[QGIS-Developer] GSoC QGIS 3D Improvement: Week 7 Report

[Tim Sutton]

Thanks! Do the billboards always face the camera? Or can you fly behind them? And will you give them a little pin and frame to anchor them to a place?

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> On 15 Jul 2019, at 14:09, Ismail Sunni <imajimatika at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Tim,
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> Hehe, yeah, I am the one who missed it. I put it in my billboard repository now: https://github.com/ismailsunni/qt3d-custom-shader/blob/master/README.md <https://github.com/ismailsunni/qt3d-custom-shader/blob/master/README.md> (both screenshot and screencast). I will update my weekly report to show the screenshot and the screencast.
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> You can also see it here:
> Screenshot: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ismailsunni/qt3d-custom-shader/master/output/qt-3d-billboard.jpg <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ismailsunni/qt3d-custom-shader/master/output/qt-3d-billboard.jpg>
> Screencast in GIF: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ismailsunni/qt3d-custom-shader/master/output/qt-3d-billboard.gif <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ismailsunni/qt3d-custom-shader/master/output/qt-3d-billboard.gif>
> Thanks for reminding me :)
> 
> Best Regards
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> On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 12:40 AM Tim Sutton <tim at kartoza.com <mailto:tim at kartoza.com>> wrote:
> Hi
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> Awwww no screenshots? Did I miss them? Its the most exciting part of your reports :-P
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> Keep up the good work Sunni!
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> Regards
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> Tim
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>> On 14 Jul 2019, at 19:48, Ismail Sunni <imajimatika at gmail.com <mailto:imajimatika at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Dear QGIS developers,
>> 
>> Here is my 7th-week report for my GSoC Project[7]. You can also check the project wiki page [3]. Comments and suggestions are welcome :)
>> 
>> GSoC QGIS 3D Improvement Week 7 Report
>> 
>> Period: 8 July 2019 - 14 July 2019
>> 
>> Report
>> 1. What did I complete this week?
>>    - Porting billboard from QML to QT C++ [4] as my discussion with mentors to start from outside QGIS first.
>>    - Learning GLSL
>>    - Add UI for the billboard options (very initial work only) [1]
>> 2. What am I going to achieve for next week?
>>    - Move the ported billboard to QGIS code
>>    - Work on the applying billboard workflow
>> 3. Is there any blocking issue?
>>    - Debugging in 3D stuff is not easy. Especially when something is not shown up and no error message. I got an obstacle when the billboard didn't show up. But finally Martin helps me, and it's fixed.
>> 4. Code
>>    - Branch for billboard feature [1]
>>    - Repo for QT C++ billboard [4]
>> 5. Misc
>>    - As I wrote on the previous weekly report, I only had a half time for working on GSoC compared to the usual week.
>>    - PR for measurement tool is merged [2]
>>    - There are two small bugs in the measurement tools, I have created the issues for myself [5] [6]. I will address it later.
>>    - For the next 3 weeks, I have different course schedule, so we will move our weekly meeting schedule.
>> 
>> References
>> - [1] https://github.com/ismailsunni/QGIS/tree/billboard <https://github.com/ismailsunni/QGIS/tree/billboard>
>> - [2] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/30299 <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/30299>
>> - [3] Project Wiki: https://github.com/ismailsunni/QGIS/wiki/GSoC-2019---QGIS-3D-Improvement <https://github.com/ismailsunni/QGIS/wiki/GSoC-2019---QGIS-3D-Improvement>
>> - [4] https://github.com/ismailsunni/qt3d-custom-shader <https://github.com/ismailsunni/qt3d-custom-shader>
>> - [5] https://github.com/ismailsunni/QGIS/issues/4 <https://github.com/ismailsunni/QGIS/issues/4>
>> - [6] https://github.com/ismailsunni/QGIS/issues/5 <https://github.com/ismailsunni/QGIS/issues/5>
>> - [7] https://github.com/ismailsunni/QGIS/wiki/Week-7-Report <https://github.com/ismailsunni/QGIS/wiki/Week-7-Report>
>> 
>> Best Regards.
>> 
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