# Import models from Sketchfab using Castle Game Engine editor
**URL:** https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/import-models-from-sketchfab-using-castle-game-engine-editor/822
**Category:** News
**Created:** [June 9, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/import-models-from-sketchfab-using-castle-game-engine-editor/822 "2023-06-09T11:37:44Z")
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### Author:  [@michalis](https://forum.castle-engine.io/u/michalis)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/import-models-from-sketchfab-using-castle-game-engine-editor/822/1 "2023-06-09T11:37:44Z")
| [](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cat3.png "Cat with jetpack from Sketchfab - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/jetpack-cat-6838f7599617408485cd055cd0ce5182") |
| [](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cat2.png "Searching for a cat on Sketchfab") |
| [](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/tree1.png "Searching for trees on Sketchfab") |
| [](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/tree3.png "Trees from Sketchfab - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/low-poly-tree-scene-free-89daa5e21f0d4f08a59dba0d566e88bd") |
| [](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/tree2.png "Searching for trees on Sketchfab") |
| [](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cat1.png "Searching for a cat on Sketchfab") |
| [](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cat4.png "Cat, dog, car from Sketchfab") |
| [](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/screenshot.png "screenshot") |
You can now easily search and import models from [Sketchfab](https://sketchfab.com/) inside _Castle Game Engine_ editor! This feature was fun to make and I’m sure it will be fun to use too 🙂
### How to use
1.
2. Use the menu item _“Data -\> Import from Sketchfab…”_.
3. Search for any query, like `cat`, `tree`… Your imagination is your only limit, Sketchfab has an incredible number of models. There’s a checkbox to limit the results to contain _“Only Animated”_ models.
4. Pick the model you want to download. You can view the models using a list (with license, description, face count) or using a grid view (with thumbnail). You can also open the corresponding model in the Sketchfab website viewer.
5. Press _“Download”_ to download the glTF version of the model from Sketchfab.
6. If you have some design open, with some [viewport](https://castle-engine.io/viewport_and_scenes) selected, then you can even _“Download and Add To Viewport”_. This is just a shortcut to download and drag-and-drop the glTF model into the viewport, instantiating `TCastleScene` pointing to the proper glTF model.
Enjoy!
Along with this, I have also improved the automatic `Name` assigned to dragged-and-dropped components. It now reflects the model URL. E.g. drag-and-dropping the `knight.gltf` will now create `SceneKnight1`. There is a smart rule to also generate useful names for models from Sketchfab-imported directories.
### License
The models’ licenses are clearly specified (in the search dialog and in downloaded `license.txt` files). They use various versions of the [Creative Commons](https://creativecommons.org/) licenses or _Public Domain_.
Following [Sketchfab docs](https://sketchfab.com/developers/download-api): _Sketchfab provides a library of over 1 million free models, available under Creative Commons licenses. Most models allow commercial use._ Read the [model licensing](https://sketchfab.com/developers/download-api/guidelines) for more details.
Note: Be wary of using _Non-Commercial_ or _Non-Derivatives_ variants of the _Creative Commons_ licenses. They are incompatible with general open-source definition, which has been stated explicitly e.g. by Debian (DFSG) and FSF. See [Creative Commons at Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_license) for more information. So works including these models cannot be distributed as freely as most open-source software. Other CC variants are cool.
### Caveats
1. Sketchfab export to glTF is not perfect.
2. A minority of Sketchfab models use a “specular glossiness” PBR workflow through a deprecated (by Khronos) [KHR\_materials\_pbrSpecularGlossiness](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/tree/main/extensions/2.0/Archived/KHR_materials_pbrSpecularGlossiness). We support it in CGE only partially — some models may look dark or too contrasting, like [this knight](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/knight-multi-anim-bind-5ac12d133e5a4ef3a8eaf1c533306c87).
3. Some models expose just one big animation like `Take 001`, which is an artifact how some 3D software exports them.
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### Author:  [@chikega](https://forum.castle-engine.io/u/chikega)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/import-models-from-sketchfab-using-castle-game-engine-editor/822/2 "2023-06-10T18:04:06Z")
Awesome! đź‘Ť