Creating custom tree views part 1
In the context of xeokit-sdk, metadata provides information about models beyond their geometrical shapes.
It includes data like names, identifiers, hierarchical graphs, properties etc.
One of the most common uses of metadata with xeokit-sdk has been the TreeViewPlugin.
The plugin renders metadata in a form of DOM trees, where nodes correspond to geometrical shapes or their collections, organized by different hierarchies.
TreeViewPlugin provides a lot of features that help customize its form and function.
It's not uncommon however for users to find uses and requirements for a DOM tree that exceed customizability of the TreeViewPlugin.
This is the first part in a series of articles that demonstrates how metadata can be used directly in an application layer to present it in more user-specific ways.
The article demonstrates how to render a custom DOM tree in a browser, based on xeoRvt output.