program to view xml file in 3D

[plexus]

Hi Fred

download/file.php?id=6378

Alain

[fred_fr]

hi

We could make some changes in the program and you can find below the results

- quad aBUGSworstnightmare :



One error in your xml file :
<!-- M4CAN expansion board -->
<cube name="m4can" dimx="0.052" dimy="0.052" dimz="0.05" offsetx="0" offsety="0" offsetz="+.0.0025">14.0</cube>

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- Quad plexus



fred

[chschmid]

Hi Fred

Can you send these thru the prog for me?

quatos_clip_quad.xml

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quatos_octo_cs.xml

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Cheers
Christof

[fred_fr]

hi

see the result , is correct ?





fred_fr

[chschmid]

Thanks Fred

I guess it is difficult to diplay the arms because we do not have a Z position for them. All other Z's are relative to a chosen "zero Z plane". I guess if the masses are speced with center of arms as "zero Z plane" the prog works nice.

The arms could always be displayed at center of body.

Cheers
Christof

[aBUGSworstnightmare]

[fred_fr]

hi

the new result :



I have not test custom frame geometry. For custom frame the to parameter for motor is position in x and y ?

[fred_fr]

The program convert xml file in vrml file. It is write in TCL langage : .

The first version of this program is written in language TCL .
The program is used command line interface :

tclsh.exe convert tcl fichier_in.xml fichier_out.wrl

it can be download at:

The used program allowing the display Vrml file is this one

fred

see more in french : http://autoquad6.free.fr/xml_to_vrml.html

[kinderkram]

Thx for your contributions, Fred!
This is a very helpful tool to visualize whether a setup makes sense - as we can see with Joerg´s example.

Would be a nice companion for the QuatosTool.

[aBUGSworstnightmare]

Hi fred,

this is a great tool! Thanks for sharing it!

Since I still have a wrong offset on the landing skids I've changed my xml.file again and tested your tool.
Seems there is an error somewhere because not every cube is processed; last one is the GPS antenna. Arms were completely missing!
Please find the input file and the resulting outputs below.

Command line and related output

output.PNG (76.77 KiB) Viewed 14179 times

Generated 3D file - the last cube that is correctly processed is the GPS antenna - rest is missing!
One skid is in black --> barely visible! How to change the background color to white i.e.?

testrun.PNG (5.87 KiB) Viewed 14179 times

xml_wrl-files.zip

Related .xml- and .wrl-files

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Thanks again for looking into this!
Joerg
P.S. Files were downloaded from the linked references!