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A steam release from a floor vent. Sixteen overlapping lobes of growing radius merge into one continuous twisting volume, so the column reads as a solid jet rather than as separate bubbles, over an annular vent ring and four crossed grate bars. Bounding size 0.50 by 1.04 by 0.45 m, metres, +Y up, +Z forward. Origin: ground contact at y=0. The effect emits from the ground plane, so the origin is both its emission point and its resting point. Opaque solid geometry throughout: this pack uses no alpha blending and no transmission, so the silhouette and the emissive material carry the read. Static mesh with no animation clip, no skinned rig, no collision and no navigation data.
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Use the “Steam column (VFX Mesh Library)” asset in my project. Model: https://cdn.3dassets.dev/assets/21920/v1/model.glb Asset page: https://3dassets.dev/assets/vfx-mesh-library-steam-column-bed1861f Description: A continuous twisting steam column widening as it rises a metre off a grated vent ring. - Dimensions (X × Y × Z): 0.499 × 1.04 × 0.452 metres - Triangles: 1.1k - Animations: none - Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) - Loading: Three.js GLTFLoader; no additional decoders required.
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loader.load('https://cdn.3dassets.dev/assets/21920/v1/model.glb', (gltf) => {
scene.add(gltf.scene)
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Steam column (VFX Mesh Library)
A continuous twisting steam column widening as it rises a metre off a grated vent ring.
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