Difference between revisions of "CAD BoF 2012"

Revision as of 19:42, 18 July 2012

The X3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) Working Group is happy to present a public Birds of a Feather (BOF) meeting at SIGGRAPH 2012.

Short presentations and cool demonstrations! (40 minutes)

• Overview of CAD Working Group technical goals and major progress (Don, 1 minute)
• Review weekend highlights of Web3D Conference relevant to X3D CAD (Yvonne or Christophe, 5 minutes)
• Recent work (2-3 minutes each)
  • CATIA to X3D converter using CATIA API, and XML Macro-Parametrics Approach (MPA) to X3D Converter (Hyo)
  • STEP2X3D Web-converter Demo (Vince)
  • Fraunhofer IGD X3DOM Demo (someone from IGD)
  • Status of improved or new browsers (including BitManagement, InstantReality, OctagaVS, Xj3D)
  • X3D Validator and X3D-Edit Demos (Don)
  • Xj3D source code merging progress (Don Terry Vince and Hyo)
  • Compressed binary encoding progress and plans (Don)

• Conclusions and next steps (Don, 2 minutes):
  • proper X3D NURBS support will be able to deploy CAD X3D on any device
  • direct B-REP Component might be a useful alternative component for X3D
  • X3D CADinterchange profile enhancements (2D nodes, NURBS, lines etc.)

• How to get involved as a Web3D Consortium Member in CAD X3D working group (Anita, 3 minutes)

Other announcements and group discussion (20 minutes)

• Availability of other software and example models
• People's reactions and group discussion
• Hey, where is our logo?!
• We will update this page to capture minutes from the meeting.

Working Group cochairs organizing this event:

• Marc Petit (marc-f.petit@edf.fr)
• Hyokwang Lee (adpc9@partdb.com)
• Don Brutzman (brutzman@nps.edu)