FreeX3D - VRML, X3D and STL Viewer and Manipulator
Last update: 24 August 2013
What is FreeX3D?
FreeX3D is an Android model viewer and manipulator for VRML, X3D and STL models. It is based on the FreeWRL rendering engine, of which one estimate pegs at over a million downloads. FreeX3D adds STL capabilities, and will add image manipulation and DXF interpretation on top of this engine.
Security: This app does not track, does not have adds, does not time out. It reads and writes to the "sdcard" directory. It will act as an "intent receiver" if another app wants to ask for a STL/VRML/X3D display. It will, on user input, start the browser to display these FreeX3D web pages, and currently has an "email developer" button should you wish direct contact with the developers.
John Alexander Stewart; email - ivatt260 - at - gmail.com.
Latest News
- X3D CAD component - CADAssembly, CADFace, CADLayer, CADPart, IndexedQuadSet, QuadSet all supported.
- Better integration into Android - "home" and "back" buttons will take you out of FreeX3D, and will allow you to resume a model on return.
- lots of work on the underlying FreeWRL library, including various smaller bugs fixed.
- added buttons in the "info" screen to allow you to bring on-screen the web help pages, and to directly email the developers.
- Working on two finger movement in Examine and Walk modes;
- Internals in place for more informative (and better laid out) information and help screens;
- Working on reliability.
Release 15 on the Google Play store.
- STL "Manifold" and "Watertight" tests added;
- Material Colouring on selected shape now available;
- Layout changed on "vertical" devices like phones;
- Speed improvements on some devices.
Release 14 on the Google Play store.
- FillProperties Shape manipulations (see examples page for examples)
- Widespread integration to Android File Browsers
- Continuing memory management improvements.
- First stab at SpotLight, PointLight and DirectionalLight work (examples here);
- Allow selection of faster rendering, or better rendering (Phong/Gouraud shading);
- Crash when selecting differing Anaglyph colours fixed;
- Info screen now scroll enabled.
- Tablet-specific layouts,
- ISO 8859-1 multi-lingual character set encodings supported,
- User settable texture unit sizes, to allow user to trade off visual fidelity with rendering speed,
- Bugs fixed as found, screens tweaked for better visual appeal.
FreeX3D History
FreeX3D is a value-added version of FreeWRL. STL layering and model manipulation has been overlaid on the FreeWRL X3D engine.
From circa 1999 to April 2010, the FreeWRL project was managed by John A. Stewart.
There is absolutely no warranty, express or implied for this software. For details on the conditions of use, see the FreeWRL distribution.
FreeWRL is Copyright (C) 1998, 1999...2009 Tuomas J. Lukka, John Stewart and others.
The FreeWRL library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
The FreeWRL library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License for more details.