is a very niece use case
same for game development. Checking fbx's have been exported correctly with this.
I do actually rarely use the 3D Objects folder, though I couldn’t imagine many people using it for actual 3D Objects.
The folder still shows with its icon if you had something in it. I used to spam random premade objects in the 3D viewer and paint 3d. That's what happens when you are very bored
As someone who does 3d printing, I genuinely do use this folder, although I changed the location of the folder to a drive instead of my user folder. I just like the icon.
Also the "3D Builder" app is great for someone who has zero training in 3D modelling
birb
Paint 3D is very useful to create transparent images if you can't download something like GIMP (e.g. at a school) since it came bundled with windows 10.
Regular paint now supports transparent images
@@joel2734on windows 11
the one nobody uses
I downloaded GIMP on my home computer and shipped it off to my school laptop via OneDrive. XD
Did this with Sublime Text, BlueJ, TurboWarp, IntelliJ, and possibly Godot in the near future to fuel my programming and game development addiction lol!
what if your school uses windows 8.1
@@rockpie.iso.tar.bz2 what's wrong with them
I actually find the folder quite useful, and I assumed it was on everyone's computer. I like to fiddle around in Roblox Studio, and I prefer to make models purely in-studio. But when objects are a little too complex like terrain or certain shapes for Roblox to handle I create them in blender then store them in the 3d folder. Also like you said, 3D viewer is actually quite nice to just look at models in. I fiddle around with them before importing them into Roblox.
I still have the 3d object folder in windows 11 after updating from 10. But I use it to store my CAD models and 3d models for printing
I used that folder all the time, it stored all my 3D models and .gcode files for 3D printing. At least one person used it!
If you export models from Blender for Unity or modding purposes or whatever, the folder could be useful. I was saving that stuff in my documents until I realized I can just use the literal 3D Objects folder MS added
How...is it any more useful than literally any other folder...I don't get the idea of pre-set folders for stuff. I'm going to put the things I want where I want them. A folder more or less deep into the folder tree is kinda more useless than a folder created directly on the drive, for example. It takes precious digits away from the name due to how file names and their limitations work.
@@kikixchannel It's more useful because it's there by default, because Windows gives it a neat distinct icon without me having to do shit, and because if software developers cared for it, they could be like: "hey, this default folder on Windows profile was designed to store the exact type of files our program works with ... let's use that as our default save directory instead of defaulting to Documents folder, because Documents folder contains more garbage than your local landfill."
As for file name limitations: unless you're giving your folders names that are at least thrice as long as they should be, there's very little chance of exceeding even the former "your full file path can't be more than 260 characters long" limit. However, for new Windows installs as of Win 10 1607, the path length limit was pretty much lifted, meaning Windows gets to enjoy the full path length supported by NTFS, which is 32000 characters long.
Unless you intend to dump entire works of Shakespear into your path name (255 characters at a time), you aren't going to run out of characters by placing files inside your user profile directory like you probably should.
@@kikixchannel THIS!
Who uses any of the default folders ither than downloads and pictures (only because stuff gets stored there automatically)
@@KUIJEN8659game and other app devs. At least depending on the game/app. Like i have some games from steam that put my saves by default to the documents folder. ClipStudio Paint has some stuff saved there (cant remeber what off top my head).
@@kikixchannel I think that those preset folders were meant to make Windows more welcoming for users of Unix-like operating systems such as macOS, Linux and some others that were popular in 90s, in which storing stuff in the root of the system drive generally isn't a good idea (storing stuff in root of other drives is okay though). And if the computer isn't used by a single user (e.g. single computer for a family or a computer for corporation), the user folder is extremely convenient, since instead of cluttering the root of the drive each user clutters only their own user folder
I’m a 3D artist and I don’t even use that folder, as I store my work in another drive.
I do remember having those 3D apps preinstalled in early windows 11 updates.😂
I used the 3D one once and was fascinated by a 🐝
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Same I also saw the default 🐝
Ok I’m not the only one who didn’t have anything else it could load
I actually always install them back after they are no longer pre installed. They are good for aiding 3D printing.
@@FlameRat_YehLon I did too but stopped after needing the space at the time I was using a tablet and the ability to enlarge and inspect had me amazed 😁
I use Linux, but back when I used Windows, I always wondered why the heck this folder even existed.
Honestly I thought having it there was kind of cool. Basically just giving people a warm welcome into 3D objects making and stuff
I always had a cheeseburger stored in that folder. I didn't realize they removed the folder. I wonder if my cheeseburger is still safe...
These video's are really fun to watch, really like these discussion video's about things everyone knew they existed but never knew why. Just like the Windows XP briefcase folder.
I do a lot of 3D modelling so I actually use that folder a lot, it's nice to have an 'official' location for those files on my PC rather than some random subfolder in Documents.
you forgot about one more 3D app
"3D Builder"
I actually once used this for fun lol
Inside my 3D Objects folder, I have the "3D Builder" folder, and inside of that 4 3MF files that I played around with
Basin.3mf
Chair.3mf
Man.3mf
Table.3mf
I honestly really like that program. I use it pretty often to prep a 3d print file before sending it to the actual slicer.
3d builder is nice for fixing holes and weird geometry automatically
well to be brutually honest i use the 3d objects folder to save all my files that are related to blender ( 3d software ) from normal maps , refrence images to renders and save files
i think part of it might be because initially paint 3d was bad and was also trying to replace paint.
I still have it, tho to be fair I have a windows 10 and not 11
When I saw the thumbnail and title, I was immediately offended. I *did* use the 3D Objects folder.
talk about briefcase too
Ah, the classic briefcase folder.
I experimented with it once, never really used it though
I remember as a child, the idea of a briefcase folder made much sense to me, but I might have misunderstood what exactly it was for.
Toooootally forgot about that wow
Yes! This thing Deserves a video!
@@dragons_advocate it was for keeping files in sync between a desktop and a laptop.
You could work on a document in your briefcase folder, and when you sync'd up both computers would automatically have the most up to date versions of each file.
I used to store "funny" or sometimes even important files in the 3d folder on the school computers. I knew no one was ever going to look inside of those except for me and since it's a premade folder no one deleted it.
I actually just used the 3D part of 3D paint last night for one of my archaeology assignments. We had to analyze bones to make an estimation for age, ancestry, and sex, and my professor gave us a folder of the digital bones.
i never used the 3d object folder but I loved creating some random 3d arts in paint 3d. sad that it did not explode
Fun fact if you install 3D viewer and view any of the 3D models you have click the mixed reality toggle
It will the. Show up in your camera click then use your hands in the camera to move or resize the 3D model in realtime
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I use that folder all the time since that is the place where I put my projects and files for 3D printing.
3D Builder FTW.... I have created a lot of things in 3D Builder to print, I even fixed a baby gate latch that broke using a 3D-printed part engineered in the app.
I'm starting to think that ThioJoe totally forgot that the 3D printing community exists when making this video.
Technically Microsoft deleted the folder, but not the code used for the folder. I noticed that if you create a folder in your Home directory in Windows 11 and name it "3-D Objects" (without quotations) the folder removed the hyphen and and replaces the default folder icon with a different one.
The code remained for legacy reasons, I'm sure, as the folder icon used has a similar looking cube in it like the Windows 10 folder icon, and since 3D Paint is still available to install, it makes sense.
I am an avid and very active user of the 3D Objects folder. I even had to apply a registry hack to bring it back 2 years ago, but I find it very useful to store all my 3D printing projects there. I mainly work with OnShape professional but the Windows 3D viewer is an important part of my workflow to quickly review versions of STL files. It's fast, lightweight and reliable. Just like paint always has been. I'm more of a M$ hater overall, but at times they do create something useful.
Why do you talk like a Microsoft ad
@@Vexcenot Do M$ ads refer to M$ with a dollar sign? I'm sure they want to, but haven't seen one so far. Haven't seen any ads of them tbh, I should look that up. How else could I provide a counter argument, anyway? "3D folder gud bro"? And you only heard yourself talking in your mind when you read my words, I never said them. Thanks for the feedback.
Well 3D objects are still created even without VR/AR being commonly used. People still use Blender and other 3D software and make files in that. It makes sense to save that in the 3D folder than the generic Documents folder.
These are actually registry cubes, if you delete them, your computer is getting slower and start crashing
what
what
what (they're in c:\windows\system32\config)
that's true, but this is sooo useful for registry, if you delete it, the registry will not work well,@@rockpie.iso.tar.bz2
@@w-arras-io i meant that the registry cubes are i- *gets the joke*
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I used my Samsung WMR headset to play hundreds of hours of SteamVR games. It was a really good way to get into VR on a budget back in the day. The software behind it actually worked really great, I wish it caught on more.
I use Paint 3D as regular Paint alongside with regular Paint
Paint 3D is one of the first programs i saw on Windows (Even before regular paint!) Paint 3D has free Rotation but don't have layers. (I remember making a 3D object an tracing it on the canvas) Good times 😊
I've used Paint 3D many times to add transparency to png images back before you could do that in normal Paint, and before I installed GIMP
I never used the Folder but I have spend a lot if time messing around in Paint 3D 😅
I used that folder when I had my first PC and I loved playing with Paint 3D! The nostalgia is crazy!
honestly i kinda vibed with the 3D viewer for taking screenshots of my models. the simple to use presets and camera views are quite handy for a quick shot.
i started learning 2000hours of blender because paint 3D was useless and you couldnt even boolean substract shapes
heck the thing you mention doesnt even work in paint 3D. you cant just grab a vertex of a cube and move it around. all those primitive shapes you showed you can ONLY SCALE their size. nothing else.
It's a Chad folder for blender users
I think this video might cause the biggest use of those programs. Makes me want to poke around with them
2:45 the *cube, the *pyramid
i actually use that folder to store my STL files for 3d printing since i study architecture and like to print my models :)
0:15 Windous
lol i just used that folder literally 20 seconds ago to store an image (2d image)
A 5-minute video or an hour long one is okay
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I can’t remember which of the MS 3d apps it was, but I used to use it to fix mesh issues in 3D print files. It was superb! You just opened the file and it automatically detected any issues and asked if you wanted them fixed. worked every time.
4:41 LIGHTWEIGHT BABY 🔥🔥🔱🏋️♂️💪
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I still use the 3d viewer for browsing 3d print files because it's a lot more lightweight than CAD so it boots up and loads models way quicker
I use it but i have windows 11. I made it myself
I actually now have a use for this because I use a Windows PC, and have been downloading a mriad of 3D objects for my Apple Vision Pro, so it will be nice to have a basic 3D Object Viewer for when I'm not wearing the AVP. Joe, if you haven't checked out the AVP yet, you definitely should it's a really cool piece of tech!
Paint3D is useless to be honest.
i use it
2:30 i use paint 3d to make thumbnails for youtube videos. so yeah there exists some people who still use paint 3d like any other photo editing software
0:33 Windows and DOS use back slashes for the file systems, not forward slashes.
I rememeber playing around with *Paint 3D* and *3D Viewer* back when I got my first Laptop in the COVID time.... thank you for reminding me of these times, really nostalic.
Nothing makes you feel older, as when someone refers a 4year old event as "nostalgic"
Thank you for including proper subtitles!
the 3D viewer is actually really useful in that it has a preview for .obj files in the preview pane on the windows explorer, meaning you don't have to open any program to see the model
Fun fact, if you have 3D viewer installed and you enable "preview pane" in file explorer it will be able to quickly preview 3d models without opening any app or program, this "window" is also useful for quick preview of any images, pictures, textures and text or code files
I've actually used 3D viewer to get some free models. But now it's almost empty and useless
Also why didn't blender save my creations there by default
Paint 3D sounds like something I would have played with as a kid. Maybe not the best thing to get people interested in 3D modelling since all those professional tools have a harder entry barriers
I still use it! As someone who does a lot of modeling in CAD programs, having the folder has been a great use for me to quickly organize my 3D files!
Because I have a Mixed Reality headset, I used a lot of the 3D objects library to make customize my home environment. I spent hours creating a winter environment and I was really proud of it.
Lt. Barclay: I hide all my holodeck sessions in there, so Commander Riker does not discover how short and petty I made him.
feel like this is the start of providing basics for 3d printing. same as 3d version of documents and 'word.'
I actually use the folders for well...my 3D objects for my 3D printer
I basically always use Paint3D. I think its just better than normal Paint. But there are some basic features from oroginal Paint that are missing in Paint3D.
The main things I do at my job are 3D CAD and 3D printing. I have hundreds of 3D files on my work PC and I've never ONCE touched this folder. I didn't even realize it had been removed. I do use the 3D viewer a ton though.
If you install 3D Viewer, it also gives you a 3D preview in Windows Explorer, like macOS’s Finder and Gnome’s file browser have.
I did. I used it to organize my Blender saves in it. I also configured windows to make all those folders like that on my other drive instead of C: (Downloads, Photos, Music, Etc.) cause it will be easier to backup the second drive rather than backing up files not needed if I need to redo windows.
Short explanation: the 3D objects folder is a file that stores 3D files
I used it to save the Blender projects i saved and files of it 😅
I work in IT and when doing a data transfer from one PC to another, I always made sure to actually look in that folder! Especially for residential clients. It's always the client you least expect to have something in there that actually does, and often it would be items that opened in Paint 3D.
(Before I get a bunch of comments from upper intermediate users asking why I wouldn't just transfer the entire profile folder, there's a bunch of unnecessary stuff in the hidden folder AppData that in most cases doesn't need to be moved and will just be taking up significant space.)
3D Viewer is handy for looking at STL files, you can quickly browse through them before printing. You can of course just import them into your slicer as well, probably the same amount of time, but this works with a double click and no further thought.
I didn't really use the 3D objects folder, but the 3D viewer was actually quite useful. I often use it to check if FBXs exported correctly or have any errors when opened outside of Blender
useful for people who do 3D printing - I think you could print direct from there. Also if you wanted to quickly check a model you were about to print
thiojoe, this comment is coming from a loyal fan: ive been watching your content for about 2 years now, and these ai images you use instead of normal stock footage has taken a toll on how i, and many others, perceive your videos. please don't use ai in content creation, and stick to stock footage.