Never mind the problem was in my code - /I was not counting correctly the vertices :-)/ Everything works as expected .

OK, seems like shadow casting on the default light might be broken. Turning it on caused the scene to crash.

Ok, solution 2 was simpler than i expected. I'll post my code below, in case someone else needs something similar. It flips a QEntity along the x-axis and the winding of the triangles. It only works with the primitive type QGeometryRenderer.Triangles.

Jan

void mirrorEntity(Qt3DCore::QEntity *entity) { for (QNode* node: entity->childNodes()) { if (QEntity* e = dynamic_cast<QEntity*>(node)) mirrorEntity(e); if (QGeometryRenderer* r = dynamic_cast<QGeometryRenderer*>(node)) mirrorGeometryRenderer(r); } } void mirrorGeometryRenderer(QGeometryRenderer *geometryRenderer) { QGeometry* geometry = geometryRenderer->geometry(); for (QAttribute* a : geometry->attributes()) { if (a->name() == QAttribute::defaultPositionAttributeName()) { QByteArray data = a->buffer()->data(); // flip along x-axis float *bufferContent = reinterpret_cast<float*>(data.data()); int chunkSize = a->byteStride()/sizeof(float); int positionOffset = a->byteOffset(); for (uint i=0; i<a->count()*chunkSize; i+=chunkSize) { int offsetI = i + positionOffset; bufferContent[offsetI] = -bufferContent[offsetI]; // invert x } // change winding const int size = a->byteStride(); char* tmp = new char[size]; for (int i=0; i<data.length(); i+=a->byteStride()*3) { memcpy(tmp, &data.data()[i+size], size); memcpy(&data.data()[i+size], &data.data()[i+size*2], size); memcpy(&data.data()[i+size*2], tmp, size); } delete[] tmp; a->buffer()->setData(data); break; } } }

@zespy , hello!
I've been trying to do exactly same thing - print text with QText2DEntity.
And, unfortunately, that code doesn't work for me. I've been variating all parameters for a while and haven't reach any result - just nothing appears on screene.
Is it possible to add any other example or\and example project?

And thank's you for this thread, it's still biggest conversation about QText2DEntity usage

There has been a question here already: https://forum.qt.io/topic/85533/qt3d-qml-geometry-bounding-box. But I couldn't really find any code in the github repository.

What I'd suggest is you get the QGeometryRenderer from the text entity. The geometry renderer has a QGeomemtry attribute, which in turn has a set of QAttributes. There must be an attribute with a name like "vertexPosition". You need to get the QBuffer from the attribute and retrieve the vertices starting at position byteOffset (that is an attribute of QAttribute). The next vertexSize (also an attribute of QAttribute) entries should belong to the vertex position. Then continute at position byteOffset + i * byteStride, while i being the index you're reading right now. Do this for count (also an attribute) times. This way you can get all vertex positions and calculate a bounding box based on them.

@wrosecrans
Hoping I can get an answer from the mailing list. As soon as I figure it out I will post the solution here.

@Wieland I was afraid of that. Seems like a glaring omission. Oh well, I needed to download the sources anyway to peek at Scene3D. Thanks.

Hi! There is an example with 4 cameras, see Multi Viewport QML Example. The example uses the QML API but porting it to C++ shouldn't be too hard.

Hello, how to solve this problem? Could you please tell me the answer, thanks in advance!

I have reported this issue on the Qt bug tracker.
If someone is interested: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-60738

@chris2401
Hi I would guess on OpenGL 2.1 but could not find and doc either :)

@kshegunov I think you are right. By just putting the lightentity into the camera:

Qt3DCore::QEntity *lightEntity = new Qt3DCore::QEntity(basicCamera);

It seems to move dynamically. Now I have to set some other things but that might have to do just with how I want my objects to show :)

Try this piece of code to draw lines using pipes. It assumes that your camera up vector is the Y axis:
double w, h, d, l, tx, ty, tz, lxz, anglex, angley;
w = to.GetX() - from.GetX();
h = to.GetY() - from.GetY();
d = to.GetZ() - from.GetZ();
l = sqrt(ww + hh + dd);
lxz = sqrt(ww + d*d);
tx = from.GetX() + w/2;
ty = from.GetY() + h/2;
tz = from.GetZ() + d/2;
anglex = acos(h/l)*180/3.14159265;
angley = acos(d/lxz)180/3.14159265;
QVector3D QVx(static_cast<float>(1), static_cast<float>(0), static_cast<float>(0));
QVector3D QVy(static_cast<float>(0), static_cast<float>(1((w<0)?-1:1)), static_cast<float>(0));

// Cylinder shape data Qt3DExtras::QCylinderMesh *cylinder = new Qt3DExtras::QCylinderMesh(); cylinder->setRadius(.005f); cylinder->setLength(static_cast<float>(l)); cylinder->setRings(100); cylinder->setSlices(20); // CylinderMesh Transform Qt3DCore::QTransform *cylinderTransform = new Qt3DCore::QTransform(); cylinderTransform->setScale(1.0f); cylinderTransform->setRotation(Qt3DCore::QTransform::fromAxesAndAngles(QVx,static_cast<float>(anglex), QVy, static_cast<float>(angley))); cylinderTransform->setTranslation(QVector3D(static_cast<float>(tx), static_cast<float>(ty), static_cast<float>(tz))); Qt3DExtras::QDiffuseSpecularMaterial *cylinderMaterial = new Qt3DExtras::QDiffuseSpecularMaterial(); cylinderMaterial->setDiffuse(QColor(QRgb(0xffffff))); // Cylinder m_cylinderEntity = new Qt3DCore::QEntity(m_rootEntity); m_cylinderEntity->addComponent(cylinder); m_cylinderEntity->addComponent(cylinderMaterial); m_cylinderEntity->addComponent(cylinderTransform);

}

Well, 5.7.0 was Qt3D's first official release, and the code hasn't matured as much as the other modules, so some bumps along the road are expected. My biggest beef with Qt3D actually is its very thin documentation, but I'm sure that'll improve with time.:)

@m.sue That's good to know, thanks for the link!

Hi,

To what mailing list did you wrote ? Did you subscribe to it before sending your emails ?

Hi,
You can write to the Qt Interest mailing list, see http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo. There Sean Harmer himself may answer the one or other question about Qt3D if you don't talk badly about his baby right in your first mail.
-Michael.

Hi! This isn't supported yet, but will be possible in Qt 5.8.

or u can split one line two more as u want

Hi,
I assume its possible to do this as you have access to the QBuffer data via the buffer() function. You will have to know the internal structure, of course, and adapt the QAttribute members (number of vertices etc.) accordingly afterwards, then maybe even call some update routine on the Qt3DWindow as there was some doubt lately about it being done automatically when the data buffers change.

On the other hand, I assume the functor in the cylindrical and other mesh examples runs in another thread (as e.g. I was not allowed to update GUI objects from within the functor), so you should ask yourself whether you really need the additional complexity to edit the buffers by yourself.
-Michael.

Hi THE_MASTER

Did you realize your CAD-Project with QT3D?
Looking for information about QT3D I found your posting.
I have to realize a small 3D-CAD as part of a project.
First I wanted to do it with OpenCascade, but the support....

Hi,

Do you mean something like the Qt3D module ?

@Neosw Thanks for your help. I tried this by myself two days ago and it worked!

With the techniques used in QOrbitCameraController you cannot yet handle wheel events. This will be implemented in Qt 5.8 AFAIK.

If you want to have something now you will have to implement it the old fashoined way i.e. override the virtual function void Qt3DWindow::wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *ev) and there change the field of view of the camera().

What you see is the "default" light. AFAIK you can get no pointer to the default light to change its position, color, intensity or the like. If you want to have control you will have to add your own light to the root entity which then replaces the "default" light by some internal magic.

So you do something like this:

m_pLight=new Qt3DRender::QPointLight();
Qt3DCore::QEntity *pLightEntity=new Qt3DCore::QEntity(m_pRootEntity);
pLightEntity->addComponent(m_pLight);
m_pLight->setIntensity(m_fLightPower);

@Neosw
Thanks a lot!!
It seems there was some kind of bug in Qt5.6 which stopped the model from rendering.
I updated to Qt5.7 and it worked!
:)

I have find a way to get a QImage of an QWindow:
Make a standard QWindow with is surface and add the following code:

// set the current context OpenGL // check if an OpenGlContext is created QOpenGLContext context; context.setFormat(format()); if (!context.create()) qFatal("Cannot create the requested OpenGL context!"); context.makeCurrent(this); // init a new framebuffer QOpenGLFramebufferObjectFormat fboFormat; fboFormat.setAttachment(QOpenGLFramebufferObject::CombinedDepthStencil); fboFormat.setMipmap(true); fboFormat.setSamples(4); fboFormat.setTextureTarget(GL_TEXTURE_2D); fboFormat.setInternalTextureFormat(GL_RGB); resize(this->width(), this->height()); const QRect drawRect(0, 0, this->width(), this->height()); const QSize drawRectSize = drawRect.size(); _fbo = new QOpenGLFramebufferObject(drawRectSize, fboFormat); _fbo->bind(); ... _fboImage = new QImage(_fbo->toImage(false));

But, this is work only if the window is "visible", when it is set to Hidden the rendering of Qt3D was made (the rendering loop, because the GPU is used and the FPS is divided by 3), but the QOpenGLFramebufferObject was not filled :/

Do you have any idea of how force the filling of the fbo ?

PS: I have found this here : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17221730/do-offscreen-renderopengl-with-qt5

@Aras
Too complicated for me :) My experience on the neptune demo is limited to seeing it one time running at an event.

Neptune looks like it could run on any machine, but it does have some imports in it. The Automotive list is probably the place to ask for tips.

Hi @cjsb! I've created two small examples.
The first example is pure C++. It is exactly you are looking for - https://github.com/iLya84a/qt3d/tree/master/custom-mesh-cpp
The second one is a Qml-based app - https://github.com/iLya84a/qt3d/tree/master/custom-mesh-qml