diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/3MFLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/3MFLoader.js
index 8ee93108bcd80970f2696b6d13a383cab09472e0..36696cbec4e25329c902e278d4861c0b26db3bb5 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/3MFLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/3MFLoader.js
@@ -1387,11 +1387,24 @@ THREE.ThreeMFLoader.prototype = Object.assign( Object.create( THREE.Loader.proto
 
 		}
 
+		function fetch3DModelPart( rels ) {
+
+			for ( var i = 0; i < rels.length; i ++ ) {
+
+				var rel = rels[ i ];
+				var extension = rel.target.split( '.' ).pop();
+
+				if ( extension.toLowerCase() === 'model' ) return rel;
+
+			}
+
+		}
+
 		function build( objects, data3mf ) {
 
 			var group = new THREE.Group();
 
-			var relationship = data3mf[ 'rels' ][ 0 ];
+			var relationship = fetch3DModelPart( data3mf[ 'rels' ] );
 			var buildData = data3mf.model[ relationship[ 'target' ].substring( 1 ) ][ 'build' ];
 
 			for ( var i = 0; i < buildData.length; i ++ ) {
diff --git a/examples/jsm/loaders/3MFLoader.js b/examples/jsm/loaders/3MFLoader.js
index 86267378160112e803577c827fa1a65ecf7564df..9a0bc2e3c1f25e0757f784c81fd9f046b09fd584 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/loaders/3MFLoader.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/loaders/3MFLoader.js
@@ -1411,11 +1411,24 @@ ThreeMFLoader.prototype = Object.assign( Object.create( Loader.prototype ), {
 
 		}
 
+		function fetch3DModelPart( rels ) {
+
+			for ( var i = 0; i < rels.length; i ++ ) {
+
+				var rel = rels[ i ];
+				var extension = rel.target.split( '.' ).pop();
+
+				if ( extension.toLowerCase() === 'model' ) return rel;
+
+			}
+
+		}
+
 		function build( objects, data3mf ) {
 
 			var group = new Group();
 
-			var relationship = data3mf[ 'rels' ][ 0 ];
+			var relationship = fetch3DModelPart( data3mf[ 'rels' ] );
 			var buildData = data3mf.model[ relationship[ 'target' ].substring( 1 ) ][ 'build' ];
 
 			for ( var i = 0; i < buildData.length; i ++ ) {