# How to find and credit the creator of a CC BY 3D model

Source: https://0xr.space/m/how/credit-the-creator-of-a-cc-by-3d-model  
Published 2026-10-10, updated 2026-10-10, by ZeroXR, the maker of Model Explorer (https://0xr.space/).

Open the model on 0xr.space, press More, then Info: the panel lists AUTHOR, LICENSE and SOURCE. They are read from the file. A GLB from Sketchfab carries its author, licence and source inside it, and a license.txt in Sketchfab's format beside the model, as in its ZIP downloads, is read too; when both are there, license.txt wins. A gallery model's page under 0xr.space/m has a Licence and attribution section that states the credit in one sentence.

When the file says nothing, AUTHOR shows Unknown, LICENSE shows N/A and SOURCE shows Local import. That does not mean the model is free to use, only that the credit was not in the file. These fields cannot be edited in Model Explorer. A share link carries the author and licence with the model, so the person you send it to sees them too.

## Steps

1. Open the model, from a file, a share link or the Gallery.
2. Press More, then Info, and read AUTHOR, LICENSE and SOURCE.
3. For a Sketchfab ZIP, open the whole ZIP so its license.txt is read with the model.
4. Write the credit: title, author, licence with a link to it, source, and whether you changed the model.

## Questions

### What does a CC BY credit need?

The creator's name, the title, the licence name with a link to it, a link to the source where there is one, and a note if you changed the model. For example: Old Chair by Jane Doe, licensed under CC BY 4.0, from sketchfab.com, scaled and recoloured.

### Why does Info say Unknown?

The file carries no author. OBJ, STL and most other formats have nowhere to put one, so look on the page you downloaded it from.

### Does the Gallery show licences?

Yes. Every gallery card shows the creator and licence, and models with a limited licence are not offered.

### Does a CC0 model need a credit?

No. CC0 asks for none, though giving one is still courteous.

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