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3D airplane visualization

103 points by filipkappa 8y ago

julienreszka 8y ago
very 90s looks nice
- TekMol 8y ago
  You must have had pretty modern 90s. My 90s looked like this: https://www.forum64.de/index.php?thread/58960-giga-cad-plus-converter-v1-0-1-hires-multi-1fach-hires-4-fach-und-10-fach-zu-png/ https://www.forum64.de/index.php?thread/58960-giga-cad-plus-...
  - julienreszka 8y ago
    https://networkchatter.wordpress.com/category/cad/ https://networkchatter.wordpress.com/category/cad/
    - ngcc_hk 8y ago
      Not want to involve in argument but it really depend upon where you work. Someone are evaluating autocad in 1985 I believe when we are using cadcam in mainframe. The Ibm has to be upgraded all the times. Well, from building point of view one floor cost More than the whole Ibm mainframe and we are building whole housing estate. Those are still standing and housed 1/2 million people. But what surprise me not is how giving up or not pursue Priate help autocad due to the key is Human Resources. That is why apple Xcode is so much cf visual studio until lately. That is why open source is nothing about business but mind share. Bim bim bim. Sigh. As support guy it is not sure how to do it. But it is coming. Welcome come to 21st cen. Can it run under Js and the 24 inch windows surface station. Wonder today.
      - aj7 8y ago
        Translation please.
      - filipkappa 8y ago
        besides that, it ultimately isn't done with autocad ;)
  - keyle 8y ago
    Oh I literally spent my youth on 3DS4 on DOS, reading the same book, back to back.
speps 8y ago
What's the interesting part here? It uses Three.js to display a wireframe model.
- paulgb 8y ago
  It's not even an original model, it's from here: https://github.com/baronwatts/models https://github.com/baronwatts/models
thomasfl 8y ago
Some people have way too much time on their hands. Next time I buy airline tickets, I will have seats in the back though.
- blensor 8y ago
  I've watched a youtube video about the chances to survive a fall from/or with airplane parts (sorry forgot the channel but it was some physics channel) and the reason seems to be that airplanes tend to break in the middle while the rear of the plane tends to stay in one piece. So you still have some protective shell around you if the plane has a crash that is at least to some degree survivable.
  - mirimir 8y ago
    Yeah, I prefer to sit in the last few rows. But my wife, she likes the first few rows, because it's less hassle. So we alternate, depending on who makes reservations.
elango 8y ago
responsive in mobile and quite addictive to play in mobile good job
- ngcc_hk 8y ago
  Very good. Not sure someone said it is just ... may be it is just ... but it is still quite good.
IfOnlyYouKnew 8y ago
It’s of course somwhat useless in fulfilling its putative purpose: apparently, seat-level data isn’t available, making this a somewhat overwrought visualization for the data. And the most visible feature are colored seats, but the color does not communicate anything. You have to click on each button to get a single data point each, shown in easy-to-miss text above the useless model. Why not invest the time to find an example that is actually useful? There is seatguru(?) that has all sorts of seat-level data available , I believe.
eat_veggies 8y ago
site breaks back button
- filipkappa 8y ago
  what do you mean?
keyle 8y ago
As someone that usually picked the tail of the airplane and flew around the world many times, let me tell you one thing... If you don't like turbulences, the back is often a little more sickening than at the wings. Maybe someone who did the math can confirm or deny... it's just a feeling.
- Already__Taken 8y ago
  That would be right. The plane will pivot around the center of lift.
- michelb 8y ago
  I get sick in 10 mins on an airplane. Sitting on the wings helps tremendously. Sat in the tail once, never again. The front is okay as well for me but i can orient myself better on the wings and there is a lot less movement.
anonytrary 8y ago
Given how detailed the mesh is, I find it surprising that you cannot translate the camera. Unless I'm missing some controls somewhere, I seem to be limited at rotating and zooming about the origin. I tried click-drag, WSAD and arrow keys. Unfortunate that so much work went into building the mesh, yet the tool provides no method to explore it fully. It's a tease!
- aaaaaaaaaab 8y ago
  >Unfortunate that so much work went into building the mesh As others have pointed out the mesh is from here: https://github.com/baronwatts/models https://github.com/baronwatts/models

103 points by filipkappa 8y ago

julienreszka 8y ago

very 90s looks nice

TekMol 8y ago
You must have had pretty modern 90s. My 90s looked like this: https://www.forum64.de/index.php?thread/58960-giga-cad-plus-converter-v1-0-1-hires-multi-1fach-hires-4-fach-und-10-fach-zu-png/ https://www.forum64.de/index.php?thread/58960-giga-cad-plus-...
- julienreszka 8y ago
  https://networkchatter.wordpress.com/category/cad/ https://networkchatter.wordpress.com/category/cad/
  - ngcc_hk 8y ago
    Not want to involve in argument but it really depend upon where you work. Someone are evaluating autocad in 1985 I believe when we are using cadcam in mainframe. The Ibm has to be upgraded all the times. Well, from building point of view one floor cost More than the whole Ibm mainframe and we are building whole housing estate. Those are still standing and housed 1/2 million people. But what surprise me not is how giving up or not pursue Priate help autocad due to the key is Human Resources. That is why apple Xcode is so much cf visual studio until lately. That is why open source is nothing about business but mind share. Bim bim bim. Sigh. As support guy it is not sure how to do it. But it is coming. Welcome come to 21st cen. Can it run under Js and the 24 inch windows surface station. Wonder today.
    - aj7 8y ago
      Translation please.
    - filipkappa 8y ago
      besides that, it ultimately isn't done with autocad ;)
- keyle 8y ago
  Oh I literally spent my youth on 3DS4 on DOS, reading the same book, back to back.

speps 8y ago

What's the interesting part here? It uses Three.js to display a wireframe model.

paulgb 8y ago
It's not even an original model, it's from here: https://github.com/baronwatts/models https://github.com/baronwatts/models

thomasfl 8y ago

Some people have way too much time on their hands. Next time I buy airline tickets, I will have seats in the back though.

blensor 8y ago
I've watched a youtube video about the chances to survive a fall from/or with airplane parts (sorry forgot the channel but it was some physics channel) and the reason seems to be that airplanes tend to break in the middle while the rear of the plane tends to stay in one piece. So you still have some protective shell around you if the plane has a crash that is at least to some degree survivable.
- mirimir 8y ago
  Yeah, I prefer to sit in the last few rows. But my wife, she likes the first few rows, because it's less hassle. So we alternate, depending on who makes reservations.

elango 8y ago

responsive in mobile and quite addictive to play in mobile good job

ngcc_hk 8y ago
Very good. Not sure someone said it is just ... may be it is just ... but it is still quite good.

IfOnlyYouKnew 8y ago

It’s of course somwhat useless in fulfilling its putative purpose: apparently, seat-level data isn’t available, making this a somewhat overwrought visualization for the data. And the most visible feature are colored seats, but the color does not communicate anything. You have to click on each button to get a single data point each, shown in easy-to-miss text above the useless model. Why not invest the time to find an example that is actually useful? There is seatguru(?) that has all sorts of seat-level data available , I believe.

eat_veggies 8y ago

site breaks back button

filipkappa 8y ago
what do you mean?

keyle 8y ago

As someone that usually picked the tail of the airplane and flew around the world many times, let me tell you one thing... If you don't like turbulences, the back is often a little more sickening than at the wings. Maybe someone who did the math can confirm or deny... it's just a feeling.

Already__Taken 8y ago
That would be right. The plane will pivot around the center of lift.
michelb 8y ago
I get sick in 10 mins on an airplane. Sitting on the wings helps tremendously. Sat in the tail once, never again. The front is okay as well for me but i can orient myself better on the wings and there is a lot less movement.

anonytrary 8y ago

Given how detailed the mesh is, I find it surprising that you cannot translate the camera. Unless I'm missing some controls somewhere, I seem to be limited at rotating and zooming about the origin. I tried click-drag, WSAD and arrow keys. Unfortunate that so much work went into building the mesh, yet the tool provides no method to explore it fully. It's a tease!

aaaaaaaaaab 8y ago
>Unfortunate that so much work went into building the mesh As others have pointed out the mesh is from here: https://github.com/baronwatts/models https://github.com/baronwatts/models