diff --git a/sandbox/embed_selfhost_manual.html b/sandbox/embed_selfhost_manual.html
index 503b826..2862134 100644
--- a/sandbox/embed_selfhost_manual.html
+++ b/sandbox/embed_selfhost_manual.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
                 '../../test/testfiles/3ds/cube_four_instances.3ds',
                 '../../test/testfiles/3ds/texture.png'
             ];
-            OV.Init3DViewerElement (container, modelUrls);
+            OV.Init3DViewerElementFromUrlList (container, modelUrls);
         }
         {
             let container = document.createElement ('div');
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
                 '../../test/testfiles/obj/hundred_cubes.obj',
                 '../../test/testfiles/obj/hundred_cubes.mtl'
             ];
-            OV.Init3DViewerElement (container, modelUrls);
+            OV.Init3DViewerElementFromUrlList (container, modelUrls);
         }
         {
             let container = document.createElement ('div');
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
                 '../../test/testfiles/obj/hundred_cubes.obj?param1=value1&param2=value2',
                 '../../test/testfiles/obj/hundred_cubes.mtl?param1=value1&param2=value2'
             ];
-            OV.Init3DViewerElement (container, modelUrls);
+            OV.Init3DViewerElementFromUrlList (container, modelUrls);
         }
     </script>
 </body>
diff --git a/source/engine/main.js b/source/engine/main.js
index bd17f45..5c6697f 100644
--- a/source/engine/main.js
+++ b/source/engine/main.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ import { ThreeModelLoader } from './threejs/threemodelloader.js';
 import { HasHighpDriverIssue, GetShadingType, ConvertThreeColorToColor, ConvertColorToThreeColor, ConvertThreeGeometryToMesh, DisposeThreeObjects, ShadingType } from './threejs/threeutils.js';
 import { Camera, CameraIsEqual3D, CameraMode } from './viewer/camera.js';
 import { GetIntegerFromStyle, GetDomElementExternalWidth, GetDomElementExternalHeight, GetDomElementInnerDimensions, GetDomElementClientCoordinates, CreateDomElement, AddDomElement, AddDiv, ClearDomElement, InsertDomElementBefore, InsertDomElementAfter, ShowDomElement, IsDomElementVisible, SetDomElementWidth, SetDomElementHeight, GetDomElementOuterWidth, GetDomElementOuterHeight, SetDomElementOuterWidth, SetDomElementOuterHeight, CreateDiv } from './viewer/domutils.js';
-import { EmbeddedViewer, Init3DViewerElement, Init3DViewerElements } from './viewer/embeddedviewer.js';
+import { EmbeddedViewer, Init3DViewerElementFromUrlList, Init3DViewerElements } from './viewer/embeddedviewer.js';
 import { MouseInteraction, TouchInteraction, ClickDetector, Navigation, NavigationType } from './viewer/navigation.js';
 import { EnvironmentSettings, ShadingModel } from './viewer/shadingmodel.js';
 import { CameraValidator, UpVector, Viewer, GetDefaultCamera, TraverseThreeObject, GetShadingTypeOfObject } from './viewer/viewer.js';
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ export {
     SetDomElementOuterHeight,
     CreateDiv,
     EmbeddedViewer,
-    Init3DViewerElement,
+    Init3DViewerElementFromUrlList,
     Init3DViewerElements,
     MouseInteraction,
     TouchInteraction,
diff --git a/source/engine/viewer/embeddedviewer.js b/source/engine/viewer/embeddedviewer.js
index 3396ca8..a94ae8a 100644
--- a/source/engine/viewer/embeddedviewer.js
+++ b/source/engine/viewer/embeddedviewer.js
@@ -220,13 +220,27 @@ export class EmbeddedViewer
  * @param {object} parameters See {@link EmbeddedViewer} constructor for details.
  * @returns {EmbeddedViewer}
  */
-export function Init3DViewerElement (parentElement, modelUrls, parameters)
+export function Init3DViewerElementFromUrlList (parentElement, modelUrls, parameters)
 {
     let viewer = new EmbeddedViewer (parentElement, parameters);
     viewer.LoadModelFromUrlList (modelUrls);
     return viewer;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Loads the model specified by File objects.
+ * @param {Element} parentElement The parent element for the viewer canvas.
+ * @param {File[]} models Model files.
+ * @param {object} parameters See {@link EmbeddedViewer} constructor for details.
+ * @returns {EmbeddedViewer}
+ */
+export function Init3DViewerElementFromFileList (parentElement, models, parameters)
+{
+    let viewer = new EmbeddedViewer (parentElement, parameters);
+    viewer.LoadModelFromFileList (models);
+    return viewer;
+}
+
 /**
  * Loads all the models on the page. This function looks for all the elements with online_3d_viewer
  * class name, and loads the model according to the tag's parameters.
@@ -287,7 +301,7 @@ export function Init3DViewerElements (onReady)
             modelUrls = ParameterConverter.StringToModelUrls (modelParams);
         }
 
-        return Init3DViewerElement (element, modelUrls, {
+        return Init3DViewerElementFromUrlList (element, modelUrls, {
             camera : camera,
             cameraMode : cameraMode,
             backgroundColor : backgroundColor,