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Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

rob2218 — Thu, 11 May 2023 12:42:01 GMT

Iv'e been tasked at my office to come up with a way to post, on our website, 3d interactive models of our Archicad designs. For client use, for promotional use, and for simply all around "interactivity" to the rest of the world from within our office.

Now, with that said, what software would I need to be able to do this?
I thought about using a 3DPDF file (that U3D file type) embedded inside a PDf file that gets uploaded to our website but....that seemed a bit clumsy and would take too long to have the client be able to move around the model.
Then there was the BIMx Explorer on the ipad but how do I get that on our website and would the client need anything on their end?

In summation: what I'm looking for is to be able to provide a spot on our office website which will contain a "clickable" 3d viewable model right thru our website's location. How best to accomplish this task.

Re: Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

rob2218 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:12:01 GMT

58 views and no answer huh......darn, thought for sure there'd be some guru who knew how best to accomplish this task.

Re: Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

David Bearss — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:20:11 GMT

VRML?
I remember looking into this some years ago and the consensus was too difficult to set up and often too much information for the client / viewer. Might have some luck looking into fly through animations to control the experience.

Re: Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

Karl Ottenstein — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:14:51 GMT

Artlantis 4 and iVisit3D is an option for linked VR panoramas.

The bottom of this page:
http://ivisit3d.com/

has thumbnails that you can click on to get a feel for what you can do on a web site with this.

Most full 3D model viewers of any kind will have a pretty hefty download involved...

Re: Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

rob2218 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:28:27 GMT

Great, neat little tool.
Now...it appears this product is developed by Artlantis?
is this right?
When I went to the link, it has no contact name, no phone number...nothing.

Re: Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

Karl Ottenstein — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:36:31 GMT

Link on bottom goes to main Abvent page with this online sales link:

http://www.artlantis.com/index.php?page=buy/opartners/index

But from the main site you can download a fully functioning demo of Artlantis Studio 4 to try it out.

Cheers,
Karl

Re: Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

rob2218 — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:47:16 GMT

Hummm...yeah, downloading Artlantis to try..for FREE huh...humm...yeah. Well, we'll see.
I'd love to try Artlantis....just, well, wondering, well...dunno.

Been meaning to download it, try it out and see how I can convince my boss to get one copy of it.

Re: Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

Achille Pavlidis — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:15:58 GMT

Is it possible to embedd a BIMx file to a webpage?

Re: Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

Karl Ottenstein — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:35:23 GMT

Achille wrote:
Is it possible to embedd a BIMx file to a webpage?

No. You can only provide a download link to the file so that someone can download it to a local viewer app (desktop or IOS).

Cheers,
Karl

Re: Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

Achille Pavlidis — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:40:49 GMT

thats a pity

Re: Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

rob2218 — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:07:32 GMT

Now there'd be a nice bit of application code writing eh....

An application specifically designed to embed the BIMx format into a webpage so the viewer can manipulate the BIMx file without having to install any additional software to view in 3D right thru the internet.

Re: Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

Achille Pavlidis — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:25:44 GMT

that would be real sweet!

Re: Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:02:32 GMT

You can use Artlantis for that. Check the examples at the bottom of the page:
http://www.ivisit3d.com/

These files are much lighter, faster generated and better rendered than BimX.

As long as BimX has no aditional functionality (markup tools, model query, cut planes) and becomes something a bit like Tekla's BimSight - http://www.teklabimsight.com/ - , I rather use "dumb" renderings for visualization purposes.

And the iPhone/iPad app is amazing, specially for renovation projects.

Re: Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

rob2218 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:55:41 GMT

I have seen the "ivisit3d" files.
Now..not sure how that works.
If you have Artlantis....you create the 3d models...then what?
Also...does the client trying to access/see the 3d model off your office website need to install any software??....ANY at all???? If so, it may not work.

What I need is to point the client to our website.
Then once there, they can "click" one button and see 3d models right off our website....without any additional application having to be installed on their end to see the 3D we are trying to convey.

Re: Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:50:08 GMT

Artlantis publishes a group of files, one of which (html) that you can open with a Net Browser, on a computer, tablet or phone. Thus, you can send them by email or put them on a site. Some browser or browser versions don´t work.

Each view (called panorama) is a 360º rendering, and you can link views together to enable the viewer to jump from location to location.

Artlantis Help file has the instructions, search Panorama.

Artlantis comes with an executable, called iVisit 3D Builder, where you drop the mentioned files and it generates a file you can open on an iPhone or iPad, provided you install the iVisit 3D app first. This adds the ability to use the hardware motion sensor to detect which way you are looking. Pretty cool and straightforward.

Re: Posting on our website - 3D interactive models? How TO?

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:36:13 GMT

Krippahl wrote:
Artlantis publishes a group of files, one of which (html) that you can open with a Net Browser, on a computer, tablet or phone. Thus, you can send them by email or put them on a site. Some browser or browser versions don´t work.

Each view (called panorama) is a 360º rendering, and you can link views together to enable the viewer to jump from location to location.

Artlantis Help file has the instructions, search Panorama.

Artlantis comes with an executable, called iVisit 3D Builder, where you drop the mentioned files and it generates a file you can open on an iPhone or iPad, provided you install the iVisit 3D app first. This adds the ability to use the hardware motion sensor to detect which way you are looking. Pretty cool and straightforward.

Miguel, obrigado.

I was looking for something like this for my website.

Sweet.