look
look is a native CLI renderer that turns GLB, STL, and STEP 3D models into PNG images, view atlases, metadata, and offline HTML viewers.
About look
look is an open-source native renderer for people, scripts, and software agents that need to inspect 3D models without launching a full CAD application. It loads GLB/glTF 2.0, binary or ASCII STL, and STEP files; STEP boundary representations are tessellated inside the executable.
The Rust and wgpu-based CLI renders named perspective or orthographic views with configurable lighting and technical or source-material modes. It can combine multiple views into a single GPU-rendered PNG atlas, return scene statistics as JSON, run repeatable YAML jobs, keep scenes GPU-resident for repeated inspection, and generate a self-contained offline HTML viewer.
look is installed locally and is available free under a choice of MIT or Apache-2.0. Release artifacts cover Linux, Windows, and macOS on x86-64 and ARM64.
Key Functions
GLB, STL, and STEP rendering; named perspective and orthographic views; multi-view PNG atlases; JSON model metadata; YAML render jobs; GPU-resident sessions; offline HTML viewer
Technical Specifications
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Latest Version
0.1.0
License Type
Free
Pricing
Free
Free
Open-source software available at no charge under MIT or Apache-2.0.
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