Wireless 3D CAD Viewing on a PDA Device

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2002

Year

Charles Woodward, S. Valli, Petri Honkamaa, Mika Hakkarainen

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Geometric ModelingPda DeviceMachine VisionEngineeringCad File SizeNatural SciencesComputer EngineeringWireless 3D3D Modeling3D VideoComputer-aided DesignMobile ComputingCad Files3D ScanningTechnologyComputational Geometry3D Printing

Abstract

This paper presents a method and its software implementation which enables engineers and other people to view and interact with 3D CAD files using wireless phone connection with a PDA device. The method is based on transmitting compressed video stream from the server workstation to the client device, with a two-way data link for user interaction and system messages. The software is optimized for real time performance even on low data transmission speeds, setting practically no limits on the CAD file size or complexity.