The Future of Design
Summary
TLDRThe script discusses integrating gestural interfaces with 3D computer-aided design software to enable more intuitive and natural user interactions. It traces the evolution from manipulating a wireframe model of a rocket engine with hand gestures, to interacting with a full 3D model, to projecting and visualizing designs in augmented/virtual reality. This technology promises to revolutionize the design process by allowing users to quickly translate concepts from their imagination into physical objects using 3D printing. Overall, it paints a future where virtual prototyping and rapid manufacturing enabled by gestural interfaces and VR will transform 21st century design and production.
Takeaways
- 😊 They started by integrating Leap Motion and Siemens NX software to manipulate a 3D wireframe model of a rocket engine using hand gestures
- 👆🏻 They advanced to manipulating an actual 3D CAD model of the engine using hand gestures
- 📺 They experimented with different 3D projection techniques like glasses, holograms, and virtual reality
- 🚀 They used intuitive 3D modeling to design a cryogenic valve housing for the rocket
- 🖥️ The intuitive modeling allows translating a concept from your mind into a 3D computer model more easily
- 🔨 They 3D printed the metal valve housing from the computer model using a laser metal printer
- 👷🏻♂️ The printer builds up metal parts layer-by-layer by melting metal powder with a laser
- 💡 This process revolutionizes going from concept to physical product via 3D modeling and printing
- 🌟 It allows applying intuition to create physical objects from your mind far more easily
- 🚀 They believe this breakthrough will transform rocket design and manufacturing
Q & A
What new technology is being used to interact with 3D models?
-The technologies being used are the Leap Motion controller for hand gesture recognition and Siemens NX CAD software for 3D model design.
How does interacting with 3D models using gestures differ from traditional methods?
-It allows for more natural and intuitive manipulation as opposed to mouse and keyboard. You can rotate, zoom, and translate the 3D models fluidly using hand gestures.
What are some of the different 3D projection methods explored?
-Some projection methods explored include polarized 3D glasses, free-standing glass projection used in Iron Man movies, and Oculus Rift virtual reality goggles.
What specific rocket component was used to demonstrate the 3D design workflow?
-A cryogenic valve housing component from the rocket was used.
How is the process of taking a design from imagination to physical reality being revolutionized?
-Intuitive 3D CAD modeling coupled with 3D printing allows for faster and more seamless translation of a conceptual design into a tangible manufactured part.
What materials can the 3D metal printer work with?
-The 3D metal printer can work with titanium or inconel alloys.
How does the layer-by-layer 3D printing process work?
-Fine metal particles are laid down and a laser melts them onto the prior layer, building up the 3D object incrementally.
What are the expected benefits of gesture-based 3D design workflows?
-It is expected to revolutionize and significantly accelerate design and manufacturing in the 21st century.
How can gesture control enhance the CAD design process?
-It allows designers to apply their intuition more easily and translate concepts from imagination to physical designs with greater fluidity.
Why is a more natural interface important for 3D design tools?
-It facilitates creativity, experimentation and avoids the unnatural feel of using 2D inputs like mouse and keyboard to create 3D objects.
Outlines
😄 Interacting with 3D Models Using Hand Gestures
Paragraph 1 discusses interacting with a 3D wireframe model of a rocket engine using hand gestures and motion tracking. It allows rotating, zooming, translating and spinning the model intuitively. This evolved from 2D interactions to more natural 3D interactions.
👍🏻 Manipulating a Full 3D CAD Model of a Rocket Engine
Paragraph 2 talks about advancing from wireframe to manipulating a full 3D CAD model of the Merlin rocket engine using only hand gestures. This enables applying intuition to transform ideas to physical objects easily.
📺 3D Projection Methods for Visualizing Models
Paragraph 3 discusses different 3D projection methods tried - 3D glasses, free-standing glass projection as in Iron Man movies, and Oculus Rift virtual reality for an immersive experience.
🔧 Interacting with a Cryogenic Valve Housing Component
Paragraph 4 involves interacting with a cryogenic valve housing component for the rocket using the same intuitive hand gestures and 3D projection.
🖨️ 3D Printing the Designed Component
Paragraph 5 talks about 3D printing the final component design using a laser metal printer which builds it layer-by-layer out of titanium or inconel particles.
⏩ Revolutionizing Design and Manufacturing
Final paragraph summarizes how this enables taking concepts from mind, converting them intuitively into 3D models on computers, and then 3D printing physical objects. This can revolutionize design and manufacturing.
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Keywords
💡3D projection
💡3D printing
💡CAD model
💡cryogenic valve housing
💡design
💡gestures
💡immersion
💡manufacturing
💡Merlin engine
💡Siemens NX
Highlights
Using hand gestures to manipulate a 3D model of a rocket engine
Advancing from a wireframe model to a full 3D CAD model
Projecting the 3D model using 3D glasses and free-standing glass
Using Oculus Rift for immersive virtual reality
Applying intuition to take an object from mind to physical form
3D printing the designed part with a laser metal printer
The 3D printer builds up layers of metal particles
Revolutionizing design and manufacturing using these new techniques
Interacting with complex models in an intuitive, natural way
Translating concepts into 3D objects from the mind to the computer
Catching and spinning the 3D model for fun interaction
Manipulating an actual rocket component using the techniques
Moving the model around, zooming, translating for flexible interaction
Integrating Leap Motion and Siemens NX software
Taking the designed part from virtual to physical via 3D printing
Transcripts
right now we interact with computers in
a very unnatural sort of 2d way and
we're try to create these 3d objects
using a variety of 2d tools and it just
it doesn't feel natural doesn't feel
normal the way you should do things so
we started playing around with the idea
and using a few of things that are
available out there such as the leap
motion and Siemens NX which is what we
use to design the rocket and we wrote
some code to integrate the two and we
started off with what you see here which
is a wireframe of the merlin rocket
engine and and what I can do is I can
I'm going to grab it and I can rotate it
in multiple dimensions and then what I
can do is I can put another hand in
there and I can zoom oh I can zoom in
and out on the on the wireframe and then
I can also translate it so I can move it
around the screen and then zoom and
translate and this is what we we started
off with a few months ago Annie can you
can also spin it and then catch it so
this is kind of fun a fun way to
interface with what is really a very
complex model
now we'll go to go from this to what
we're able to advance to a few weeks
after the wireframe which is to to
actually use a a full 3d CAD model of
the engine so here what you're seeing is
the actual interaction with the CAD
software manipulating the real 3d model
of the Merlin engine just using hand
gestures if you can just go in there and
do what you need to do just
understanding the fundamentals of how
the things should work as supposed to
figure out how to make the computer make
it work
then you can you can achieve a lot more
in a lot shorter period of time so then
we went to a 3d projection we started
off with the kind of 3d projection that
you familiar with in the movies we use
3d glasses we also did a free-standing
glass projection which is what the sort
of technology that was used in the Iron
Man movies and then finally we used the
oculus rift which is immersive virtual
reality that actually tricks your head
position and you really are moving
around the object and feels like it's
right there in front of you now let's
use this for an actual component on the
rocket which is a cryogenic valve
housing you can really apply your
intuition and take something from your
mind to a physical object with far
greater ease than we currently do now
that we've gotten it the object out of
our head and into the computer how do we
get it out of the computer and into
reality so we're actually going to print
this with a 3d laser metal printer so
the way that the 3d printer works is it
lays down fine particles of either
titanium or inconel and then it goes
over with a laser and melts that those
tiny particles onto the prior layer so
it builds it up like just layer by layer
so I believe we're on the verge of a
major breakthrough in design and
manufacturing in being able to take the
concept of something from your mind
translate that into a 3d object really
intuitively on the computer and then
take that but virtual 3d object and be
able to make it real just by printing it
so it's going to revolutionize design
and manufacturing in the 21st century
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