I was looking for a way to put a true, opening gate on the web as a 3D model – I was thinking about fancy SVG. But, poking around, I tripped over Sketchfab. They provide a free service (with paid-for upgrades) to upload a 3D model and host a version of it that can be seen on a 2D browser. It took just a few minutes to sign up and upload the Sketchup gate model. I love the modern web, it provides free and easy technology that once would have been so hard. Thank you, Sketchlab!

The rising gate model can be seen, using a modern desktop browser, here. You can move around it and zoom in. In that model, there are two gates, one in the closed position, one in the fully open. I’ve actually forgotten quite what dimensions that model was designed to model, but it looks OK to me.

I’m still looking for a way of putting a real working 3D opening gate on the web, so please let me know if you find one.