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A Natural User Interface for Immersive Design Review
Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
  • Anastacia MacAllister, Iowa State University
  • Eliot H. Winer, Iowa State University
  • Siemens PLM Software, Siemens PLM Software
  • The Boeing Company, The Boeing Company
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Conference
2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2014)
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2014
DOI
10.1115/DETC2014-34633
Conference Title
34th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
Conference Date
August 17-20, 2014
Geolocation
(42.88644679999999, -78.8783689)
Abstract

As markets demand engineered products faster, waiting on the cyclical design processes of the past is not an option. Instead, industry is turning to concurrent design and interdisciplinary teams. When these teams collaborate, engineering CAD tools play a vital role in conceptualizing and validating designs. These tools require significant user investment to master, due to challenging interfaces and an overabundance of features. These challenges often prohibit team members from using these tools for exploring alternatives. This paper presents a method allowing users to interact with a design using intuitive gestures and head tracking, all while keeping the model in a CAD format. Specifically, Siemens’ Teamcenter® Lifecycle Visualization Mockup (Mockup) was used to display the design geometry while modifications were made through a set of gestures captured by a Microsoft Kinect™ in real time. This proof of concept program allowed a user to rotate the scene, activate Mockup’s immersive menu, move the immersive wand, and manipulate the view based on head position. The result is an immersive user-friendly low cost platform for interdisciplinary design review.

Comments

This proceeding is published as MacAllister, Anastacia, Eliot Winer, Tsung-Pin Yeh, Daniel Seal, and Grant Degenhardt. "A Natural User Interface for Immersive Design Review." In ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2014-34633. Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
ASME
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Anastacia MacAllister, Eliot H. Winer, Siemens PLM Software and The Boeing Company. "A Natural User Interface for Immersive Design Review" Buffalo, NYProceedings of the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference Vol. 1B (2014) p. V01BT02A029
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/anastacia-macallister/11/