In this mini-tutorial, we'll use xeokit's convert2xkt CLI tool to convert a point cloud model from LAS/LAZ into xeokit's native XKT geometry format, which we'll then view in the browser using a xeokit Viewer. The XKT format compresses models into a compact payload from which xeokit can load large numbers of objects…
In this mini-tutorial, we'll use xeokit's convert2xkt CLI tool to convert a point cloud model from LAS format into xeokit's compact XKT native model format, which we'll then view in the browser using a xeokit Viewer. LAS is an open format for the interchange and archiving of lidar point cloud data. The XKT format…
ifcBuildingStorey often contains the information about the floor level heights, i.e. their elevations as meta data. How to extract this data?
Released in: https://github.com/xeokit/xeokit-sdk/releases/tag/v2.6.13 The DotBIMLoaderPlugin class enables us to to load .bim models into a xeokit Viewer. When loading a .bim model, the DotBIMLoader does the following: Creates an Entity representing each .bim model it loads, which will have Entity#isModel set true…
In this mini-tutorial, we'll use xeokit's convert2xkt CLI tool to convert an IFC 4.3 model into xeokit's native XKT geometry format, which we'll then view in the browser using a xeokit Viewer. The XKT format compresses models into a compact payload from which xeokit can load large numbers of objects over the Web in…
xeokit-sdk can load multiple models from a variety of file formats into the same 3D scene. Supported formats (so far) include IFC, glTF, DAE, OBJ, STL and 3DXML. Regardless of where models were loaded from, xeokit exposes their objects via an abstract interface through which we can access them uniformly. In this…
In xeokit-sdk v2.4.2, we have added components that enable interactive picking of a Viewer's Entities using a 2D box drawn on the canvas with mouse input.
In xeokit v2.4, we have introduced a new feature that allows users to measure distances and angles more accurately in their models. When using the xeokit SDK's DistanceMeasurementsPlugin or AngleMeasurementsPlugin, or the measurement tools in xeokit’s bundled BIMViewer, the mouse pointer now automatically snaps to the…
We have added a new marquee selection tool to xeokit's bundled BIMViewer application. This tool enables users to interactively select objects that intersect a rectangular region created by dragging the mouse.
In xeokit v2.4, we have implemented a new technique for internally storing and rendering models in the xeokit Viewer, which we call data texture model representation (or DTX for short). Compared to the traditional Vertex Buffer Objects (VBOs) used in other browser graphics libraries, this technique has a much lower…
