3DHOP is an open-source software package for the creation of interactive Web-based presentations of high-resolution 3D models
3DHOP by Visual Computing Laboratory - ISTI - CNR
Contact Us @ info@3dhop.net
16 June 2020
Marco Callieri @ marco.callieri@isti.cnr.it
Marco Potenziani @ marco.potenziani@isti.cnr.it
documentation folder -> the 3DHOP basic documentation
minimal folder -> the 3DHOP minimal version, a ready-to-use viewer in a self-contained folder
examples folder -> all the 3DHOP examples/howto shown in the 3DHOP website
text files -> basic info texts
There isn't server installation: just copy the 3DHOP "minimal" or "examples" folder into your web server space and access the HTML files with a browser to see the viewer in action. 3DHOP is a tool designed for the Web, so HTML pages containing a 3DHOP viewer need to be accessed through a web connection to work properly. However if you want to run 3DHop locally on your PC, you can choose between two ways:
Web server
The best way to test the 3DHOP features on your PC is to install a Web server.
Currently the most popular Web server on the Internet is the Apache HTTP Server ("httpd") by The Apache Software Foundation (please refer to the project website to download it and for installation instructions).
Once installed the Web server there are just a few step to run 3DHOP:
[Tip: to install a Web server in a simpler way, there exist several applications, like XAMPP or BITNAMI WAMP Stack, that can do this for you...]
Browser Tweaking
The simplest way to test the 3DHOP features on your PC without installing any other software, is to allow your browser to access local files on your file system (this practice is disabled by default due to security risk).
The trick to solve this issue is simple, but is restricted only to Chromium based browsers (CHROME, EDGE or OPERA). Here are the instructions (more detailed info about the deployment of 3DHOP can be found in this pdf).
For Windows:
For Linux:
For Mac:
[Tip: on FIREFOX and SAFARI browsers, there is no simple way to enable the local files access (so, it is recommended to install a Web Server if you need to work with these browser locally). However, by default it supports the use of 3D models in Ply format, so you can use 3DHOP in a limited mode, restricted to single resolution models, but without to perform any procedure or to install nothing.]
A WebGL-enabled browser is needed to run 3DHOP. Please refer to this page for a quick HOWTO.
3DHOP is supported by all the most widely-used browsers and has been successfully tested on the latest versions of Google CHROME, Mozilla FIREFOX, Microsoft EDGE, Apple SAFARI and OPERA.
If you need technical assistance about 3DHOP, visit the project official website.
3DHOP software is released under the GPL license.