Make a game prop

In this guide, you make a 3D model of a prop, such as a chest, a barrel or a lamp. You start from the template Model generation. Then you export the model as a file for your game engine.

Open the template

Click Workflows in the header.
In Templates, click Model generation. tabletop copies it into your org and opens it.
The Templates row of the Workflows page with Model generation
guides/game-prop-template

note

On the Free plan, an org can have 2 workflows: your first workflow and this template.

The template has these nodes:

Nodes	What they do
4 Plain Text nodes	Hold the prompts of the front, left, back and right views.
4 Generate Image nodes	Make the four views. The front view is the reference of the other three, so all views show the same prop.
Generate Model	Makes one 3D model from the four views.
Preview	Shows the model large.

Describe your prop

Click the Plain Text node of the front view.
Change the text to describe your prop. For example, change “a stylized treasure chest with iron bands and a brass lock” to “a stylized wooden barrel with iron hoops”.
The front view prompt in a Plain Text node
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The other three prompts say “The same object as the reference image”. You do not have to change them.

Keep the words “plain white background, no shadow, no text” in the prompt. A clean view gives a cleaner model.

Set the model

Click Generate Model. In Params, the template sets:

Setting	Value	Why
Type	Multiview to model	Uses the four views.
Model	P2.0	A newer Tripo model. It costs more tokens than the default.
Quad mesh	On	Makes a mesh of four-sided faces.
Face limit	1200	Keeps the model light for a game.

The Params of Generate Model with Type, Model, Quad mesh and Face limit

guides/game-prop-model

For a large prop, such as a house, set a higher Face limit. For a small prop, set a lower one.

Run it

Press ⌘A on Mac or Ctrl+A on Windows or Linux to select all nodes.
Click Run.
Look at the four views when they are done. If a view is wrong, click Re-run in the Run tab of that node.
Wait until Preview shows the model. Turn it with the mouse.
The Preview node with the 3D model of the barrel
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To stop at the views and check them before the model runs, click Step in place of Run. See Run nodes.

Export the file

Pick one of these nodes. Link the Models output of Generate Model to its input, then run it.

Node	Formats	Provider
Convert Model	GLTF, FBX, USDZ, OBJ, STL, 3MF	Tripo
Export Model	FBX (.fbx), glTF binary (.glb), Blender scene (.blend)	Built in

Set the file type in Format in Params.

A Convert Model node with Format set to FBX, linked to Generate Model

guides/game-prop-export

The link to Export Model shows as a dashed line: tabletop converts the model to a scene first.

Get the file

Click Library in the header.
Find the result of the export node.
Click the … button of the tile, then Download.
The menu of a library item with Download
guides/game-prop-download

Game engine	Use
Unity	FBX
Unreal	FBX
Godot	glTF binary (.glb) or GLTF
Blender	Blender scene (.blend)