3D Visualization toolbox for easy display of complex data from
Matlab or Python
Emmanuel Cledat
May 31, 2019
Available at: https://github.com/ManuCledat/Matlab_Python_3D_toolbox
This 3D Visualization toolbox permits to create visualization for debugging purposes, data analysis and
results rendering. It permits to export usual 3D object used in research in a CAD software. This eases the
navigation in the 3D model, its modification and its rendering (e.g. background, shadows, fog could be easily
modified). Finally, it permits to visualize, by a simple click the meta-data of the objects, inputted by the
user (i.e. object name or number) and calculated by the CAD software, as traditional GIS functionalities.
Figure 1: Example of figure created with the toolbox
Introduction
This toolbox is implemented both in Matlab and in Python. It permits to export 3D data (such as results
of research data) in the free software sketchUp [1]. This CAD software where chosen for its user-friendliness
and its diversity of use. This software could be used for various applications, such as mechanical engineering,
architecture, spatial design, and environmental modeling. Moreover, it is usually chosen for educational
purposes as a first CAD software to learn (here, a course designed for 14-15 years-old students [2]). Previous
versions of our toolbox (not released) were used for geodetic engineering publications: [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9].
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