Solarxy Marko Koljancic

Solarxy is a cross-platform tool designed for viewing, debugging, and validating 3D models in real-time. Built using Rust with wgpu (WebGPU), Solarxy offers high-performance rendering and analysis capabilities.

Key Features:

• PBR Rendering: Utilizes Cook-Torrance BRDF for realistic materials, including normal mapping, shadow mapping, IBL (diffuse + specular), SSAO, bloom, and selectable tone mapping.
• Inspection Modes: Provides multiple modes such as Material ID, Texel Density, Depth, Overdraw, AO Preview, and UV Map with overlap detection.
• Validation Overlay: Color-coded visualization of issues like flipped normals, non-manifold edges, and degenerate triangles.
• Split-Viewport Comparison: Enables side-by-side or stacked panes for independent camera setups and display settings per pane.
• CLI Companion (solarxy-cli): Terminal-based analysis for batch validation and CI/CD integration.
• Material Inspector: Detailed panel for viewing material properties, including base color swatches, metallic/roughness values, and texture thumbnails.
• Review System: Allows spatially-anchored annotations with categories (Info, Warning, Question, Change) and threaded replies.
• Multi-Format Support: Compatible with OBJ, STL, PLY, glTF/GLB, HDR, and EXR formats.

Audience & Benefit: Ideal for 3D artists, engineers, and developers who need efficient model analysis and validation. Solarxy provides a comprehensive platform for inspecting and debugging models in real-time, ensuring high-quality outputs while supporting CI/CD pipelines through its CLI tool.

Solarxy can be installed via winget, making it accessible for users on various platforms.