[Plugin] WebGL Cubic Panorama (update 2016-05-06)

framed

Thanks for the fantastic plugin! Is it possible to restrict the pano extents to create partial panoramas (i.e. not 360 degrees)?

rami_lpm

yes, but you'll have to modify a bit of code.

open the file pano0.js with notepad, should be on the same folder as the panoramic images.
(the name may be different, but the same as the .html file that shows the panorama)

add this under line 100 ( the one that goes lat=00;lon=00 )

leftLimit=lon-90;rightLimit=lon+90;bottomLimit=lat-80;topLimit=lat+80;

you can modify this angles to the values you need.

then add this under line 107 ( function update(){ )

if ( lon < leftLimit ) { lon = leftLimit };if ( lon > rightLimit ) { lon = rightLimit };if ( lat < bottomLimit ) { lat = bottomLimit };if ( lat > topLimit ) { lat = topLimit };

and that should do it.
I'll make this easier when I get the time.
I'm here if you have any questions.

thanks for using my plugin.

framed

Thanks for your quick response. Using the extra lines of code you provided worked, kind of. You can still pan beyond the limit then it snaps back. This is a bit ugly. What would be better is if the pano hits a wall at the limit, can't go any further, and doesn't render anything beyond the limit. Is this possible?

Also, I note that when using the Canvas renderer, there is warping of the images (straight lines get drawn squiggly) and there are vertical lines at the image joins. Can this be fixed? WebGL doesn't have these issues so I'm just using that instead.

rami_lpm

That's strange, it should stop, not pan beyond the limit.
It's not possible to stop rendering after the limit because of the way the plugin is built.
What's your browser and version?
Can you send me the files so I can test it?
Thanks.

faust07

Works great even with pictures from scenes of external renderers. Issuing panoramas directly from SketchUp results for large models to the known clipping problem, especially from the pedestrian perspective in the bottom area. And especially when shadows are enabled.
A short question: Is it feasible to reduce the many generated files to one html Start file and another file containing everything else (especially with several panoramas)?

rami_lpm

I work in metric and rarely encountered the clipping problem.
Can you try scaling up the model before taking the panorama? (a pain, I know, but the only solution I can think of)
Sadly, no. I can't reduce the number of files. Each file is required and I don't know a way of packing them all together.
Maybe you can try generating the images with CubicPanoOut and stitching them with GoCubic. This outputs a single quicktime file for each panorama.
That is what I used to do before writing this plugin (so I could stop relying on quicktime).
CubicPanoOut
GoCubic

Anyway, I'll try and find a 'one file' solution.

faust07

Thank you for your quick response. The clipping problem is already mitigated by the possibility of external rendering of scenes. Reducing the number of files is only for the ease of use for normal users, clients or patients ...

rami_lpm

No problem.
Hey, it turns out you can inline almost everything into a single html file. See this two articles. I'll see what I can do with this.
Offline Application
Inliner

faust07

That sounds great! I have looked into it ... I once - over 20 years ago - programmed a little and am now primarily user. So I understand very little and can only be amazed by your progress.

rami_lpm

I just updated the plugin.
It should be able to wrap every panorama inside one rather big html file.

Also, I realized that I myself started learning to code 20 years ago. Now I feel old. =P

Oxer

Thanks for the plugin!!
I use Thea Render and works fine replacing the images generated for the plugin with images generated for Thea Render, only one question, when I select Custom Template, the titles to select the different filetype don't appear in the pop-up windows, see the image.

Titles missing.jpg

MAC 0S X 10.11.4 & SU2016

rami_lpm

Thank you for the feedback.
That's a strange behavior. 'custom template' requests three template files: html, css and js in that order.
Can you try pasting this line in the ruby console and telling me if it shows the title?

UI.openpanel("can you read this?", "~/","yes")

Oxer

The title doesn't appear, see the image.

Title window.jpg

Oxer

It's rare, but the window title to Choose Output Folder appears when click in Make panorama icon.

Choose Output Folder.jpg

(I have translate the plugin to Spanish language)

rami_lpm

So strange.
Makes no sense that UI.openpanel has this bug and UI.savepanel doesn't.
I guess it's a problem with ruby and OS X. I'll see if there is a way around it.

Thanks for letting me know.

faust07

Late answer after my vacation. To pack a panorama in one HTML file, works very well. Great job. Here's an example. I found no way to assign a file name from the pull-down menu. It always wants open an existing file.

unzip - includes panoramic html-file

test scene

rami_lpm

Thanks.
Nice scene!
Yes, filenames are a little restricted because I wrote the plugin mostly for the web.
What filenames would you like to change?

faust07

After some consideration the predefined names are fine. A small inconsistency is at the upper side of the cube, when I use the default SketchUp sky. This is not shown in the panoramas in the color of the sky but in the background color.

brettsichellodesign

I am getting some problems with this plugin in SU 2017. The images don't appear to be stitching together properly.

rami_lpm

I haven't tested it in SU 2017 yet. I'll see what I can do.
Thanks for the heads up.