TM - Khronos Group

Geometry in Motion

Software development tools for solving tough visualization problems in design, manufacturing, and

construction

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TM

On the Call

Philip TaylorFounderCEO

A WebGL SDK for Professional Graphics

○ Aerospace○ Automotive○ Technical Documentation○ Industry 4.0○ Construction

C++ SDK

C++ SDKs● Load a wide range of CAD file types

○ STEP, AGIS, Solidworks, Catia...● Optimize data

○ Detect congruent geoms ○ Up to ~70% Reduction

● Export custom file: zcad○ Multi-stage compression○ Up to 200x reduction

System Architecture

Load Optimise zcad

Engine

Pass

Pass

Pass

Scene

WebGL Engine● Plugin architecture

○ Scene nodes and passes● Fast rendering

○ Instancing/Multi-draw● WebXR● PBR Rendering● Kinematics & Animation● Collaboration, UX, UI etc...

Updates governed by Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) of nodes● Architecture behind Maya, 3dsmax, XSI etc..● Each node cleaned in correct order

○ After all upstream nodes are cleaned ○ Reads Inputs○ Calculates values of outputs

● Lazily Evaluated Pull Model○ No redundant calculations

● Supports very complex updates○ Animation○ Robotics

Animation and Kinematics

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Operator 5

Operator 1

Operator 2

Plugins and Ecosystem

Zea Potree

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Svelte Template


Sim Stream


G-Code Reader

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Lattice Renderer

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Ecosystem

https://www.zea.live/en/ecosystem

Getting Started: Plugins, Templates & Community

Svelte based template app● Best practices● Feature rich● UI library

https://github.com/ZeaInc/zea-svelte-template

Plugin Template● Custom Tree Items● Custom Pass● Custom Kinematic Operator

https://github.com/ZeaInc/zea-plugin-template

Community● Support and Q&A

https://community.zea.live/

https://github.com/ZeaInc/zea-svelte-template

https://github.com/ZeaInc/zea-plugin-template

https://community.zea.live/

Licensing

Commercial Open Source Engine● Dual (AGPLv3/Commercial)● 2200 / Developer / Year

Free Open Source (Plugins)● UI, UX, Kinematics● (MIT)

Commercial Closed Source● CAD● 3rd Party Technologies.

Roadmap

● Migrating to WebGPU● Migrating to TypeScript● Migrating Assembly Script

○ Multithreaded DAG!● Adding GLTF plugin

Thanks!

Reach out if you have any questions

[email protected]

www.zea.live

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