[x3d-public] X3DJSAIL release: Blender and Meshlab support

[Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV)]

Darrell, your team's great work and source from NIH 3D Print Exchange has been essential to our efforts.

	NIH 3D Print Exchange
	https://3dprint.nih.gov

Our upgrade to Drupal 8 was accomplished some months back.  All source code is open and online in gitlab.nps.edu version control.  Daily work continues.

	X3D Model Exchange for Navy and Marine Makers
	https://modelexchange.nps.edu

	https://gitlab.nps.edu/ModelExchangeGroup (requires account to access)

	https://gitlab.nps.edu/ModelExchangeGroup/ModelExchangeServer7

and TODO
	https://gitlab.nps.edu/ModelExchangeGroup/ModelExchangeServer8


On 11/13/2018 10:50 AM, Hurt, Darrell (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
> Thanks Don. I'm glad that we were able to contribute in some way.
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/13/18, 11:40 AM, "Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV)" <brutzman at nps.edu> wrote:
> 
>      Am happy to announce that X3DJSAIL now has support for launching Blender and MeshLab programmatically in headless" mode to perform a variety of conversions.
>      
>      	X3D Java Scene Access Interface Library (X3DJSAIL)
>      	X3DJSAIL supports programmers with standards-based X3D Java interfaces and objects, all as open source.
>      	http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/X3DJSAIL.html
>      
>      Example invocations, via CommandLine or within a Java program, are provided in detail:
>      
>      	http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/X3DJSAIL.html#Blender
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>      	http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/X3DJSAIL.html#MeshLab
>      
>      Acknowledgement:  Blender python scripts by National Institutes of Health (NIH) 3D Print Exchange were instrumental to building this capability.
>      
>      TODO: am looking to improve the snapshot capture to match each model viewpoint.  If anyone with Blender python script experience is interested, please let us know.  Current scripts are available at
>      
>      	https://sourceforge.net/p/x3d/code/HEAD/tree/www.web3d.org/x3d/stylesheets/java/src/python/blenderScripts/
>      
>      Having fun with X3D and Java!  8)
>      
>      all the best, Don
>      --
>      Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br       brutzman at nps.edu
>      Watkins 270,  MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA   +1.831.656.2149
>      X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman
>      
> 


all the best, Don
-- 
Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br       brutzman at nps.edu
Watkins 270,  MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA   +1.831.656.2149
X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman