Computer Graphics in general, but mostly focused on interactive viewing for Large Geometric Models. You know, the kind of thing that Navisworks does.
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Autodesk
Navisworks
Computer Graphics
Autodesk Viewer SVF File Format
SVF is the native format for the Autodesk Viewer. As well as the standalone web app, the viewer is embedded in other Autodesk web apps like Construction Cloud, desktop products with components that use web technology like Fusion, and available as an SDK for third parties to integrate into their web apps.
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Navisworks
Computer Graphics
Navisworks File Formats
Recently, I’ve become aware of just how many different CAD/BIM design review file formats are out there. Autodesk has Navisworks and SVF, and before that DWF. Bentley has iModels. There are lots of smaller third parties with their own formats. I’m thinking of things like dotbim, VIM, Speckle and Resolve. And now, there’s lots of noise around OpenUSD as the new do everything format for large scale 3D models.
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Computer Graphics
Compiling Unreal Engine
I want to use Unreal Engine 5 as a starting point for implementing Navisworks like features with a modern graphics pipeline. Every journey starts with the first step. Which in my case is compiling Unreal Engine from source code.
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Computer Graphics
Navisworks
From Navisworks to Nanite
The Navisworks Graphics Pipeline last got a serious overhaul more then ten years ago. I want to find out how you could implement something like Navisworks with a modern pipeline. As a starting point, I’ve decided to have a look at the Nanite pipeline introduced with Unreal Engine 5.
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Navisworks
Computer Graphics
Autodesk
The Navisworks Graphics Pipeline
Last time we looked at the evolution of the graphics pipeline over the last 30 years or so. Given that framework, what does the Navisworks graphics pipeline look like?
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Computer Graphics
A Trip Down The Graphics Pipeline
It seems like a long time since I described the general areas for my initial projects. I’ve talked a lot about my cloud based, open source, serverless, customer deployed, scalable spreadsheet project. Today I’m going to switch gears and make a start on Interactive Viewing for Large Geometric Models.