3D companion app for PCMTEC

[hjtrbo]

Missed the 3D in HP Tuners so threw together a very basic app to generate a 3D graph from a data table. Utilised the open source Graph3D c# library. Handles data with or without axis headers.

Editor3D: A Windows.Forms Render Control with interactive 3D Editor in C# - CodeProject

PCMTEC 3D Viewer.zip

[Roland@pcmtec]

Matt actually implemented this before he left. We have just never had the resources to QA it and ensure it doesn't reduce performance. 

Video of it here 

 

Skip to 2:08

Help us sell into the US to bring on more devs and we will get it into a build! 

I even did a POC back in 2016 which I never finished. 

The list is never ending and we have to say no to 95% of requests unfortunately. 

 

[hjtrbo]

Right on. Considered sponsorship? From all the you tubing I've done, they get good crowds over there to drag and drive meets etc.  

That 3D library I linked to above is very good. My backyard QA was to link 12 plots together and have them spinning around, zooming and panning all at random. On a mid range laptop she was smooth as butter.

I haven't looked into this yet, but was thinking of window hooking into whatever table is open in the pcmtec editor to get the table data and axis. 

I've just started playing around with the point edit call back function. Pretty cool.   

[Roland@pcmtec]

Unless you are willing to move to Adelaide and work full time we aren't currently looking for people. 

[hjtrbo]

Wasn't looking. 🤷

[Roland@pcmtec]

3 hours ago, hjtrbo said:

Wasn't looking. 🤷

I thought you meant sponsorship regarding coding!

Yes we do some sponsorship, we find it works best with influencers or end users, simply paying them for videos of their testimonials etc. Eg something they have already created and believe. Our recent batch of training videos was done by an end user under an agreement like this.

[hjtrbo]

Lol, oh hell no. You'd cringe at my work compared to yours. 

If you could get onto Cletus McFarland and get him going with rolling anti lag on 1 of his Ford trucks that would make for a good sponsorship video. That bloke racks up a 1M+ views in a day or 2. 

 

[Roland@pcmtec]

His are all diesel afaik. But he is a great suggestion. 

[jakka351]

He's.got a Crown.Vic with a supercharged 5.4 and tremec in it. Let err rip tato chip

[hjtrbo]

Made some updates:

• Paste with axis info from PCMTec or HP Tuners
• Separate x axis paste from PCMTec
• Add or remove number of decimal places displayed
• Single or multi edit of selected cell(s)
• Single or multiple graph point(s) can be selected and moved with immediate table update

To do:

• Undo / redo function
• Tidy up of cell editing
• Implement decimal rounding on the data table when moving the graph points
• More copy options, e.g. copy with axis
• More paste options e.g. paste special functions

Wish list:

• Interpolate functions
• Input csv data for x & y axis and generate output plot so table changes can be visualised from existing data runs

Edit: I've reached out to Elmue the developer of the 3D graph code to see if the way the axis are displayed can be improved. He has said he will investigate but made no promises. 

Edit2: Linked file removed. See Github link in next post

 

Edited August 7 by hjtrbo

[hjtrbo]

Major revision. Still has some bugs.

hjtrbo/Table-Editor-3D: A 3d map editor designed to accompany tuning software that lack 3d graph support (github.com)

[Roland@pcmtec]

Can you do it in WPF?

We use arction (they have a trial) but any other free library would also work.

If you do it in WPF we could use it in the editor. Winforms is almost 20 years old now!

Click and drag to adjust the points would be a requirement to add it.

We use an old version of arction lightning chart WPF9.9.0.1.1

[hjtrbo]

@Roland@pcmtec Click and drag is supported. Enter point select mode, then enable drag mode. The buttons are on the tool bar. Can also point drag by holding down the ctrl key from memory? 

Caviet. There's still a few bugs, I don't think the code base as is would be suitable as a commercial grade release without more robust testing. 

[hjtrbo]

40 minutes ago, Roland@pcmtec said:

If you do it in WPF we could use it in the editor. Winforms is almost 20 years old now!

Click and drag to adjust the points would be a requirement to add it.

Would cost an a2l for a commercial license