ar-site-maker 1.0.1

A tool to create a website where 3D models can be viewed using AR technology.

AR Site Maker

A tool to create a website where 3D models can be viewed using AR technology. You can make simple marker based AR site that can view 3D model. Simply specify the site name, 3D model file (.glb), and marker image (URL). You can try demo project by accessing below QR code and holding up QR code a camera after site is loaded. You have to allow camera access from demo site.

How to install

ar-site-maker is available through pip and PyPi. You need python3.

pip install ar-site-maker

You can confirm installation by executing ar-site-maker command.

ar-site-maker 

You can show top page like this if ar-site-maker is successfully installed.

Ar Site Maker {version}
 Documentation is here https://github.com/enfy-space/ArSiteMaker

Usage

Usage is very easy!

Preparing File

What you have to prepare is below.

• .glb file Sorry! we don't support .gltf file yet 🥹.
  Please make sure to your model is

  • located around center of coordinate:(0,0,0)
  • not buried in plane (elevation=0)

• marker image or site URL
  Generated site is marker-based AR so Object is appear on the marker. There are two-way to make marker.

  • image : You can set your favorite image as marker. We recommend as simple and square as image possible.
  • URL : If specify your site URL, ar-site-maker set QR-code as marker automatically.

Command Usage

Basic usage of command is below.
If you want to use your favorite image as marker

 ar-site-maker make <your project name> <glb file path> -i <image path>

If you want to use QR code of your site as marker

 ar-site-maker make <your project name> <glb file path> -u <url>

Options

• title

  The site title will be the same as the project name if not specified. If you want to set title arbitrarily, you can use --site_title option like this.

  ar-site-maker make <your project name> <glb file path> -u <url> --site_title <title>
  

• scale

  If you want to adjust object scale, you can use --scale option like this.

  ar-site-maker make <your project name> <glb file path> -u <url> --scale <scale>
  

• animation

  If you want to add rotate animation to object, you can add -a (or --animation) option like this.

  ar-site-maker make <your project name> <glb file path> -u <url> -a 
  

of course! you can open help like this

  ar-site-maker make -h 

Output

Your exported data is in directory named fot the project. You can browse exported site by accessing index.html. The marker is stored in marker directory. You can use marker.png or marker_add_padding.png ; marker added padding as marker.

project name
├── index.html
├── marker
│   ├── marker.patt
│   ├── marker.png
│   └── marker_add_padding.png
└── model
    └── model.glb