The KITE geometry manipulator

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The KITE geometry manipulator

• Slava Pranovich
• TU/e
• Dept. Math. and Computer Science

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Introduction

• Architectural design
• 2D drawing
• Geometrical manipulator

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Manipulators overview

• Box based approach
• MacDraw
• Microsoft PowerPoint

simplicity intuitiveness - inflexibility -
rectangularity
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Manipulators overview

• Frame based approach
• Maya
• 3D Studio MAX

flexibility - complexity
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KITE the aim

• Efficiency
• Flexibility
• Enhanced set of transformations
• Direct manipulation style of interaction

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KITE
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KITE
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Video
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Tests

• Ten users
• Three types of manipulators
• Five different tasks
• Evaluation criteria

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Results
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Conclusion

• KITE combines the benefits
• Efficiency
• Flexibility
• Enhanced set of transformations is provided
• Users like KITE most

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Thanks
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Assignment
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3D
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