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title: "SAM 3D Objects: workflow fit, costs and terms"
description: "Reconstructing masked objects and their placement from a photograph"
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# SAM 3D Objects

Reconstructing masked objects and their placement from a photograph

- **Availability**: available
- **Where it runs**: local
- **Costs**: No stated per-generation charge for local use; budget for GPU compute and conversion. Hosted pricing and billing are unverified.
- **Adult content policy**: conditional

SAM 3D Objects reconstructs objects selected by masks in a photograph, estimating shape, appearance and placement. For a game team, its clearest use is exploring props and room layouts from photographic reference. The quick-start exports Gaussian splats, which need a compatible renderer; the code also supports mesh output. Neither route guarantees clean UVs, collisions, an animation rig or acceptable runtime performance. Plan for conversion and asset review before anything reaches a game. The official setup also needs a substantial GPU, and the default requirements include a dependency with explicit commercial and pornographic-use restrictions. Resolve those terms and use photographs you have permission to reconstruct.

## Commercial use & license

Meta's code and checkpoints use the royalty-free SAM License; redistributed SAM materials and derivatives must include it. Legal and trade controls apply. The default environment also installs SMPL-X 0.1.28, whose separate license prohibits commercial use, including commercial artifact production.

## Adult content rules

The SAM License has no explicit adult-content ban. The default dependency SMPL-X 0.1.28 explicitly prohibits pornographic purposes and generating pornographic material; that restriction applies to SMPL-X. Reference-image rights and consent remain your responsibility. Hosted policies are unverified.

[Read the policy](https://github.com/facebookresearch/sam-3d-objects/blob/main/LICENSE)

## What you need

Official setup requires 64-bit Linux, an NVIDIA GPU with at least 32 GB of VRAM, and approved Hugging Face checkpoint access with authenticated download. Preserve masks and conversion settings. Access approval and the account flow have not been tested here.

Ranks are recommendations for the task described, based on reviewed documentation. Model ranks cover non-explicit development work. We have not run practical benchmarks. Check content policies and commercial terms separately. [How the ranks work](https://bestadultgames.io/en/developers/methodology.md)

### Sources & further reading

- [SAM 3D Objects official repository](https://github.com/facebookresearch/sam-3d-objects)
- [SAM 3D Objects exact license](https://github.com/facebookresearch/sam-3d-objects/blob/main/LICENSE)
- [SMPL-X dependency license](https://github.com/vchoutas/smplx/blob/main/LICENSE)
- [SMPL-X 0.1.28 release and bundled license](https://pypi.org/project/smplx/0.1.28/)

Last checked 5 October 2026.

## Why consider it

- Masks let you select individual objects from the source image
- Estimates object placement as well as shape and appearance
- Designed to handle photographic clutter and partial occlusion

## Tradeoffs to plan for

- Gaussian splats and meshes need different runtime and cleanup workflows
- No guarantee of game-ready UVs, collision geometry or animation rigs
- Default environment includes SMPL-X with commercial and pornographic-use bans

The tier reflects documented fit for the workflow described here and availability. No numeric score or hands-on performance results are provided.

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