3D view of a rack, with specifiable models of devices

[ivucica]

Problem

With flexible shelves described in #3128, some consumer devices and their connections would be nice to preview in 3D (Xbox Series X, HP microserver). These are visually very distinct, and don't have a typical size in the rack).

Positioning them either in current way (column / row) or flexibly (offset in mm from a particular corner of the rack) would make for a very flexible and accurate overview of a homelab rack shelved with consumer devices in it.

Proposed solution

This is solely a quality of life FR, not an actual need, but if it were implemented:

• Allow specifying the 3D model of a device in the schema, similar to how images are specified (data URL, possibly external http / https / file URL). Chosen format should allow for texturing (embedded textures or references as URLs).
• Allow rendering a view of the rack in 3D (possibly even editing) using a WebGL component, and rotating the camera around the rendered rack.
• Bonus: Allow clicking around parts of the rack. This may be more or less difficult based on the chosen rendering engine (implementing a custom renderer would make it less problematic, but still take a bit of time).

Example: GitHub.com has an STL file renderer, but that does not allow for rendering textured objects.

Alternatives considered

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How important is this to you?

Nice to have

[ggfevans]

Love this idea, though it will take some significant effort. I have definitely wanted to implement something like this though.