Questions tagged [3d]
Software that uses, manipulates, or creates a three-dimensional space.
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Math equations software for 3D plotting
Is there a GUI based software that I can use to plot functions in 3D under Linux?
Something with no frills but numerically correct, for example the "grapher" application under Mac OS is handy, but is ...
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Open source 3D model viewer for Linux
I'm looking for something like open3mod, but for Linux. Hopefully something that supports .ac files.
I know about g3dviewer, however I can't get it to compile on Arch Linux.
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Software to animate assembly
I would like to create an animation showing how something can be assembled.
Something similar to this one:
I am thinking a simple 3D program that allows some motion paths for movement or tweening. ...
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Programs for 3D chemical molecules?
I know there are lots of programs for drawing chemical molecules, but I cannot find the most advanced/suitable one for my needs:
Drawing eye-catching 3D molecules with glassy colors.
Having a large ...
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3D anatomy software
I would like to find a software to have a restricted 3D view of human body anatomy.
Instead of reinventing the wheel, I would like to know if such a thing already exists.
Hopefully, it would:
Have a ...
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Software for prototyping in 3d
I do not wish to say what is my project. Lets say I am creating a new kind of bicycle for example, and I am looking for investors and they asked for prototype. I did not create the physical prototype ...
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Draw simple 3D graphs and shapes in vector format
As an example, I want to produce the figure below. I drew this figure painfully in Powerpoint and want to find a better/more efficient way of doing this. Unfortunately, Powerpoint is the best solution ...
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Looking for extensive world-building software
I'm looking for a full-featured application for making entire sphere-like worlds. Bonus points if it can also handle some of the physics for how two planetary bodies very near each other would ...
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3D user interface
What software would be good for implementing 3D user interface control system. Below is the image of automated guided vehicle control system which is representing in real time where the vehicle is. So ...
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Is there a software package that can determine camera position from a photo of objects whose locations in 3D space are known?
Someone answered a question over on the Photography SE that this could be done with photogrammetry. I had initially discounted this as I thought this was used to generate 3D models from many ...
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Creating anamorphic typography in CAD program
For my current project I´m trying to create anamorphic typography on 3D objects. The program most be able to project an image, in my case typography, to the surface of objects. My husband showed me ...
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Visualizing my computer's internals
I'm looking for an app/utility that shows me a 3-Dimensional, navigable/manipulable view of my physical computer - based on hardware information it either obtains itself, or that I provide it using ...
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Which mesh processing library for python to chose
for a project I'm writing I need a library for python to process ".off" files (3d models mesh files),
so I would be able to visualize them and save an image of several views of the model .
(the ...
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A tool or software to draw 3D stacked blocks
I am looking for a relatively easy way to generate the following 3D graphics (In Windows, or Linux):
I appreciate any recommendations
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Automatic smartphone-based 3D room/environment model + textures creator
I want to walk around my rooms and streets with a smartphone (with camera on) and let the program create some textured 3D model (like a map in a video game). It does not need to be photo-perfect, but ...
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Convert 2d image(s) to 3d model
I want to convert images / movies of real objects and scenes into virtual 3d objects. Any free or demo-able end user apps exist?
Linux or Windows.
As input, it should take multiple images. Videos ...
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3D diagramming tool
When doing software diagrams, I often feel it would be nice to be able to capture them in 3D (That's how I imagine it). I've had a go using standard 3D tools, but they dont allow you do easily connect ...
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A software for creating a 3D spatial density map from large data points
I have a (time-dependent) system of ~100k moving points in a confined space. Each point has its own Cartesian coordinates and weight (w) in the form of (x,y,z;w).
I'm looking for a software/app/...
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Open source 3D imageviewer for Multi Picture Object (.mpo) files (Linux)
Multi Picture Object (.mpo) files with two embedded .jpeg files can be displayed with geeqie. But it shows only the two plain jpeg files.
Which open source image viewer can show .mpo images with a 3D ...
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Polyhedron visualisation
Is there a software that can create a 3D visualization of a polyhedron, based on inequations that define its delimiting planes, of the form
A_1 x < b_1
A_2 x < b_2
A_3 x < b_3
Here an ...
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3D house design software
I recall about 10 years ago I used some free software where I basically drew a house plan of my house, including wall widths and heights, and could then view it in 3d. Basically I drew a line (eg for ...
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Free alternative to World Machine
World Machine is software for creating terrains (mostly for games).
Is there a free or open source alternative to this that will run on Windows and the licence will give me the ability to use the ...
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Software to straighten an oblique rectangle (due to picture perspective) to 2D rectangle
I took a picture of a plaque, but it is oblique due to the perspective.
How do I straighten it to a 2D rectangle?
Requirements:
I would only have to click 4 points, push a button, and that's all.
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Is there any good editor for 3D math scenes?
I was wondering if there is any useful editor for 3D math scenes out there. Something in style of a 3D editor like Blender, but with functionality like adding a line, plane or plot a function like in ...
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C++ API to extract model with textures form glb file
I need to extract a 3d model with all coresponding textures from glb file in a format I can use in some 3d editor tools. The best format suported by many 3d editors is 3ds. A beter solution would be ...
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Which software is suitable to project a video on a virtual hollow sphere?
Actioncams have a fisheye. Therefore recorded videos are intentionally distorted. In this distortion, a range of view is encoded, by projecting it on a sphere and putting a camera in the middle, you ...
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C++ library for 3D curve fitting
I have a file holding a lot of points in R3 that approximately forms a knot. I know basic programming in Python and C++, but I am not sure how I would go about writing a program that could approximate ...
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Easily arrange touching spheres in 3d
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I want to spatially model systems of atoms. Atoms have the shape of a sphere and the diameter for all spheres is the same. Spheres cannot deform, they tend to touch each other but overlaps ...
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Is there such a thing as a "get bullied by evil cheerleaders" simulator?
Call me weird, but it strikes me that it would be technically possible for there to now exist a reasonably photo-realistic "bullied by evil cheerleaders" first-person 3D simulator. Perhaps ...
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CAD program with clear specs on the format of its save file
So I want to do the following. Is there a CAD program that would suit this?
I have an engineering analysis code (3rd party, commercial) that does various things to a 3-D model. However, the input to ...
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Graphic visualization library/framework for my virtual anthill
I have a great school project for my algorithms course.
I have to write a program in C that takes as input a graph that represents an anthill. One of the nodes is the entry point and another one is ...
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Animation and rendering software with CAD-import options
Looking for a program, which can
easially import a CAD-model
apply textures quickly
render it in decent quality
animate single objects & cameras
Been doing some bigger projects with the ...
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Using something similar to Google Earth as a view in my application
I would like to have a 3D GUI view in my application that shows the earth and objects located on and around the earth, which my application defines. I would also like the ability to customize the ...
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free software to predict shadows of a house (3D modeling + sunlight)
Imagine a house/building, seen from outside, at sunrise. As the the sun moves in the horizon, a) the shadow of the house is displaced/deformed, and b) some faces of the house have more/less sunlight ...
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Crystal lattice visualization software
I'm looking for free (as in freedom) software for Linux that allows me to visualize simple crystal lattices and produce images such as this:
Good features would be the ability to easily choose colors,...
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Free Alternative to Matlab for Biomedical Engineer
Matlab is necessary for biomedical engineers. But it's not free. Is there any free software like Matlab which is good at Signal and Image Processing, Numerical and Statistical Methods, Optimization, ...
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Is there a tool in Linux for opening 3D files like STL and GLB?
I generated an STL file using OpenSCAD, but I'm unable to view it because I don't have any software that can open it. Are there any free and open-source software packages that can view STL files and ...
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Photogrammetry tool to create 3D model of glasses (transparent, reflective, homegeneous object)
I am trying to make a 3d model of my glasses. I have looked at photogrammetry software. In my research, I found out photogrammetry has issues with transparent, reflective, homogeneous objects. I used ...
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Free 3D fractal generation
Fractals like Mandelbrot or Julia have always been fascinating to me. I even implemented some of them during my school time. With the power of modern PCs, there are also 3D fractals possible like this:...
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3D simulation software (e.g. for quadcopters)
On the weekend, myself and a friend want to make a quadcopter (aka quadrocopter) for something fun to do. However, we're wondering about things like weight/thrust ratios of different fan blades and ...
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Which software for online 3D rendering?
We are looking for a solution where we can render photorealistic 3D product images on a webserver or in the cloud.
Basically we want to create one 3D model per product and render it with different ...
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Does anybody know of a free landscape / scenery generator?
For example along the lines of Vue d'Esprit 4 (or a blast from the past: VistaPro).
I have these but even the former is getting a bit old (!) and it would be interesting to experiment a bit again ...
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Recreating my childhood neighbourhood in 3D?
For many years, I've had a dream of recreating the area where I grew up in 3D, just as it looked back then, presented with as realistic as possible graphics.
I've installed (and then uninstalled) ...
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3-D Design Software
I am a graphic designer, who has for the majority of my career worked with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop (Among other members of the Adobe Suite). Recently I have taken an interest in 3-D Design, ...
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3D metrics visualization - Alternative to seerene / Software Diagnostics Efficiency Platform
seerene (formerly "Efficiency Platform" by Software Diagnostics) is a tool that
calculates metrics from source code
displays 3 metrics at a time in a 3D view (area, height, color)
Here's a ...
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What is the software to use to render 3d animations of animals?
Supposed that I want to create 3d animations of cats moving around in a tree or interacting with other cats and animals, what is the animation software for this?
Also, would these software come with ...
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Real-time simulation and visualization software
I've been searching for about 2 days for a software that fits my needs for a project I am working on. My need is to simulate the kinematics of a cable-driven parallel robot. Software I thought was ...
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Best software for designing drone shows
I'm looking for the best 3D software to design animations with 300+ drones. It would ideally be something with procedural design features so we can easily change the design by tweaking some parameters....
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High throughput pointcloud viewer (tens of millions)
I need to visualize a cloud of 3*10^7 3D points. I need to be able to interactively (>5fps) zoom/move/"fly" through the cloud.
Things I don't need / acceptable tradeoffs:
the viewer trying to figure ...
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Tool for periodic table 3D graph?
Nature Reviews Materials volume 4, pages331–348(2019)
Hi
I want to draw a 3D graph on top of the periodic table like the picture above.
Is there any program that I could just put data in or any tools ...
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