We can generate a 3D layout from Hamilton’s file, and simulate the run of hardware. It is not complex. Even this is possible in web. And you can do anything on the layout.
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Hi,
I saw that it was possible to use .gltf 3D file on the new LabWareEditor, I found some of them in the Hamilton folder.
I tried to generate some from .stl with Blender, but I did not succed.
Have you some experiences with this type of files ?
Thanks again
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This is definately possible and I think something cool if I can get this to work… the layout files are somewhat easy to parse, the coordinates and labware on them is easy to find out and the labware .x files if listed are within the labware carrier or rack files. this can all be decoded worst case using Hamilton’s binary converter tool if it is in binary format to get plain text. this would definitely be useful to get the output of the deck layout file from its layout file definition, and.or use it to create a “snapshot” of the deck layout for static deck dependet methods. the deck base file is challenging though to recapitulate but not impossible. I already have a first pass at this but definitely this needs some serious work to be something I would be able to show off but if youre curious here is the link to the repo. Any forks or all requests to this would be awesome as contributions to this could be very useful. might want to keep the deck layout to gab scene app a seperate app though to keep the viewer with limited complexity
wait where is unity used now?
I believe its what drives the Venus 6 Run Control viewer