The Qt developers have announced the release of Qt 3D Studio 1.0 , which provides a 3D user interface development system that is suitable for both software developers and graphic designers.
Qt 3D Studio Editor
Qt 3D Studio is a tool for creating interactive 3D presentations and applications. The editor is a cross-platform Qt application that can be used on Windows, Mac, and Linux. You can import design assets from popular authoring tools such as Photoshop, Autodesk Maya, and The Foundry MODO.
Qt 3D Studio Editor & Viewer with remote connection feature
Qt 3D Studio Viewer
Qt 3D Studio Viewer is a great tool for testing designs in action. You can also use the remote connection feature built into Studio to connect to a device running the Viewer to instantly see changes to the device's design. The Qt developers have published the Viewer on Google Play app to get started easily with Android devices.
The viewer can also generate image sequences from Qt 3D Studio scenes, which can then be animated or combined into videos. This is especially useful, for example, if you use the same user interface also on devices that lack the resources to run a full blown 3D interface. This allows you to use the same tools and workflow in both cases. This feature can be used to create a video that you can easily use during the design process.
Platform installation and support
Editor & Viewer released for Windows and MacOS. Linux is also supported, but the prebuilt binaries do not yet contain version 1.0. Therefore, Linux users need to build the studio from source. If you are building apps for Android or embedded devices, please refer to the build instructions. In addition to Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android, Qt 3D Studio 1.0 supports embedded Linux as well as INTEGRITY and QNX real-time operating systems as build targets. Additional platforms such as iOS will be added in the future. See documentation for detailed platform support.
The easiest way to install Qt 3D Studio is through the online installer, where you can find it under Tools. If you don't have the online installer yet, you can go from our [download] page(https://www.qt.io/download) . If you are a commercial license holder, you can find the relevant packages in Qt Account . Offline installer packages are also provided.
Also remember that Qt 3D Studio uses the host and target device graphics adapter and drivers. During development, the Qt developers encountered some instances where updating to the latest drivers fixed issues the user was experiencing. If you encounter some issues, please submit a report to the bug tracker .
Where to begin? - Documentation and examples
As part of the installation packages, Qt provides sample projects, and also added some demo applications to a separate git repository https://git.qt.io/public-demos/qt3dstudio . Examples and demo applications will be added there. Documentation can be found at http://doc.qt.io/qt3dstudio/index.html .
Home Automation demo implemented with Qt 3D Studio and Qt Quick
Licensing
The Qt 3D Studio editor is available to all Qt commercial licensees at no additional cost. Also Qt 3D Studio Runtime can be used as part of Qt desktop and mobile applications at no additional cost. For open source users, Qt 3D Studio Editor and Runtime are available under the GPLv3 license. Embedded devices require a separate distribution agreement to cover Qt 3D Studio Runtime (i.e. co-distribution of hardware and software).
Next steps
Qt Company plans to release bug fixes as needed, and the next version release (1.1.0) will be released in early February. The biggest change in the next features release is the new Data Node API , which introduces a clearer separation between user interface and application logic. Data Nodes work with the "contract" between the user interface designer and application developer and make it easy to use the same data across multiple user interface components. Also, as mentioned earlier, Qt Company is working on a new Qt 3D Studio Runtime, which is built on top of Qt 3D. The new Runtime will be released as part of the Qt 3D Studio 2.0 release scheduled for May 2018.
