Showing posts with label project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label project. Show all posts
Friday, September 1, 2017
Ubuntu Spotted In Googles Project Soli Promo
Ubuntu Spotted In Googles Project Soli Promo
Time and again, Ubuntu keeps popping up whenever theres some Google product launch. Remember Googles Project Tango or that bit of news about the use of a lightly custmozied Ubuntu in Googles Driverless Car project? Given its widespread use inside Google, its no surprise than Google is an Ubuntu Advantage Customer.
Welcome to Project Soli
Google I/O has always been a crucible of mesmerizing tech, and it is no different this time around as well. Take a look at Project Soli for example. They are developing a new interaction sensor using radar technology. The sensor can track sub-millimeter motions at high speed and accuracy. It fits onto a chip, can be produced at scale and built into small devices and everyday objects. Though it doesnt sound as cool as it should be, one look at the promotional video, and youre sold. Project Soli looks like something straight out of a science fiction movie.
But whats even more interesting is the fact that, Ubuntu can be spotted several times being used for the development and testing of this amazing new technology. Ubuntu is becoming kind of a norm than an after-thought in the enterprise sector it seems. Even NASA and Merc was found using Ubuntu recently. Hondas ASIMO Robotics was another great find. All in all, looks like it is going to be a pretty interesting time for us, Linux fans. Stay subscribed.
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Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Ubuntu caught in the wild again! Googles Project Tango promo video features Ubuntu
Ubuntu caught in the wild again! Googles Project Tango promo video features Ubuntu
This is not much of a surprise since it is a well-know fact that Google uses Ubuntu (albeit with modifications) in their campuses. Not only that, it was confirmed by Canonical themselves last year that Google is a paying customer of Ubuntu Advantage program.
Googles Project Tango promo video feature Ubuntu
For those who are wondering, Project Tango is Googles attempt at creating mobile devices with a human-scale understanding of space and motion. See Googles Project Tango intro video below (skip to 2:07 to watch the Ubuntu reference).
"Our team has been working with universities, research labs, and industrial partners spanning nine countries around the world to build on the last decade of research in robotics and computer vision, concentrating that technology into a unique mobile device. We are putting early prototypes into the hands of developers that can imagine the possibilities and help bring those ideas into reality." Interested? Sign up here.
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Two Ways to Fix Shared Coordinates and Project Base Point Values
Two Ways to Fix Shared Coordinates and Project Base Point Values
Lets face it, sometimes Shared Coordinates can be a pain. Issues may arise when trying to make small adjustments to very large numbers, and that comes up in other places in Revit too. In some cases, using "Specify Coordinates at a Point" has almost no effect, and you need to resort to workarounds like these.
In Revit, if we follow certain steps in a certain way we can solve these issues. It may seem a fiddly, but if you want to fix coordinates on an existing model, perhaps one of these methods will work for you.
Method 1 - Transfer Project Standards, Project Info
This transfers the location data of a Shared Site...
On a real project, you will probably have a control model you can use in the workflow below. The control model needs to have some lines showing at the desired Project Base Point position, probably in a Linked View, as well as a SITE fixed named site that has the correct shared coordinates.
- Open one of your models to fix
- Go to a Plan view
- Link in the COORDINATES file Origin-To-Origin
- Set Linked view - COORDINATES
- Turn on Site - Project Base Point
- Select it and unclip
- Transfer Project Standards (from the link) - Project Info
- Choose New Only
- Go to the Location - Site dialog box
- Set the SITE fixed to Make Current
- Delete your old SITE, and rename SITE fixed to SITE (we have now replaced the shared site coordinate info with that from the control model). Now, to get a moved PBP in the right spot for the project...
- Back in Floor Plan view, slightly drag the unclipped PBP away from the two green lines (the pbp position in the control file), then move it back to exactly that point
- PBP should now be fixed
If this doesnt work, you may try
Method 2 - neutralizing coordinates and re-Acquiring
- Select your PBP, unclip it, rightclick and "Move to Startup Location"
- Link in a new, blank RVT such as a NEUTRAL_COORDINATES.rvt and Acquire Coordinates from it (this resets coordinates)
- Save your file (your PBP should report 0,0 coordinates)
- Link in the control model PBP RVT
- Acquire coordinates from it
- Delete it (yes)
- Re-link it again (this is to get around a Revit bug, that sometimes shifts the linked model after acquiring coordinates)
- Save your host file (shared coordinates are now set correctly, and the PBP can be moved into place as below)
- Select your PBP, unclip it, and move it to the location from the control model. You may need to set up a plan view that has PBP switched on, and view range all the way down to AHD 0.00.
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