VRL-JFXVis

Visualization Plugin for VRL

Visualises .ugx files in Java using JavaFX3D! (Work in progress)

How to Run It

Requirements

• Java >= 1.8
• Internet connection (dependencies are downloaded automatically)
• IDE: Gradle Plugin (not necessary for command line usage)

IDE

Open the VRL-JFXVis Gradle project in your favourite IDE (tested with NetBeans 8.0) and build it by calling the run task.

Command Line

Navigate to the Gradle project (e.g., path/to/VRL-JFXVis) and enter the following command

Bash (Linux/OS X/Cygwin/other Unix-like shell)

sh gradlew run

Windows (CMD)

gradlew run

Controls

• Rotate the object with your left mouse button(rotation around x,y axis)

• Select the underlying geometry part with the right mouse button

• Drag the geometry around the screen by clicking and holding down the right mouse button

• Hold down the ctrl button while right clicking to select multiple parts

• Cycle through subsets : +

• Show all subsets : -

• Move camera : w,a,s,d (hold down shift to move faster)

Leap Motion controls

Left Hand

• Rotates the geometry, based on the position of the left hand.

• Move the hand towards you to bring the geometry closer, move the hand away to move the geometry further away.

• Close the left hand to stop the rotation of the geometry. Open the hand again to resume it.

Right Hand

• Enables selection and rotation of the geometry by using gestures

• The tip of the right index finger will be highlithed in white color, whenever it crosses the bounding box of the geometry

• To select a part of the geometry, hold the tip of the right index finger over the respective part and perform a [keytap gesture] (https://developer.leapmotion.com/documentation/java/api/Leap.KeyTapGesture.html?proglang=java) with the right middle finger TIP: The mouse cursor will follow the center position of the tip of the index finger while it is hovering over the geometry.

• To do a rotation animation, perform a [circle gesture] (https://developer.leapmotion.com/documentation/java/api/Leap.CircleGesture.html#id23) with the right index finger.

• The geometry will rotate in the same direction as the circle was drawn

• Perform another circle gesture while the geometry is still rotating to stop the rotation