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10-Marble
May 24, 2025
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Does Thingworx support 3 D widget? if yes and if anyone knows how to do it can you guide me on that?

  • May 24, 2025
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I'm trying to create 3 D waterfall chart for which im trying to know if thingworx support such 3d chart widget and also trying to understand how can i develop such 3 D widget using Thingworx extension sdk.

any guidance on this topic will be very helpful for me.

 

Using TW. 9.3

Best answer by Rocko

-You can take the link I posted to educate yourself on how to build such an extension or hire a 3rd party to do such development for you. IQNOX is one example of a PTC partner with skill in that area.

-Vuforia Studio is not related to what you requested, unless you want to use mobile displays or 3d glasses to consume data in AR.

-The extension SDK will not be needed as it is mainly for developing extensions based on java code. A widget like you described will need extension packaging but will be executed on client side (in the browser) using SJ and not on server side.

-Which JS libraries will be supported by TWX in the future is a question to direct to PTC support and product management.

 

Also note there is already an D3 based bar chart widget available in the custom charts extensions you can use as template for your own extension. https://support.ptc.com/help/thingworx/platform/r9.7/en/index.html#page/ThingWorx/Help/Extensibility/BarChartWidgetExtension.html# 

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24-Ruby III
May 24, 2025

Article - "Is it possible to add 3D effect or animation to widgets like pie chart, bar chart in ThingWorx Foundation?": https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS184280 

Mayur_B10-MarbleAuthor
10-Marble
May 30, 2025

Hi @VladimirN ,

 

I checked the article but its resolution is raised in some jira issue so it doesnt have much on the context.

Rocko
19-Tanzanite
May 26, 2025

You can try developing your own widget or extend/integrate an existing one, there are some samples around using D3, e.g. https://github.com/thingworx-field-work/D3RangeChart

Also search for D3 in this forum.

Mayur_B10-MarbleAuthor
10-Marble
May 30, 2025

so you mean to say if we build something like these d3 samples thingworx platform support to use it?

Rocko
19-Tanzanite
June 2, 2025

"Support" as in "will it run in ThingWorx"? Like the D3RangeChart does, yes. If you bring in new JS libaries, make sure there is no collision with the ones TWX already uses.

"Support" as in "will I be able to call PTC Tech Support on this"? No, this is like any custom extension.