Web 3D Viewer Component

Step-up solution for bringing your CAD products to a website

Keeping up with two modern trends such as immersive computing and migration from on-premise to web, Open Cascade offers a unique package of software components for short-time creation of 3D-rich web applications. The rendering technology of Web 3D Viewer SDK simplifies heavily detailed CAD files by converting them into light-weight format with top loading and display speed. Web3D Viewer is a part of Open Cascade Commercial Platform.

The package consists of two components:

WebGL 3D viewer — the component responsible for CAD rendering and visualization in a web, Presentation Generator (BSON generator) — the component responsible for conversion of CAD files to internal binary presentation format (BSON) that can be displayed in a web browser with help of WebGL 3D viewer component.

Standard functionality* included into Web 3D Viewer:

• Navigation and rotation
• Measurements
• Annotations
• Clipping planes and capping
• Exploded view
• Snapshots
• Object browser, synchronization of the selection between browser and 3D view

*Some additional functionality can be provided as a specific development based on other Commercial Platform components.

Build your own web 3D solution from scratch or extend viewing capacities and add interactivity to your existing projects

E-commerce — online catalogues, configurators and customizers

• Attract more customers with immersive 3D views
• Embed advanced customization options and let your end users create assembly, resize, change components, choose colors, remove unnecessary parts, etc.*
• IP protect your products (hide parts, distort/deform details to protect proprietary information while preserving the outer geometry)*
• Automate order, sales, manufacturing and other processes by integrating web 3D viewer with other enterprise systems.*

*This functionality is not included into Web 3D Viewer standard package, can be provided as Open Cascade specific development based on other Commercial Platform components.

E-learning and Science — interactive trainings

• Enrich your presentations with interactive and immersive 3D views while conducting online trainings, learnings, conferences, etc.
• Provide your audience with advanced immersive viewing of training materials.
• Let your audience share their works with easy loading of 3D models from anywhere.

Enterprise solutions — collaborative tools for exploring and analyzing 3D design

• Provide all stakeholders with an easy access to enterprise 3D data from anywhere*
• Let all team members collaborate on corporate 3D projects, perform design review, analyze models, share comments*
• Visualize large-scale point cloud models*

*This functionality is not included into Web 3D Viewer standard package, can be provided as Open Cascade specific development based on other Commercial Platform components.

Key advantages:

• Compatible with both WebGL 1.0/2.0
• JavaScript API layer offers a subset of functions for scene scripting
• Three.js renderer- display of custom actors

Supported web browsers:

• Mozilla Firefox version 54 or newer (WebGL 2.0)
• Google Chrome version 59  or newer (WebGL 2.0)
• Microsoft Edge 40  or newer (WebGL 2.0)
• Apple Safari (WebGL 1.0)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version  11 (WebGL 1.0/2.0)

Supported file formats for reading:

• Neutral file formats: STEP, IGES,
• Native file formats *: CATIA v.4/v.5/v.6, Solidworks, Solidedge, JT, NX, CreoElements (Pro-Engineer), Inventor, ACIS, Parasolid, 3DM (Rhino), IFC, Revit, CADDs,
• Mesh file formats: OBJ, STL, PLY, FBX, CGR,
• Internal file format: BREP, XBF.

*The support of native formats is available as an extension to the standard functionality under additional license. Contact Open Cascade to get more information.