mVue

mVue (version 0.3)

OpenSceneGraph / wxWindows model / image viewer

mVue rendering an OpenFlight model

mVue rendering an OpenFlight terrain

mVue rendering a TXP terrain

Note: frame rate indicator (top right of images) are shown using Fraps www.fraps.com

Description:
    mVue is a sample model viewer based on the open source cross-platform OpenSceneGraph (www.OpenSceneGraph.org) toolkit. mVue serves as a sample framework for integrating the open source cross-platform wxWindows (www.wxWindows.org) toolkit with OSG. mVue does not use Producer but includes much of the functionality of the osgGA matrix manipulators. Adapts wxWindow events using wxWinEventAdapter which is directly based on osgProducer::EventAdapter. Also supports Drag and Drop of models and images via wxWindows.
    The wxWindows graphical user interface was constructed using DialogBlocks www.anthemion.co.uk/dialogblocks/
    mVue was built using
        OSG 0.9.6+ (Jan 7, '04) and wxWindows 2.4.2
    mVue has only been compiled and tested on Win32.
    dev environment is MS Dev Studio .Net

History:

    mVue 0.3, Feb 20,2004
   - Integrated Brian Gavin's (gavin278@comcast.net) Tree View changes
           Here is a summary of Brian's additions:
       - added a toolbar toggle button to turn scene tree dialog
       - added several dialogs that let you change the texture file or a cube map,
                delete/create a Material(osgState).
       - Audition-like viewer mode speed now can be controlled using mouse scroll

    mVue 0.2, Jan26,2004
       - new Audition-like viewer mode (Matrix Manipulator)
       - supports pageable terrains
       - supports animation visitor
       - Message dialog now defaults to Fatal exception handling.
            When default is left at Warn, messages captured by the dialog significantly slow down loading time.
            Until I find a better way to improve speed, notification level has to be manually set
            before loading to see helpful information.
       - sends key inputs to StateSetManipulator (supports 'b', 'w', 't', 'l' keys)
       - implements osgGA::GUIActionAdapter::requestWarpPointer()

    mVue 0.1, Jan 4, 2004
       - initial

Featues:
    Model Load
       formats supported by OSG (some may not work with mVue since not all possible plugins are included here)
          3dc, dx, iv, lwo, pfb, Inventor, OpenFlight, ive, md2, txp, ac3d, freetype, 3ds, obj,
          zip, directx, gdal, logo, osg, dw, geo, logos, tgz
    Image Load
       formats supported by OSG (some may not work with mVue since not all possible plugins are included here)
          bmp, pic, sgi (rgba, rgb, int, inta), dds, png, tga, gif, pnm, tiff, jpeg, quicktime
    Model Save (.osg and .ive)
    3 standard matrix manipulators (trackball, fly and drive)
    Tree View of loaded Model (contributed by Brian Gavin)
    plus Audition-like viewer (matrix manipulator)
       + key to increase speed
       - key to decrease speed
    Lighting On / Off (from toolbar)
    Supports Drag and Drop (models and images)
    Separate message dialog with selectable severity for monitoring OSG output messages

ToDo:
    rendering from a separate thread (currently renders on timer)
    rendering controls:
       better lighting controls
       near/far clipping plane distances
    frame rate indicator
    detail texture for terrains
    Linux or Mac Port anyone?

Download:
       Application (Win32 only)
            mVueWin32Bin.zip

       Source
          mVueSrc.zip

       wxWindows Setup File used to configure wxWindows before building
             setup.h

Contact:
    Jeff Biggs