[K3d-development] Possible Aqsis - ehm- axis of developpment :)

[jerome K. <je...@op...>]

Hi all,

following Bart’s advice , i forked his repo and merged upstream branch for build fixes . I also imported aqsis as subdirectory as to me it’s a very good renderer base and very related to K3D, better not forget good old friends 😊. I have much ideas for possible improvements , all may not worth it but it might open the discussion to possible axis of developpments .

1. Developp modelling based on real drawing scans.
2. Integrate a 3-D guide system.
3. Z-painting tool ? (maybe exists)
4. Developp 3D printing compatibility with Slicing / G-code Generation https://bitbucket.org/NeonKing/camarade
5. FreeCAD is maybe good for CAD modelling , but crappy for animation . Developp further Constraint based Animation / Robotics simulation : https://bitbucket.org/NeonKing/dart https://bitbucket.org/NeonKing/ompl https://bitbucket.org/NeonKing/aikido
6. Developp further 3-scanning / reconstruction (no -best- lib suitable found yet , already found few 😊 )
7. Developp Library System for 3D model reuse and Scene Building . Integrate a "Layers list" widget.
8. Model import from Web sources module (like https://www.thingiverse.com/ etc..)
9. Integrate aqsis as an internal developpment
10. Create an animation interface from a computer vision Library (motion capture from web cameras) https://bitbucket.org/NeonKing/microcv
11. UVW unwrapping module https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVW_mapping and subsurfacing (Subsurfacing (>submesh generation from pictures , like « applied » bump mapping)
12. « Terragen » Terrain generation like module https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terragen
13. Integrate Assimp https://bitbucket.org/NeonKing/assimp as a « mesh layer »
14. Integrate OpenImageIO as a « pictures » Layer https://bitbucket.org/NeonKing/openimageio
https://bitbucket.org/NeonKing/openimageio
15. Integrate Bullet Physics as a physics engine https://github.com/Neonking/Bullet3
16. Developp Different UI « presets » regarding the expected use (animation , texturing , modelling )
17. Last but not least and first one in planning order , I will draft one or 2 possible suggestions in terms of GUI by submitting pictures and associated concepts. Then Select the best and make the final UI draft on QtCreator

That’s almost all what i had in mind for now :) . And yes that’s a lot . Feel free to comment anything.
Best regards,
Jerome