Roadmap

See also:

• Features - What xeokit can do so far.

xeolabs aims to support high-performance 3D model viewing in the browser through an open source toolkit built on ten years experience visualizing STEM on the Web. xeokit's first priority is to load large models quickly and render them interactively, with the minimum memory footprint and best possible GPU performance.

Completed goals

Core SDK with enough functionality to start building production apps.

• Support huge models
• Load glTF with IFC metadata
• Save & load BCF viewpoints
• [Feb 2019] Release v0.1.2-beta
• Annotations
• NavCube
• Editable cross sections
• [March 2019] Release v0.2.0-beta
• Distance measurement plugin
• Angle measurement plugin
• Load optimized binary geometry format, similar concept to AutoDesk Derivative Format
• Load from BIMServer v1.5.120
• Load from BIMServer v1.5.172
• 2D plan view navigation plugin
• WebVR plugin
• Shadows
• Solid cross sections
• Migrate to TypeScript

Medium-term goals

Apply PBR capabilities to IFC, more integration.

• PBR materials from IFC
• Cesium 3D Tiles integration

Long-term goals

Adapt to new Web technologies.

• Run on other Web 3D graphics APIs (eg. WebGPU)

Resources

• BIM Roadmap
• 3D Renderer Roadmap
• Management Roadmap