rormasa/nodebeameditor

NodeBeam Editor

NodeBeam Editor is a simple utility for building and editing BeamNG and Rigs of Rods nodebeam structures. The editor is still at very early stage of development.

##Current features Currently it is possible to add nodes and beams, organize them in groups and define beam arguments. User can set blueprints to orthographic views.

For easy testing, it is possible to specify preselected map and vehicle in editor settings and launch the game from the Test button.

###Importing nodes and beams is suppored from:

• BeamNG
• Rigs of Rods
• Wavefront OBJ

###Export is supported to

• BeamNG
• Rigs of Rods

##Future plans

• Improve the basic tools to make the editor more user friendly
• Improve Rigs of Rods import / export
• Add support to LUA scripting
• Add support for hydros and wheels
• Add tool to measure angle and distance
• Engine calculator, visually show torque and power curve.
• Beam organizer
• Generator/Calculator for RoR tracks node beam structure

##Bugs

• Hubwheels don't work properly yet and cannot be exported or deleted inside editor once added
• Rigs of rods import has trouble with set_node_defaults
• Rigs of rods importer does not import nodes2
• When selecting a lot of nodes, the treeview can be extremely slow obviously because of a Qt bug

##What it can be used for

• Making of a node beam structure
• Adding nodes and beams in a 3D editor
• Moving, scaling, rotating, extruding and duplicating nodes in a 3D editor
• Viewing of existing node beam structure
• Input values manually in JBEAM format and visualize the node beam structure
• Porting nodes and beams between Rigs of Rods and BeamNG
• Converting nodes and beams from 3D program into BeamNG, trough the OBJ format which nearly every 3D program supports

##What it cannot be used for

• Placing meshes/3D models on the nodebeam structure
• Importing DAE
• Adding wheels
• Adding hydros

##Shortcut keys 3D view movement

• Numpad 4 Move left
• Numpad 6 Move right
• Numpad 8 Move forward
• Numpad 2 Move backwards
• Numpad 7 Move up
• Numpad 1 Move down

Tools

• N Add nodes
• B Add beams continuously
• V Add beams single
• M Move
• R Rotate
• S Scale
• D Duplicate
• E Extrude
• W Rectangle selection
• Shift Add to rectangle selection
• X, Y, Z lock axis when moving, rotating or scaling by mouse

nodebeameditor's Issues

Add .dae import for 3d mesh please

The current one is .obj only.

For keyboards without numpad they cant move in 3d world

Can you please add also wasd movement

There is no multiple save jbeam feature

If i could save sometime more than 20 jbeams at once it would speed up everything by alot.

This program is giving me a headache.

I tried to save it but it didn't do anything. I only moved the nodes and when I saved it, it was the same. Unable to undo.

Mesh isnt visible in orthographic view and there is no undo button in the program.

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import OBJ

Import OBJ file crash the application: "application has stopped working"
I am using windows 8.1 64bits, up to date. I tried compatibility with windows 8/7 and "run as admin" but without any luck.
Sorry if i disturb you, i came across your work yesterday, when i was searching for a stable node&beams editor for beamng... I want to create my own vehicles but there is a major problem with nodes&beams software. Even the software they provide is very weak (crashes or saves incorrect file)
I saw your work and it's impressive! Keep up your work!
Sorry if contact you this way, but i don't know other way, since i'm new here.