

conda install pytorch torchvision torchaudio cpuonly -c pytorchĥ. The install is speedy but processing the actual 3D generation with the CPU was extremely slow in my experience. If you don't have an Nvidia card, you'll need to do a CPU-based install. conda install pytorch=1.13.0 torchvision pytorch-cuda=11.6 -c pytorch -c nvidia If you have an Nvidia graphics card, Use this command. Create a Conda environment called shap-e with Python 3.9 installed (other versions of Python may work). You can find a download and instructions on the Conda site (opens in new tab).Ģ. Install Miniconda or Anaconda in Linux if you don't already have it. So the instructions below will work either in native Linux or in WSL2 under Windows.


However, when I decided to use WSL2 (Windows Subsytem for Linux), I was able to get it up and running with few hassles. However, I kept running into problems, especially because I could not get Pytorch3D, a required library, to install. I attempted to install and run the software in Windows, using Miniconda to create a dedicated Python environment. OpenAI has posted a Shap-E repository to GitHub, along with some instructions on how to run it. I should note that the first time you run any of the scripts, it will need to download the models, which are 2 to 3 GB and could take several minutes to transfer. In short, if you are going to use Shap-E, make sure you have an Nvidia GPU (Shap-E doesn't support other brands of GPUs. However, when I tried doing text-to-3D on my old laptop, with has an Intel 8th Gen U series CPU and integrated graphics, it had only finished 3 percent of a render after an hour. On an Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 with an RTX 4090 laptop GPU and an Intel Core i9-13980HX, it took two to three minutes. On my home desktop, with an RTX 3080 GPU and a Ryzen 9 5900X CPU, it took about five minutes to complete a render. Whether I was doing text or image to 3D processing, Shap-E required a ton of system resources. However, it's likely that if I had a 2D PNG that looked a bit more 3D-ish (the way the corgi does), I'd get better results.
