Through the Interface tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-368405 2012-01-27T05:23:00+01:00 A blog for developers working with Autodesk technology. TypePad Scripting the generation of hyperbolic tessellations inside AutoCAD tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e20162ffd6ccba970d 2012-01-27T05:23:00+01:00 2012-01-19T15:23:34+01:00 To follow on from this recent topic, today’s post looks at a simple script to generate various hyperbolic tessellations, laying them out in an order that makes some sense of the progressive nature of the patterns that can be generated... Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2012/01/scripting-the-generation-of-hyperbolic-tessellations-inside-autocad.html Generating hyperbolic tessellations inside AutoCAD using .NET tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e20162ffd6a9a0970d 2012-01-25T05:13:00+01:00 2012-01-19T15:20:11+01:00 Following on from the post introducing this series, and the last post focused on generating simple hyperbolic geometry, this post looks at generating hyperbolic tessellations inside AutoCAD. Having “borrowed” some C++ code, last time, today we’re going to borrow some... Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2012/01/generating-hyperbolic-tessellations-inside-autocad-using-net.html Generating hyperbolic geometry on a Poincar disk in AutoCAD using .NET tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e20162ffd6a374970d 2012-01-23T06:07:00+01:00 2012-01-19T15:08:23+01:00 As mentioned in the last post, today’s post looks at how to draw hyperbolic geometry using the Poincaré disk model inside AutoCAD. This is an interesting exercise, but probably won’t ultimately help us with the hyperbolic tessellations we’re aiming to... Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2012/01/generating-hyperbolic-geometry-on-a-poincar-disk-in-autocad-using-net.html An interesting challenge: generating variable density fill patterns for 3D printing tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e20168e5cb63b9970c 2012-01-20T05:33:00+01:00 2012-01-20T10:34:06+01:00 A regular follower of this blog and someone I now consider a friend through our online interactions, Alex Fielder, recently laid down the gauntlet for the topic of the coming series of posts. He started with Twitter… … and then... Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2012/01/an-interesting-challenge-generating-variable-density-fill-patterns-for-3d-printing.html Russian Homestyler ready for testing tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e20162ffc5ac88970d 2012-01-18T10:04:36+01:00 2012-01-19T18:13:00+01:00 I mentioned some time ago that our Localization Services (LS) team was embarking on a community-based translation of Homestyler into Russian. The fruits of this labour are now ready for testing: the various translation projects, for the application, for its... Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2012/01/russian-homestyler-ready-for-testing.html Profiling different methods for testing AutoCAD curves using .NET tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e20162ff4a87cb970d 2012-01-16T06:02:00+01:00 2012-01-09T19:05:34+01:00 A couple of recent posts have covered different ways of checking whether a point is on a curve. This post looks at a rudimentary way of profiling the relative performance of these various methods, in order to determine the best... Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2012/01/profiling-different-methods-for-testing-autocad-curves-using-net.html A new Autodesk blog on partnering: Dances with Elephants tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e20168e53cae96970c 2012-01-12T06:19:00+01:00 2012-01-09T19:05:04+01:00 I’m delighted to be announcing that Jim Quanci, Director of the Autodesk Developer Network, has started a blog on partnering with large companies such as Autodesk: Dances with Elephants. I know Jim has been considering writing a blog for some... Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2012/01/a-new-autodesk-blog-on-partnering-dances-with-elephants.html Kinect for Windows release date and pricing tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e20162ff548688970d 2012-01-10T12:05:16+01:00 2012-01-10T12:05:16+01:00 As expected, Microsoft has announced at CES 2012 that Kinect for Windows devices will become available from February 1st, priced at $249. Those of you who attended my Kinect class at AU 2011 will probably remember me speculating about the... Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2012/01/kinect-for-windows-release-date-and-pricing.html Testing whether a point is on any AutoCAD curve using .NET tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e20162ff2e230c970d 2012-01-09T05:58:00+01:00 2012-01-09T08:27:54+01:00 One great thing about having an engaged blog readership is that people catch issues quickly (which helps keep me honest :-). When I posted late on a Friday night (under self-imposed pressure to get a third post up in a... Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2012/01/testing-whether-a-point-is-on-any-autocad-curve-using-net.html Testing whether a point is on an AutoCAD polyline using .NET tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e201676014d172970b 2012-01-06T19:16:29+01:00 2012-01-11T10:56:52+01:00 Occasionally I come across a topic that I’m sure I’ve addressed in a previous post, but for the life of me I can’t track it down. The code in a recent response by Balaji Ramamoorthy, from the DevTech India team,... Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2012/01/testing-whether-a-point-is-on-an-autocad-polyline-using-net.html