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Automated Rule-Based Checking Systems
Published in Nawari O. Nawari, Building Information Modeling, 2018
LiCAD, the graphical user interface for LicA, enables results to be represented both in graphical and textural forms. The LicA database and LiCAD were developed as separate applications to foster the modularity of the system. In general, since databases usually have a larger life span than user interface applications, the modularity of the system is seen as a way of preventing future versioning and interoperability problems. LiCAD was developed in VB.Net, using ADO.NET objects to access the database. The user interface uses DirectX-based technology and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), which allows for rich visual representations and also to browse and edit the model using 3D interface elements such as rotation, translation, and zoom.
Earthquake damage assessment system for New Taipei City
Published in Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, 2018
Ching-An Lee, Yu-Chi Sung, Chia-Chuan Hsu, Ming-De Lu, Kuang-Wu Chou
EDAS was developed on Microsoft Windows because many desktops in Taiwan use it as their operating system. EDAS applies a new design concept of Microsoft Windows, which emphasizes making designs as simple as possible to create more application functions and to improve system performance and stability. To implement this concept, this study used WPF to develop the graphical user interface of EDAS. WPF is the new generation technology of rendering graphical user interfaces in Microsoft applications and is widely used in Windows 7 and 8 application development. Using the WPF, graphic and textual information can be visually integrated and conveniently connected to the Internet or the database. These characteristics of WPF enable suitable graphical and data presentation on EDAS.
Bracelet: arms-down selection for Kinect mid-air gesture
Published in Behaviour & Information Technology, 2019
Xiaoling Li, Feng Han, Xiuwen Sun, Yang Liu, Yin Li, Yao Chen
The experiment software runs on a Windows 10 PC with a resolution of pixels and a Microsoft Kinect V2. The Kinect is below the screen and 0.8 m above the floor; participants stand 1.8 m from the screen. The software is coded based on C# language and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF, a graphical subsystem by Microsoft for rendering user interfaces in Windows-based applications). Sixteen participants (12 males/4 females) are recruited to participate in the present experiment. The participants are university students aged between 20 and 28 years (M = 24.1, SD = 2.9), healthy and right handed. Four of them have used a Kinect with the Xbox previously.
On the visual reality and monitoring of gantry cranes using FBG sensing
Published in Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2021
Hang Su, Tingling Chen, Yusi Zhang
As a branch of virtual reality, desktop virtual reality has abandoned the pursuit for ‘immersion’ so that the costs are relatively much lower (Cetin, 2012; Liang 2009). Therefore, the desktop is considered to be a necessary research in the field of virtual reality (Gao et al. 2012; McMahan er al. 2012). WPF proposed by Microsoft is the next-generation graphics system that provides a unified description and operation for interfaces, 2D/3D graphics and media. It also provides various .NET UI frameworks that integrate vector graphics, 3D Vision effects and powerful model framework of control. The superiority of WPF makes it becoming one of the most popular tools to achieve desktop virtualisation.