Expanding VRPN to Tasks in Virtual Engineering

Stelzer, Ralph; Steindecker, Erik; Arndt, Stephan; Steger, Wolfgang

doi:10.1115/detc2014-34277

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“…Technical programs like computeraided design (CAD) usually drive the design process. This makes the goal of letting every team member, especially those who lack a technical background, interact with the design especially challenging [10]. This interaction challenge is due to the large amount of learning required to master technical complex engineering software.…”

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Implementing Native Support for Oculus and Leap Motion in a Commercial Engineering Visualization and Analysis Platform

MacAllister¹,

Yeh²,

Winer³

2016

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While previous research in academia points to the ability of Natural User Interfaces (NUIs) and low-cost display devices to help users better understand a design, there does not exist much research on how these devices can be integrated into existing legacy code used by engineering and design firms. The lack of commercial engineering software that integrates NUIs and low-cost display devices, like the Oculus Rift, can be attributed to the fast changing device market and the lack of awareness many engineering software makers show in emerging interaction paradigms. The lack of work in the area of integrating low-cost immersion devices into commercial software creates a barrier for adoption of these new devices and interaction paradigms. The work presented in this paper details a proof of concept system integrating the Leap Motion and Oculus Rift, into a commercial engineering visualization and analysis package called Siemens' Teamcenter® Lifecycle Visualization Mockup (Mockup). Based on the recorded performance data, hooking up both the Leap and the Oculus results in a frame rate of around 30 frame per second. Indicating that these two devices together can provide real time, fluid interaction in a commercial engineering platform. AbstractWhile previous research in academia points to the ability of Natural User Interfaces (NUIs) and low-cost display devices to help users better understand a design, there does not exist much research on how these devices can be integrated into existing legacy code used by engineering and design firms. The lack of commercial engineering software that integrates NUIs and low-cost display devices, like the Oculus Rift, can be attributed to the fast changing device market and the lack of awareness many engineering software makers show in emerging interaction paradigms. The lack of work in the area of integrating low-cost immersion devices into commercial software creates a barrier for adoption of these new devices and interaction paradigms. The work presented in this paper details a proof of concept system integrating the Leap Motion and Oculus Rift, into a commercial engineering visualization and analysis package called Siemens' Teamcenter® Lifecycle Visualization Mockup (Mockup). Based on the recorded performance data, hooking up both the Leap and the Oculus results in a frame rate of around 30 frame per second. Indicating that these two devices together can provide real time, fluid interaction in a commercial engineering platform.

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Section: Teams and Technologymentioning

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Implementing Native Support for Oculus and Leap Motion in a Commercial Engineering Visualization and Analysis Platform

MacAllister¹,

Yeh²,

Winer³

2016

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“…Manual restoration of lost information can be time consuming and must be repeated with every adjustment of the design. Even existing CAD conversion tools are not able to fully convert kinematic constraints (Stelzer et al, 2014). Other scientific publications identified this problem as well but could not present a general applicable solution (Whyte et al, 2000).…”

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Challenges of CAD conversion to 3D development environments with respect to kinematic dependencies

Braun¹,

Sliwinski²,

Hinckeldeyn³

et al. 2021

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings

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Due to the increasing utilization of 3D development environments for industrial use cases by emerging topics like virtual reality, new challenges in the conversion of computer-aided-design (CAD) models to 3D models have become visible. Particularly, the conversion of the kinematic constraints turns out to be complex and requires extensive manual efforts. This paper discusses these challenges with a focus on the problems in the conversion of kinematic constraints. Further, a new approach is proposed and validated regarding the automated conversion of the kinematic constraints of an exemplary CAD model. Thereby, this work contributes to an accelerated and simplified development process of industrial applications within 3D development environments.

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