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August 2012

Linkage Program

Ribbon Changes and Positioning Feature

I went ahead and separated the View pane in the ribbon bar from the new Dimensions pane in the Linkage program. I am not sure how to label the “show dimensions” check box. Since it is in the Dimensions pane, I can’t really call it “dimensions.” What I…

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Linkage Program

Solid Links

I threw in a quick little feature to make the display of solid links more interesting. Solid Links The links with three connectors are drawn a little larger than the two-connector links. It would have been cool if I could figure out how the links all connected and…

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Linkage Program

Real World Units

Even though I could have used arbitrary units of measurement for displaying dimensions of parts, that would not have allowed the user the ability to switch units without then enlarging or shrinking their mechanism to get that change. For instance, the user makes something that is 10.000 units…

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Linkage Program

Latest Measurement Progress

I am making good progress on the measurement/dimensions code for the Linkage program. All Things Measured The measurement feature is fully automatic. Enabling this by checking the Dimensions check box in the toolbar shows the measurements. Things that are noteworthy at the moment Anchor measurements are based on…

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Linkage Program

New Video Frame Feature

I was bored and added a fixed size video capture area. The area is centered in the window, even if the window is smaller than the video resolution, and the user can opt to show or hide a box around the area. Video Area The video is only…

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Linkage Program

Dimensions of Parts in the Linkage Program

Jansen Mechanism with Measurements I have added a simple “show all” dimensioning, or measurement, feature to the Linkage program. This was interesting because I wanted to automatically decide how to show measurements for links with three or more connectors. For a link with three or more connectors, the…

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Hating Facebook

I’m beginning to hate Facebook. It seems like there are just a few types of comments showing up all of the time, at least from the 47 people who are still considering me a “friend.” I don’t seem to know anyone who applies their critical thinking skills to…

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Sculpture and Art

More RELAXing

RELAX Parts I took parts from an old radio controlled toy. It was a rather sophisticated army tank and it had these gears in it as well as some others. The two shafts should be just right. I will eventually add cams and cranks to these shafts to…

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