Importing your assets into Aero

Building a scene and importing 2D, 3D and animated PNGs.

What you learned: How to import GLBs, PNG, and animated PNG sequences into an Aero scene.

• Aero is the application to assemble your assets and to add interactivity to you augmented reality scene. Aero is not the place where you create those assets. 
• There are three ways to import assets into Aero; File > import, the Import button (+ icon) and drag-and-drop from a desktop window.
• Supported 2D file types:
  • PNG
  • JPG
  • Photoshop files (retains layering information)
  • SVG
  • TIF
  • Animated GIFs
  • Animated PNG sequences – Need to import as a zipped file
• Supported 3D file types
  • GLB – This is the preferred 3D file type because of its small file size, fast loading time and texture/material support.
  • GLTF – Similar to GLB but has multiple files (model, textures, animation) within one folder.
  • FBX – Need to import as a zipped file along with the textures and materials
  • OBJs – Need to import as a zipped file along with MDL or MTL materials
  • 3DS
  • Collada (DAE)
• Learn more about the file types by going to the Supported file format page.
• Augmented reality scenes are experienced on the viewers mobile device. Visit our Optimizing assets for Augmented Reality HelpX page for more information creating user-friendly experiences.

Pro tip

• Use textures and/or images that are 1080x1080, or smaller, for the best mobile friendly AR experience.