Architect 3D

Authors

• James Gabriel Goudie
• Patricia Lee
• Radu Laudat

Important Links

• Deployed URL: https://www.architect3d.me
• Video URL: https://youtu.be/eRZLqoqGybc
• API URL: https://github.com/UTSCC09/project-cscc09_goudie_laudat_lee/tree/master/api-docs

Summary

Architect is an application to design structures in a 3D environment. The application will be a website that can run in the browser. Users can work together and share projects.

Features for Beta Version

• Allow users to create basic structures using a suite of tools
• Users can navigate the 3D environment by controlling the camera
• Users can download their constructs or save them on a cloud service such as a personal Google Drive
• Allow for teams of designers so that users with accounts can work together simultaneously

Additional Features for Final Version

• Expand on editor functionality
• Improve synchronise useage
• Implement users and teams to easily control how users work togther

Technology Used

• The core of the frontend (interacting with 3D objects and navigation) will be implemented with three.js
• The frontend application will be constructed using Angular and will follow a modular approach
• A GraphQL API following CRUD will be used to define how the frontend can interact with the backend
• The backend will be constructed using NodeJs written in TypeScript which will handle authentication and interacting with the database
• All of the data will be stored in a PostgreSQL database which will have tables for users, teams, and workspaces

Technical Challenges

1. Allowing users to work on the same project simultaneously
2. Using three.js to allow users to navigate and create constructs
3. Designing constructs in a way that they can be saved and retrieved
4. Handling authentication with GraphQL
5. Interacting with the Google Drive API so that users can save projects