In this post, we will introduce different options for designing 3D map. A map mostly serves the task of guiding people, but there are many different ways to design a map. When designing a map, a lot depends on what the map is designed for, which peo [...]

How to create DIY 3D wayfinding maps? It is not that hard as it may sound. Following post will give you an overview on how to create 3D models for wayfinding software. In addition we will share you videos of the modeling process. Here [...]

How are 3D map models made in Blender? Here is a step by step look. You find detailed blender modeling tutorial with videos and specific guidelines. BLENDER MODELING TUTORIAL GENERAL GUIDELINES Maintain a clean quad topology and keep poly [...]

In recent days, we were having problems with 3D model converter. These problems are partially fixed now, so converting non-corrupted 3D files shouldn’t cause any interruption anymore.   3D Wayfinder’s model file converter has stopped quite [...]

We have developed an interactive kiosk for 3D applications. The kiosk is equipped with a landscape LCD screen, a touch panel and a dedicated graphics card which makes it suitable for applications that require greater graphical computing capabilities. [...]

We have changed the logic of initializing POI data in 3D Wayfinder. This gives up to 80% faster project initialization for medium and large projects. In very large projects, the increase is even larger - more than 90%. After data is loaded from the [...]

New feature we have added for wayfinding applications is accordion style floors when using path animation. This means, that all floors will be visible on the screens when showing the path through multiple floors. In 3D Wayfinder you will see all flo [...]

We have listed some guidelines for creating 3D models, that look nice and run smoothly in web-browsers.  3D Wayfinder uses regular 3D models, so there is no special format or way how the 3D floorplans should be modeled. As 3D Wayfinder works in [...]

There is option now to move the camera with path animation. This makes the path visualization even more effective with 3D floor-plans and maps, especially when combining with directions. So far there were 2 ways to show the path: draw the path anima [...]

3ds Max models cannot be used directly in 3D Wayfinder, as .max format is closed file format and our importer doesn't support it. But exporting 3D models from Max is not complicated. 3D Wayfinder supports following formats for 3D models: .fbx, .dae, [...]

With the end of 2015 and the beginning of this year there are many new features added to 3D Wayfinder. The goal of these changes was to add flexibility to customizing the behavior of the 3D map and wayfinding. In parallel with large customer project [...]

CGTrader is organizing challenge called "CG Architecture Challenge". More than 240 thousand 3D enthusiasts and designers have been invited to participate. 3D Wayfinder has set awards for each challenge subcategory. Award will be given for the best 3D [...]

WebGL issues are fixed with Android 6.0. 3D Wayfinder is running again on latest Android. We discovered WebGL issues with Android Lollipop 5.1.1 version, that was available for Google Nexus devices on August. Now Google has started to roll out Andro [...]

Currently we are developing features to insert external 3D objects to floor plans. With this it would be possible to add these "little details" (like escalators, benches, trees or even cars) that make the floor-plans look realistic. The best thing is [...]

Thanks to implemented deferred renderer it is possible to create and manage lights on 3D Wayfinder Administration panel. This means also real-time shadows, point-lights and multiple directional lights. Deferred rendering is an alternative approach t [...]

Now the JSON 3D model formats are also implemented in 3D Wayfinder. This gives us better browser-side loading time as browsers’ native JSON parser is faster, than parsing binary models in Javascript. The average gain in loading time is 55%, which m [...]

What is the difference between 3D and 2D wayfinding and what are the benefits of 3D floor plans? We have tested 3D, semi-3D and 2D floor-plans with our small focus-group and below is the short summary. To see the 3D floor-plans in action, please si [...]

We have published overview of integration possibilities with other software and also short description of 3D Wayfinder application server architecture. 3D Wayfinder is fully web-based wayfinding solution, with modular architecture, customizable temp [...]

We have released a new version of FRAK WebGL engine with support of our native JSON format for 3D models. This decreases the browser-side loading time as browsers' native JSON parser is faster, than parsing binary models in Javascript, as we used to [...]