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Re: 3D models: custom VRML export vs FreeCAD (OCE/Coin3D) VRML export

 

Unfortunately I can't share the STEP file since it is someone else's
proprietary data. But if you have a STEP assembly which we can all use for
a comparison of the different translators then we can do a test.

- Cirilo

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 7:17 PM, easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> would you mind to share the step file for a real comparison?
>
>
> On 08/03/2016 09.04, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>>   I'd just like to share a comparison of the OCE VRML export from my
>> visualization experiments vs the FreeCAD VRML exporter.
>>
>> FreeCAD: file size ~28MB, >800 warnings about defects in the model,
>>   bad lighting model for VRML:
>>
>> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By_XTJN-s8aXNF8xZnZvRGU0amM
>>
>>
>> Custom OCE export (via the scenegraph library from kicad 3D work):
>> ~14MB, no warnings, default lighting as per VRML2 specification.
>>
>> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By_XTJN-s8aXVmRiSVFwYnNqZ1k
>>
>> Original STEP file size: ~15MB
>>
>> - Cirilo
>>
>>
>>
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