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The shap-e repository provides the official code and model release for Shap-E, a conditional generative model designed to produce 3D assets (implicit functions, meshes, neural radiance fields) from text or image prompts. The model is built with a two-stage architecture: first an encoder that maps existing 3D assets into parameterizations of implicit functions, and then a conditional diffusion model trained on those parameterizations to generate new assets. Because it works at the level of implicit functions, Shap-E can render output both as textured meshes and NeRF-style volumetric renderings. ...

...Its principal advantage is speed: it can generate 3D assets in just 1–2 minutes on a single GPU, which is significantly faster than many competing text-to-3D models. The model works via a two-stage diffusion approach: first, it uses a text → image diffusion network to produce a synthetic 2D view consistent with the prompt; then a second diffusion model converts that image into a 3D point cloud. While it does not match the fine detail of some slower methods, the tradeoff in speed makes it practical for prototyping and interactive 3D generation. ...