FreeX3D - VRML, X3D and STL Viewer and Manipulator

Last update: 21 April 2013

What is FreeX3D?

FreeX3D is an Android model viewer and manipulator for VRML, X3D and STL models. It is based on the FreeWRL rendering engine, of which one estimate pegs at over a million downloads. FreeX3D adds STL capabilities, and will add image manipulation and DXF interpretation on top of this engine.

This software is evolving weekly. I have lots of interesting ideas for the CNC and 3D printing crowd, that may interest the X3D community, too.

Expect this and future versions of FreeX3D to take your mobile experience beyond basic mesh rendering by having functional additions to help the LinuxCNC, RepRap, Makerbot, and other independent (home, small business) based users.

I'm always open to suggestions or comments; please email if you desire. I will respond as I can.

Security: This app does not track, does not have adds, does not time out. It reads and writes to the "sdcard" directory. It will act as an "intent receiver" if another app wants to ask for a STL/VRML/X3D display.

John Alexander Stewart; email - ivatt260 - at - gmail.com.

Latest News

• 21 April 2013

  Release 15 on the Google Play store.

  • STL "Manifold" and "Watertight" tests added;
  • Material Colouring on selected shape now available;
  • Layout changed on "vertical" devices like phones;
  • Speed improvements on some devices.

• 06 April 2013

  Release 14 on the Google Play store.

  • FillProperties Shape manipulations (see examples page for examples)
  • Widespread integration to Android File Browsers
  • Continuing memory management improvements.

• 09 February 2013
  • First stab at SpotLight, PointLight and DirectionalLight work (examples here);
  • Allow selection of faster rendering, or better rendering (Phong/Gouraud shading);
  • Crash when selecting differing Anaglyph colours fixed;
  • Log screen now scroll enabled.

• 08 December 2012
  • Tablet-specific layouts,
  • ISO 8859-1 multi-lingual character set encodings supported,
  • User settable texture unit sizes, to allow user to trade off visual fidelity with rendering speed,
  • Bugs fixed as found, screens tweaked for better visual appeal.

Info

FreeX3D is a value-added version of FreeWRL. STL layering and model manipulation has been overlaid on the FreeWRL X3D engine.

From circa 1999 to April 2010, the FreeWRL project was managed by John A. Stewart.

There is absolutely no warranty, express or implied for this software. For details on the conditions of use, see the FreeWRL distribution.

FreeWRL is Copyright (C) 1998, 1999...2009 Tuomas J. Lukka, John Stewart and others.

The FreeWRL library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

The FreeWRL library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License for more details.