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Nathan_Hilliard
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8 months ago

Updated (2025-03-21):

  • Added simple model explosion with adjustable distance
  • Added simple visibility editing of child meshes
  • Added support for Draco compression in GLB models
  • Fixed camera startup positioning from options (e.g., distance and scene panning)
  • Other minor fixes

Try these versions (limited testing, post if you experience issues):

3D Model Player update (v4.0):

https://360.articulate.com/review/content/065d624f-e9b7-472b-9229-93bee802e4f2/review

Also see attached project file update.

3D Model Customizer update (v11.0):

https://360.articulate.com/review/content/3308d5d5-faab-410c-ad6f-1eca2a0ac75c/review

Notes:

Simple explosion shifts model components outward away from the origin proportional to their radius. Works only if models have component meshes and they have individual position values. Child meshes positioned directly through their geometry will not move as expected, if at all. Many models will not explode in any useful manner.

Visibility editing allows you to isolate and toggle the visibility of child meshes. Useful if the model has many components. Not so much if model is just one or a few meshes with complex geometry or skins. Visibility settings will carry over into the options export so player will show only visible meshes.

GLTF/GLB models can be compressed by the Draco utility to reduce model download sizes. Support for loading these compressed models added (typically an embedded GLB model).

Camera distance and scene panning position data should now export (in options) for proper display by the model player.

Edit: Oops, forgot the updated web object folder with the Draco loader. Please use this link:

https://paedagogus.org/3DModelViewer/WO+Draco.zip