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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0001095FreeCADFeaturepublic2021-02-06 06:50
Reporternikospap Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityunable to reproduce
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Versiontrunk 
Target Version0.20 
Summary0001095: Free Flight View (inspection Tool)
DescriptionMost of us have played First Person Shooters games.

When you are not taking part in the battle,
you become a "spectator",
and can move around in the 3D world,
in some sort of free flight mode.

Depending on the game you might...
a. flight/view through walls, as if you were a ghost
b. have to go around objects (e.g. walls) as if you are a 3D being yourself.

Having the following scenarios in mind,
I thing option b, would work better for FreeCad.

What's the purpose of it?

To inspect what you have created.

Let's say, you've created a set of interconnecting pipes,
and want to see how the liquid would flow in them.
With this tool you could travel in the pipes as if you were the liquid yourself.

Or you might want to create a house.
With this tool you could flight around within the rooms,
pretending to be a person walking in the house.

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More...
I would even go as far as suggesting the use of the standard, FPS, keyboard shortcuts,
that many people are familiar with.
Meaning, of course, WSAD.
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related to 0002688 feedback Model Presentation Workbench 
related to 0002482 closed Add Pan support to Blender navigation style 
related to 0000005 acknowledged Navigator 

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yorik

2013-04-13 01:40

administrator   ~0003062

Honestly I see little point on trying to do that in FreeCAD, when it is simple to export your work to an application more suited for that kind of thing, like Blender.

nikospap

2013-04-13 11:52

reporter   ~0003063

So what if you want to change something in your work.
Wouldn't that mean going back to Freecad,
make the change,
then export again,
then open, again, with Blender,
and then inspect again?

Depending on what you might want to create,
how many times will you have to go back and forth
between these programs?

That doesn't seem very practical.

nikospap

2014-07-28 06:42

reporter   ~0004861

Last edited: 2014-07-28 06:48

Please, check the second video on the following link,
where, in the John Deere factory,
they have created a virtual, 3D copy of the production line.
Amongst others, they use what I refer to as a "Free Flight View"
to inspect the production process, and make the necessary changes,
before they even start the production!

http://tinyurl.com/ky7cvkf

bejant

2014-12-11 14:37

reporter   ~0005367

This post is to provide links to similar FreeCAD developments.

In the John Deere video nikospap referenced it looks like the user is wearing an Oculus Rift (or some similar VR device) and dev jriegel is working on support for this:
http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=7715

Additionally, FreeCAD forum member JMG has done something similar to a free flight view and has posted in the Users Showcase. It allows the user to define a path on which the camera travels, and then moves the camera along that path.
http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=8437

DeepSOIC

2014-12-20 00:24

developer   ~0005411

+1.
I've seen the feature in Serious Editor and I used it... only!
The standard CAD navigation is very usable for not-too-concave objects. But for exploring internal cavities that might be invisible from outside, free flight view is very handy. It's extremely hard to place the camera into a deep hole in an object with standard navigation.

yorik

2022-03-03 13:55

administrator   ~0016398

This ticket has been migrated to GitHub as issue 5563.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2013-04-12 15:40 nikospap New Issue
2013-04-13 01:40 yorik Note Added: 0003062
2013-04-13 11:52 nikospap Note Added: 0003063
2014-07-28 06:42 nikospap Note Added: 0004861
2014-07-28 06:47 nikospap Note Edited: 0004861
2014-07-28 06:47 nikospap Note Edited: 0004861
2014-07-28 06:48 nikospap Note Edited: 0004861
2014-12-11 14:37 bejant Note Added: 0005367
2014-12-20 00:24 DeepSOIC Note Added: 0005411
2017-02-04 10:48 Kunda1 Relationship added related to 0002688
2017-02-04 10:48 Kunda1 Relationship added related to 0002482
2017-02-04 10:48 Kunda1 Relationship added related to 0000005
2021-02-06 06:50 abdullah Target Version => 0.20