Qt Quick 3D - Introduction
Demonstrates how to render a scene in Qt Quick 3D.
This example gives an introductory overview of the basic Quick 3D features by going through the code of a simple example.
Setting Up the Scene
We set up the entire scene in the main.qml file.
To be able to use the types in the QtQuick3D module, we must import it:
import QtQuick import QtQuick3D
To draw any 3D scene, we need a 3D viewport within the Qt Quick scene. This is provided by the View3D class, and this is where we define our scene. It is also possible to have multiple views in one application, see Qt Quick 3D - View3D Example.
We start with defining the environment of our scene. In this example we just clear the background color with skyblue
, which we specify in a SceneEnvironment for the environment
property of the view. SceneEnvironment describes various properties related to the environment of the scene, such as tonemapping settings, light probe settings for image based lighting, background mode, or ambient occlusion parameters. It can also control anti-aliasing, see Qt Quick 3D - Antialiasing Example. In our example we set the clearColor
and backgroundMode
properties to get a blue background.
environment: SceneEnvironment { clearColor: "skyblue" backgroundMode: SceneEnvironment.Color }
Meshes
To make the scene a bit more interesting we are now going to add some meshes. In Quick 3D there are a number of builtin meshes for convenience, for example sphere, cube, cone, or cylinder. These are referenced by using the special identifiers, such as #Sphere
, #Cube
, or#Rectangle
in the source property of a Model node. Besides the built-in primitives, a .mesh
file can be specified. To generate .mesh
files from FBX or glTF2 assets, the assets need to be processed using the Balsam Asset Import Tool. Below shows the code adding a blue sphere and a red flattened cylinder:
Model { position: Qt.vector3d(0, -200, 0) source: "#Cylinder" scale: Qt.vector3d(2, 0.2, 1) materials: [ DefaultMaterial { diffuseColor: "red" } ] } Model { position: Qt.vector3d(0, 150, 0) source: "#Sphere" materials: [ DefaultMaterial { diffuseColor: "blue" } ] SequentialAnimation on y { loops: Animation.Infinite NumberAnimation { duration: 3000 to: -150 from: 150 easing.type:Easing.InQuad } NumberAnimation { duration: 3000 to: 150 from: -150 easing.type:Easing.OutQuad } } }
To add the meshes, we use two Model nodes, with #Sphere
and #Cylinder
as the source to load our built-in meshes. To give the model a color we need to first specify a material. In this case we use a DefaultMaterial with a red and blue diffuse color. There are three different materials available with different properties, namely DefaultMaterial, PrincipledMaterial and CustomMaterial, see Qt Quick 3D - Principled Material Example and Programmable Materials, Effects, Geometry, and Texture data. The mesh loaded by a Model can have multiple sub-meshes, and each sub-mesh needs to have a material specified. In the example only the built-in meshes are used, and those only have one sub-mesh each, and therefore it is sufficient to specify a single DefaultMaterial in the materials list.
A Model is a Node, so it has an associated transformation. To apply a translation, we use the position
property. It is also possible to rotate the model by setting the eulerRotation
property. To make the cylinder look like a plate we set the scale
property accordingly.
Camera
Then we define a camera, which specifies how the content of the 3D scene is projected onto a 2D surface. In this example, we use PerspectiveCamera which gives us a perspective projection. Orthographic projection is also possible through the OrthographicCamera type. The default orientation of the camera has its forward vector pointing along the negative Z axis and its up vector along the positive Y axis. The example moves the camera back to 300 on the Z axis. In addition, it is moved up an the Y axis a bit, and is rotated slightly around the X axis to look slightly downwards.
PerspectiveCamera { position: Qt.vector3d(0, 200, 300) eulerRotation.x: -30 }
Lights
The scene also needs a light source in order to be able to see the models in our scene. A DirectionalLight, which can be thought of as a distant sun shining from a certain direction, is added to the scene. There are two other light sources available, namely SpotLight and PointLight, see Qt Quick 3D - Lights Example.
DirectionalLight { eulerRotation.x: -30 eulerRotation.y: -70 }
Animation
Finally, we are also going to animate the sphere. We do this by applying a SequentialAnimation on the y
component, moving the sphere up and down infinitely.
SequentialAnimation on y { loops: Animation.Infinite NumberAnimation { duration: 3000 to: -150 from: 150 easing.type:Easing.InQuad } NumberAnimation { duration: 3000 to: 150 from: -150 easing.type:Easing.OutQuad } }
With all these parts working together we are able to render our 3D scene. This example touches only some of the basic capabilities of Qt Quick 3D. Visit the examples page for further examples.
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