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NGimbal / sdfui

Drafting with signed distance fields
https://www.alignaec.com
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Import, translate, draft on top of images done in other softwares #44

Closed NGimbal closed 4 years ago

NGimbal commented 4 years ago

Enable input of png (then pdf?) images done in other softwares.

Snips of other ppl's drawings, model views, drawing sets, site conditions, manufacturer details are a big way ppl communicate and work today. If a drafting / markup software can't bring in external images then it's almost worthless. Revit technically can do this, but it's capability is actually very limited, and this is a major frustration with Revit. Even more essential for a "design communication" tool.

Unclear whether this should be implemented at the shader level or by compositing the shader image with a standard HTML canvas below. Compositing shaders as textures may be one way to reduce shader recompilation in the future.

NGimbal commented 4 years ago

This is well on its way... need to implement selection / scale / rotate / copy / paste but ability to render image in shader is very feasible.