AU
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Yesterday evening, I had a nice chat by phone with a local development partner, here in Switzerland. I'm meeting with a member of his development team, next week, and we were establishing a way of us identifying one another at the train station. Rather than offering to wear a pink carnation, I suggested the visitor […]
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As promised, here's my handout for CP3840, the main class I'm teaching at this year's AU. Introducing Kinect Since Kinect for Xbox 360® was launched on November 4th, 2010, the device has taken the world by storm: it became the quickest selling consumer electronics device ever (according to the Guinness Book of World Records), selling […]
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After an initial attempt at adjusting the view in AutoCAD based on input from Kinect, this post takes it further by implementing a more effective orbit/zoom capability. The proportions/rates of each are currently still hard-coded – and so will vary in effectiveness depending on the scale of the model being navigated – but it's certainly […]
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The looming AU material deadline has finally forced me to work out how to use Kinect gestures to navigate within an AutoCAD model. It's far from perfect, but the fundamentals are all there: we have a loop – outside of a jig, this time, as we don't need to display a point cloud or generate […]
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Given the fact AU 2011 is quickly approaching, I decided it was time to dust off my Kinect-related code and getting it working with the Beta SDK from Microsoft Research. Part of the reason I haven't been able to do this sooner is that my primary work machine is currently a MacBook Pro running Windows […]
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To celebrate my second son's 5th birthday (how time flies!), we visited Disneyland Paris for the long weekend here in Switzerland (it was the Jeûne Fédéral, or Federal Fasting Holiday, which apparently has its roots back in the 15th century). We arrived back, late last night, by the TGV from Paris to Neuchâtel. Aside from […]
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The class catalog for Autodesk University 2011 is now available to preview in advance of the conference registration opening up on August 30th. Here are the sessions I'm either presenting or hosting: CP3840 Integrating Microsoft® Kinect™ with AutoCAD® Lecture Nov 30, 3:15pm CP4459-U AutoCAD® .NET Development: Tools and Best Practices Unconf-erence Dec 1, 1:15pm I'm […]
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I'm a bit late announcing this, but as I'm due to submit my own proposals for Autodesk University 2011 by the May 6th deadline, I thought I'd post a quick note to remind readers of the fast-closing window of opportunity to submit your own proposals to speak at this year's AU. I'm definitely submitting a […]
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One AU evening at the bar, I was chatting to a couple of developers who suggested covering some fundamental mathematics on this blog: their respective career paths had not involved any formal (or perhaps recent) studies of certain important areas of mathematics, especially related to core linear algebra concepts such as matrix multiplication. Part of […]
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As many of you may now be aware, much of the content recorded at this year's Autodesk University is now available on the AU website. You'll find the recording of my AU Virtual session, "Getting to Know the AutoCAD® Plug-ins of the Month", as well as material from the two physical sessions I presented, "Point […]