Show a 3d point cloud with shaders
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wrote on 23 Aug 2018, 13:06 last edited by
Hello!! I'm trying to show a point cloud in my QML app. I try to use a Scatter3D but the point size it's too large, and the change the color for every point it's kind of very complicated and slow performance. Besides, apps like Cloud Compare don't use Scatter3D or something like that. I checked the Qml Cadaques Chapter about shaders but without achieving anything.
The problem this:
- I check the Qt examples but the lack of documentation plays against the community.
- How is the structure of this kind of use in Qt3D in order to use the vertex shaders and the fragment shaders for this application?
- Can you provide a simple example?
Thank you in advance!
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Hello!! I'm trying to show a point cloud in my QML app. I try to use a Scatter3D but the point size it's too large, and the change the color for every point it's kind of very complicated and slow performance. Besides, apps like Cloud Compare don't use Scatter3D or something like that. I checked the Qml Cadaques Chapter about shaders but without achieving anything.
The problem this:
- I check the Qt examples but the lack of documentation plays against the community.
- How is the structure of this kind of use in Qt3D in order to use the vertex shaders and the fragment shaders for this application?
- Can you provide a simple example?
Thank you in advance!
wrote on 25 Aug 2018, 02:42 last edited by Diracsbracket@oria66 said in Show a 3d point cloud with shaders:
apps like Cloud Compare don't use Scatter3D or something like that
I've just downloaded and built Cloud Compare on my Win10, VS2017 and Qt5.11 system for Win64, and it was a breeze. Since its base is completely self-contained (if you include Qt that is), open and based on Qt/OpenGL, can't you have a look at the source code and follow the same approach? Of course, I know that it is easier said than done...
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wrote on 25 Aug 2018, 12:14 last edited by
@Diracsbracket thank you for sharing your approach. I will try. If I achieve something I will post it here. It's kind of confusing this part when you try to learn Qt deeply.
Again, if anyone knows how to do it in a simple way. Please, I will like to hear your solution.
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wrote on 6 May 2021, 03:16 last edited by
Well 3 years later. With the new Qt Quick 3D module is pretty easy to show a 3D point cloud "without" shaders.
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wrote on 21 Jul 2022, 21:34 last edited by
Hi! Could you describe how you did it? I cannot use "points" custom geometry, due to small size of points (and cannot change their size because there are some Direct3D limitations, as stated in docs: https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qml-qtquick3d-defaultmaterial.html#pointSize-prop )