Re: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS 3D: looking below the terrain model

2017-12-15 Thread Nyall Dawson
On 15 December 2017 at 21:54, Vincent Habchi wrote: > My experience as a journalist who speaks to quite a lot of people using GIS > in local governments and elsewhere is that 3D is rarely, if ever used, and > for the time being is more a gadget than a real useful tool. One thing I would really

Re: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS 3D: looking below the terrain model

2017-12-15 Thread Nyall Dawson
On 14 December 2017 at 20:41, Martin Dobias wrote: > Hi Andreas > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Andreas Neumann wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Being a caver, I have a lot of underground data. Thanks to the support from >> Martin I got them to load correctly as 3D polygondata. >> >> However, one issue I

Re: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS 3D: looking below the terrain model

2017-12-15 Thread Vincent Habchi
Hi there, I’m boarding a bit late on the train but: > Perhaps - or maybe not. 3D is the kind of thing that many think is cool, but > they wouldn't spend money on it, because it isn't helping their business > case. As an example, the crowd funding from Lutra on 3D for Crayfish go close > to zer

Re: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS 3D: looking below the terrain model

2017-12-15 Thread Andreas Neumann
> I would rather spend QGIS.ORG money on important bugfixing for QGIS 3. > QGIS Grant applications should be directed to the work nobody wants to > fund initially, or for proof-of-concept or kickstart of new features. > > I have no doubt we will find people and organizations willing to fund > feat

Re: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS 3D: looking below the terrain model

2017-12-15 Thread Vincent Picavet (ml)
Hello, On 14/12/2017 08:02, Andreas Neumann wrote: > Hi Nyall, > > nice that we agree on both ;-) > > I will start collecting a wish-list on 3D and we can do a crowd funding > to address selected issues. Or we could do another QGIS grant on 3D > improvements. I would rather spend QGIS.ORG money

Re: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS 3D: looking below the terrain model

2017-12-14 Thread Syd Visser
Martin As a geologist and geophysicist it is extremely important for us to be able to see below topography and inside (slice and dice) volumes as in NVIZ in grass. I have always thought that only being able to view topography form the top or volumes form the outside not inside was called 2.5

Re: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS 3D: looking below the terrain model

2017-12-14 Thread Andreas Neumann
Hi Martin, Thanks a lot for your reply. I would be fine if both of these wouldn't be defaults but configurable. Thanks, Andreas On 2017-12-14 11:41, Martin Dobias wrote: > Hi Andreas > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Andreas Neumann wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Being a caver, I have a l

Re: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS 3D: looking below the terrain model

2017-12-14 Thread Martin Dobias
Hi Andreas On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Andreas Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > Being a caver, I have a lot of underground data. Thanks to the support from > Martin I got them to load correctly as 3D polygondata. > > However, one issue I have is that the terrain rendering disappears when I > look be

Re: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS 3D: looking below the terrain model

2017-12-14 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 13/12/2017 23:06, Nyall Dawson ha scritto: > On 14 December 2017 at 00:31, Andreas Neumann wrote: >> The other issue I have is that tilting is somehow locked at the horizon. I >> can look down on the terrain and then rotate the whole model until I look >> sideway into the model, but than the r

Re: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS 3D: looking below the terrain model

2017-12-13 Thread Andreas Neumann
Hi Nyall, nice that we agree on both ;-) I will start collecting a wish-list on 3D and we can do a crowd funding to address selected issues. Or we could do another QGIS grant on 3D improvements. Andreas On 2017-12-13 23:06, Nyall Dawson wrote: > On 14 December 2017 at 00:31, Andreas Neuman

Re: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS 3D: looking below the terrain model

2017-12-13 Thread Nyall Dawson
On 14 December 2017 at 00:31, Andreas Neumann wrote: > However, one issue I have is that the terrain rendering disappears when I > look below the terrain model surface - which isn't so nice for a caver or > geologist. Is this also an issue about culling? Would it be possible to > enable the rende

[QGIS-Developer] QGIS 3D: looking below the terrain model

2017-12-13 Thread Andreas Neumann
Hi, Being a caver, I have a lot of underground data. Thanks to the support from Martin I got them to load correctly as 3D polygondata. However, one issue I have is that the terrain rendering disappears when I look below the terrain model surface - which isn't so nice for a caver or geologist