Summary
A special treatment for 3d models in glb/gltf format is implemented in the Binaries Service.
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This preview generation happens on the cluster nodes. A Chrome browser instance is started on a virtual framebuffer device. The model is loaded by the browser and then a screenshot of the browser is taken.
Obtain Sources
The software can be obtained by executing
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git clone https://dev.fiz-karlsruhe.de/stash/scm/ddb/3d-screenshot-generator.git |
Installation
In order for this the scripts to work the follwing packages following things need to be installed done on the cluster nodes:
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sudo yum install npm xorg-x11-server-Xvfb atk java-atk-wrapper at-spi2-atk gtk3 libXt ImageMagick
# Register and start Xvfb service
sudo echo "
[Unit]
Description=Xvfb headless plotting
After=network.target
[Service]
User=root
ExecStart=/usr/bin/Xvfb :0 -screen 0 1280x1024x24
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Alias=Xvfb.service
Alias=xvfbd.service
" > /etc/systemd/system/xvfb.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable xvfb
sudo systemctl start xvfb
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Configuration and Problem solving
Please always refer to the projects Readme file (especially for CentOS 7 systems). The configuration in appconfig.json needs to be adapted.
Regular problems
If some models work and other models don't work do the following checks:
- Always first check if the timeout setting (in appconfig.json) is high enough.
- Is is the correct Binary Server (in appconfig.json)?
- It could be that the Puppeteer (Chromium) version is to old for newer generated model version. Update Puppeteer (and Node itself).