3D Model Viewer Widget for Cumulocity IoT

This is a runtime widget to view a 3D collada model (*.dae, *.obj, *.gltf) in Cumulocity IoT.

⚠️ This project is no longer under development. Please use cumulocity-3d-model-viewer-widget-plugin for Application Builder >=2.x.x and Cumulocity >=1016.x.x⚠️

Features

• Supports measurements from a single device
• Allows background color customization.
• Allows to configure realtime device measurement for model movements.
• Allows to upload custom collada(.dae, .obj, .gltf) model file.

Installation - for the dashboards using Runtime Widget Loader

1. Download the latest 3d-model-viewer-widget-{version}.zip file from the Releases section.
2. Make sure you have Runtime Widget Loader installed on your Cockpit or App Builder app.
3. Open a dashboard.
4. Click more....
5. Select Install Widget and follow the instructions.

Configuration - to view the 3d collada model in the widget

1. Make sure you have successfully installed or deployed the widget.
2. Click on Add widget.
3. Choose 3d model viewer widget.
4. Title is the title of widget. Provide a relevant name. You may choose to hide this. Go to Appearance tab and choose Hidden under Widget header style.
5. Select the device.
6. Model file(*.dae, *.obj, *.gltf) is to upload the model file (*.dae, *.obj, *.gltf) into inventory binary. Please wait for it to finish the upload.
7. Variables is to declare variables with a constant value or map them to the realtime device measurement series. Choose Target as None and provide the constant value or choose Target as Device and then select a measurment series.
8. Properties is to define values for the model properties. You can provide a value as an mathematical expression using the variables defined earlier.
9. Background color (in hex) allows you to set a custom background color using the color picker.
10. Show grid allows you to show or hide the grid.
11. Click Save to add the widget on the dashboard.
12. In case you see unexpected results on the widget, refer to browser console to see if there are error logs.

Development - to do the enhancements and testing locally

1. Clone the repository on local machine using git clone https://github.com/SoftwareAG/cumulocity-3d-model-viewer-widget.git.
2. Run npm install to download the module dependencies.
3. Install c8ycli npm install -g @c8y/cli if not already.
4. Run c8ycli server -u https://your_tenant_url to start the server.
5. Go to http://localhost:9000/apps/cockpit/ in the browser to view and test your changes.
6. (Optional) push the changes back to this repository.

Build - to create a new build for the Runtime Widget Loader

1. Finish the development and testing on your local machine.
2. Run gulp to start the build process. Run npm install -g gulp to install gulp if not already.
3. Use widget.zip file in the dist folder as a distribution.

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These tools are provided as-is and without warranty or support. They do not constitute part of the Software AG product suite. Users are free to use, fork and modify them, subject to the license agreement. While Software AG welcomes contributions, we cannot guarantee to include every contribution in the master project.

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