[Interest] Solidworks and QML

[Colin Worth]

Hi Mike,

   Thanks for the help. Will look into those two options. I need the six animation inputs (a-f) to be freely controllable by the user, for example: translate subpart 1 by amount a and rotate by amount b, rotate subpart 2 by c, etc... More like a video game, less like a presentation.

Cheers,
Colin

> On Mar 29, 2019, at 12:47 PM, Mike Krus <mike.krus at kdab.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Colin
> 
> disclaimer: I’m not a SolidWorks user. But it looks like the latest version can export glTF 2 files?
> 
> You could then use Kuesa https://github.com/KDAB/kuesa to load the file in Qt 3D and use simple
> qml bindings to access the parts of the file. Assuming the exporter from SolidWorks correctly 
> exports animations, these can be triggered also.
> 
> If animations need to be created in Blender, then the gltfExporter will definitely export them 
> properly, along with cameras, materials, etc.
> 
> It’s usually much easier to create nice looking animations using interactive tools rather than
> hard coding them in QML.
> 
> Kuesa makes is it really easy to import rich scenes authored in Blender, 3DS Max or other
> tools that support glTF 2.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Mike
> 
>> On 29 Mar 2019, at 15:45, Colin Worth <jlk2144 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Looking for help from someone who’s worked with 3D meshes in Qt qml. I am trying to move a 3D object created in solid works into a Qt qml app. The object has six motion-inputs, ie numbers, for six transforms that animate the object’s sub-parts. Right now I'm importing a Solidworks VRML file into into Blender, and using a Blender Qml plugin to generate qml files for each sub-part. This works, but it takes a lot of work to define the animations. You have to identify all the relevant coordinates and directions for each sub-part by clicking around in Blender, then use algebra to figure out each transformation matrix.
>> 
>> Wondering if there is a better way to approach it.
>> 
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