HELLO BiRdS!!!!!!
SO WE ARE IN THE ENGINEERING SHOW GUYS!!!! SORRY for the suspense HEHE.
SO NOW, back to whatever we have left off - THE WORKSTATION
The outline on the “table top” looks like lines on a surface area which looks weird actually :(
SO we’ve decided over the weekends to try placing the individual tools on top of the “table top” so the user can easily differentiate between the tools. AND IT WORKS!!! looks great too! we also added a feature whereby, the user can freeze the camera after detecting so he/she wouldn’t have to constantly detecting the thingmark!
We also used Creo Illustrate to animate the TOOL SETTER & ROD to highlight and move towards the camera to indicate the user to pick it up! There is also a textbox beside the Tool Setter and rod to further guide the user!
With that, we will ALSO put an information page to guide the user on how to align the workstation accordingly!
Meanwhile, we started on the textboxes & after effects animation for the tool change & step up - tool 1! With the textboxes being finalized, we also updated the Audio Google Docs for the Text-to-Speech Function!
After we’re done with the textboxes & animations, we then tried to put everything into vuforia studio! AND THATS WHEN PROBLEM SLAPS US IN THE FACE...... It was soooooo laggy, with all the different tools for the workstation! We’re not VERY sure what’s the problem but we think it might be the the file size! So we compress the file, and it works much better!!!! We compressed the file by importing the Autodesk Inventor to 3Ds Max, and then export it as a .fbx file! So for the stationary models, we compressed it. But for those that needed to export to Creo we leave it as a inventor file.
HOWEVER, on Friday, 26 October 2018, we showed Mr David, our supervisor our workstation and ask him for his feedback! He suggested we could rid of the “table top”, and outline on a piece or paper/cardboard of the tools. And paste a thingmark on any corners on the workstation, and measure accurately the distance between the thingmark & the tools. So when we scan the thingmark, it will pop up the tools relative to where the thingmark is! Hehe, i honestly think it’s a good idea!!! sooo we will try it next week keke
On top of all the things i’ve discussed, we’ve also started on our report too!!!
I’ll let you know the results & process of working on the new idea for the workstation next week!!! See you soon!!
- Ashley
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