Metaballs3D

3D visualisation of Metaballs (OpenGL)

How to execute

1. Install Cmake (minimum version 3.12)
   • apt install cmake
2. Install GLEW
   • apt install glew
3. Install SDL2 (for example version 2.0.16)
   • apt install sdl2
4. Clone repository
   • git clone https://github.com/SBOne-Kenobi/Metaballs3D.git
5. Build project with cmake
   • Create build-directory
   • Configure: cmake ..
   • On Windows:
     • Configure build with -DGLEW_ROOT="<PATH TO GLEW>" -DSDL2_ROOT="<PATH TO SDL2>"
     • Copy glew32.dll SDL2.dll libs to build-directory of project
     • Also need to build with Visual Studio toolchain on Windows (and install libs also for this toolchain)
   • Build: cmake build .
6. Run
   • ./Metaballs3D

Control

• Arrows to rotate scene
• WS to move forward and backward
• Space to pause graph
• Left ctrl and left alt to switch polygon mode
• 1 and 2 to turn on/off grid and isolines
• Whell on mouse to change detalisation of grid
• Wheel + left shift to change number of isolines
• Mouse left click creates metaball
• Mouse right click delete metaball

Example

• Video and screenshot