In this guide, we'll use convert2xkt to convert an IFC file to xeokit's native, fast-loading XKT format. Then, using JavaScript, we'll view the XKT model in the browser using xeokit Viewer component. As the Viewer loads our model, it will create 3D scene objects, along with a parallel metadata structure. We'll show…
See also: Textures in Scene Representations In this tutorial, we'll use xeokit's convert2xkt CLI tool to convert a binary glTF model with textures into xeokit's native XKT geometry format, which we'll then view in the browser using a xeokit Viewer.
The xeokit Viewer is designed for performance, but some of its special rendering effects can run slowly with huge models. Furthermore, if our models contain excessive geometry reuse (described below), then they can hit a pathological case for the Viewer and slow it down considerably. Fortunately, xeokit has some…
In this mini-tutorial, we'll use xeokit's convert2xkt CLI tool to convert a CityJSON model into xeokit's native XKT geometry format, which we'll then view in the browser using a xeokit Viewer. CityJSON is a JSON-based encoding for a subset of the OGC CityGML data model (version 2.0.0), and is now published as an OGC…
See also: Converting Models to XKT with convert2xkt The xeokit SDK enables the loading of large, full-precision BIM models over the web in seconds, which can then be viewed in a browser. To achieve this, we convert our IFC files into xeokit's native XKT format. This format compresses model geometry and metadata into a…
This week, xeolabs released xeokit-sdk 1.4.8 and xeokit-gltf-to-xkt 0.5.0, which allow us to accurately view BIM models at their original IFC global coordinate locations within xeokit's browser-based viewer, without rounding errors. In this post, we'll describe the problem this update solves, and how to upgrade your…
With xeokit supported in most major browsers, it's impossible to maintain that support through manual testing. In this guide, we offer a quick look at how we use continuous integration and automated visual testing to ensure that xeokit continues to work as expected. This is just the bare beginnings of our test suite…
To most efficiently view IFC model files in xeokit, we first convert them to XKT files. This conversion allows for fast loading into the browser. We have extended xeokit to automatically split IFC files into multiple XKT files during conversion. This feature enables us to view even bigger models in the browser, like…
See also: Converting Models to XKT with convert2xkt Automatically Splitting Large Models for Better Performance The xeokit SDK enables us to load large, full-precision BIM models over the Web in seconds and view them in the browser. To do this, we pre-convert our IFC files into xeokit's native XKT format. The XKT…
The xeokit SDK enables us to load large, full-precision BIM and AEC models over the Web in seconds and view them in the browser. To do this, we pre-convert our models into xeokit's native XKT \format. The XKT format compresses model geometry and metadata into a compact payload that a xeokit viewer can load quickly…
