- When uploading 3D models to Cesium using 3D Tiles, are there many disadvantages compared to uploading as 3D Tiles? (speed, optimization, etc.)
The main advantage when uploading as a 3d model is that Cesium ion will do the tiling for you. It will break up the model into small streamable chunks. If you upload 3D Tiles directly you would need to handle creating that data.
I also tried uploading with KML (host without tiling), but the model doesn’t upload completely and there are issues with 3D models being missing
The KML workflow wasn’t targeted at bringing in a full 3d plant.
If you are looking at bringing in a lot of 3d geometry representing a plant the best tiler would be the BIM/CAD option.
Are you able to export the data to IFC? I know we have metadata support with that format. I have also reached out to our team to find out if there are any other recommendations about bringing in metadata from engineeriring models.