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   {
    "slug": "kaedim",
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   {
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   {
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    "type": "tool",
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   {
    "slug": "meshy",
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   {
    "slug": "mixar",
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    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/mixar.json"
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   {
    "slug": "withpoly",
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    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/withpoly.json"
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   {
    "slug": "sloyd",
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    "type": "tool",
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   },
   {
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    "type": "model",
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   },
   {
    "slug": "spar3d",
    "name": "Stable Point Aware 3D (SPAR3D)",
    "type": "model",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/spar3d.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "step1x-3d",
    "name": "Step1X-3D",
    "type": "model",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/step1x-3d.json"
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   {
    "slug": "tripo",
    "name": "Tripo AI",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/tripo.json"
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   "field": "access",
   "url": "https://www.adobe.com/products/substance3d/plans.html",
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   "confidence": "low",
   "confidence_label": "Inferred or from a secondary source; needs review",
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   "confidence": "low",
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   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
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   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Adobe product page; legal entity and country not checked on the pages read."
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  {
   "field": "modalities",
   "url": "https://www.adobe.com/products/substance3d.html",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "low",
   "confidence_label": "Inferred or from a secondary source; needs review",
   "note": "Our mapping: image to material (photo to 3D material) and AI backgrounds/materials from prompts. Page doesn't detail inputs."
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  {
   "field": "openness",
   "url": "https://www.adobe.com/products/substance3d/plans.html",
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   "confidence": "medium",
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   "note": "Prices in US$ (US page). Billing terms (annual commitment vs monthly) not stated. Education plan price not shown; it is non-commercial. FAQ mentions a 'Substance 3D Texturing' plan not in the table. Generative credits not mentioned."
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   "url": "https://www.adobe.com/products/substance3d.html",
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   "note": "Painter/Designer/Sampler make textures and materials; Stager stages and renders scenes; Modeler sculpts. AI features named: image to material, generate materials with AI, AI-generated backgrounds in Stager. Mainly a manual pro toolset, not a generator."
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 "attribution": "Data from Plainly Guide (https://plainly.guide). Please credit Plainly with a link to the entry page when you use it."
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