Animation, 3D development

[Naveen_D]

Hi all,

I am working on infotainment project, where i want to create a screen which will be showing the car's complete information, like fuel level, engine updates, tyre pressure etc for which i want to show a 3D car, which will show the engine through the transparent car,
For ex the high end cars will be having these screens with the car image showing the engine and other info, Is it possible to create such screen using animation and 3D in Qml? if yes, How can i do that ? Is there any sample example for this ? Image for reference.

Thanks

[A Former User]

Hi! Yes it's possible using Qt3D. KDAB has a few nice demos.

dodge viper

jet engine

hyundai

[Naveen_D]

@Wieland Thank you for the reply,
Can get sample code for this? so that i can get more idea how to develop the 3D module
Thank you.

[A Former User]

Just ask them. KDAB website, twitter, facebook.

[Naveen_D]

@Wieland Ok thank you :)

[Naveen_D]

Hi,
can anyone help me how to create and .obj object for 3D rendering and how to load it and display in Qml?

for example, if i want to display on 3D car module how to do that ?
Thanks in advance

[A Former User]

Hi!

@Naveen_D said in Animation, 3D development:

can anyone help me how to create and .obj object

You don't do that yourself but either buy ready-made models or pay a digital artist to create one specifically for you. Google "buy 3d models".

how to load it and display in Qml?

See Mesh QML Type,

Mesh {
    id: mesh
    source: "cars/BMW/i8.obj"
}

[Naveen_D]

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[A Former User]

@Naveen_D said in Animation, 3D development:

is there any open source from where i can take 3D models

Maybe use google search?

[mrjj]

I used from this place
https://www.turbosquid.com/Search/3D-Models/free/obj

Maybe this one :)
https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-model/644946

[Naveen_D]

@Wieland i tried with the following code:

import Qt3D.Core 2.0
import Qt3D.Render 2.0
import Qt3D.Extras 2.0


Mesh {
    id: mesh
    source: "qrc:/seat_leon.obj"
}

but didn't get the output. is there anything else i need to do for getting the output ?

[Naveen_D]

@mrjj ya i got that thank you

[A Former User]

Here's an almost minimal example in QML:

GearEntity.qml

import Qt3D.Core 2.0
import Qt3D.Render 2.0
import Qt3D.Input 2.0
import Qt3D.Extras 2.0

Entity {
    id: gearEntity

    Mesh {
        id: gearMesh
        source: "qrc:///assets/gear.obj"
    }

    Transform {
        id: gearTransform
        scale3D: Qt.vector3d(45, 45, 45)
        rotation: fromAxisAndAngle(Qt.vector3d(1, 0, 0), 45)
    }

    PhongMaterial {
        id: gearMaterial
    }

    Entity {
        id: torusEntity
        components: [ gearMesh, gearTransform, gearMaterial ]
    }

}

RootEntity.qml

import Qt3D.Core 2.0
import Qt3D.Render 2.0
import Qt3D.Input 2.0
import Qt3D.Extras 2.0

Entity {
    id: rootEntity

    Camera {
        id: camera
        projectionType: CameraLens.PerspectiveProjection
        fieldOfView: 45
        nearPlane : 0.1
        farPlane : 1000.0
        position: Qt.vector3d( 0.0, 0.0, 40.0 )
        upVector: Qt.vector3d( 0.0, 1.0, 0.0 )
        viewCenter: Qt.vector3d( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 )
    }

    FirstPersonCameraController { camera: camera }

    components: [
        RenderSettings {
            activeFrameGraph: ForwardRenderer {
                camera: camera
                clearColor: "transparent"
            }
        },
        InputSettings {}
    ]

    GearEntity {}
}

main.qml

import QtQuick 2.7
import QtQuick.Window 2.3
import QtQuick.Controls 2.0
import QtQuick.Layouts 1.3
import QtQuick.Scene3D 2.0
import Qt3D.Core 2.0
import Qt3D.Render 2.0
import Qt3D.Extras 2.0

ApplicationWindow {
    visible: true
    visibility: Window.Maximized

    Rectangle {
        anchors.fill: parent
        gradient: Gradient {
            GradientStop { position: 0.0; color: "blue" }
            GradientStop { position: 1.0; color: "grey" }
        }
    }

    Scene3D {
        id: scene3d
        anchors.fill: parent
        focus: true
        aspects: ["input", "logic"]
        cameraAspectRatioMode: Scene3D.AutomaticAspectRatio
        RootEntity {}
    }

    Button {
        text: "Exit"
        onClicked: Qt.quit()
    }
}

[Naveen_D]

@Wieland thank you... i got the output.
I have one doubt, in the output when i try to rotate the object it is not rotating in the same place, instead the camera is rotating(i guess), is there any way to fix the camera and rotate the object in 360 deg ?
Thank you

[A Former User]

That's just how FirstPersonCameraController works. You could either implement your own camera controller or - instead of moving the camera - dynamically change gearTransform.

[Naveen_D]

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[Naveen_D]

@Wieland

You could either implement your own camera controller

How i can develop my own camera controller is there any example for this ?

[Naveen_D]

@Wieland
I have made few changes in the code shared by you, what i have done is, Using blender software i have sliced the car obj for few diff parts like door, wheel, window, bonet etc and i have rearranged the whole car by adding the car parts in the code.
Now when i try to add some animation for each of the part, for example i want the door to open and close as usual as it does normally, but what is happening,the door part is taking car body as the center and it is rotating inwards in the given angle. how can i change this to make it work properly.
here is the code,

import Qt3D.Core 2.0
import Qt3D.Render 2.0
import Qt3D.Input 2.0
import Qt3D.Extras 2.0
import QtQuick 2.5

Entity {
    id: carFrontLeftDoorEntity

    Mesh {
        id: carFrontLeftDoorMesh
        source: "qrc:/Meshes/Car_FrontLeftDoor.obj"
    }

    Transform {
        id: carFrontLeftDoorMeshTransform
        scale3D: Qt.vector3d(1.5,1.5,1.5)
        rotation: fromAxisAndAngle(Qt.vector3d(1, 0, 1), 30)
        rotationY: 0

        SequentialAnimation {
            loops: Animation.Infinite
            running: true
            NumberAnimation {
                target: carFrontLeftDoorMeshTransform
                property: "rotationY"
                from: 0; to: 15
                duration: 2000
                easing.type: Easing.InOutQuad
            }
        }
    }

    PhongMaterial {
        id: carFrontLeftDoorMeshMaterial
        ambient: Qt.rgba( 0.0,0.0,0.0, 0.6 )
        diffuse: Qt.rgba( 0.3, 0.0, 128, 0.2 )
    }

    Entity {
        id: carFrontLeftDoorMeshtorusEntity
        components: [ carFrontLeftDoorMesh, carFrontLeftDoorMeshTransform, carFrontLeftDoorMeshMaterial ]
    }
}

this i have added in the gearentity.qml as separate part.

Entity {
    id: gearEntity

    CarRawBody{}

    CarFrontGlass{}

    CarBonet{}

    CarDikki{}

    CarFrontLeftWheel{}

    CarRearLeftWheel{}

    CarFrontLeftDoor{}

    CarRearLeftDoor{}

    CarFrontLeftWindow{}

    CarRearLeftWindow{}
}

[Naveen_D]

hi, any updates on the above query ?
Thank you

[A Former User]

Hi! Sorry, that it already just too complex / incomplete for me to test and help with. Can you boil it down to a simpler question or a minimal runnable example that I - or anyone else who reads this - can use to reproduce the issue?