[Interest] Solidworks and QML

[Mike Krus]

Hi

that should be fine. With Kuesa, you should be able to access parts by name, get their transform component, and apply all the changes you want from qml.

Mike

> On 29 Mar 2019, at 17:15, Colin Worth <jlk2144 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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