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Virtual prototyping system based on Blender

<p>Two years ago we have made a technical feasibility study about parametric computer aided design functionality integration into Blender 3D modeling platform and presented it in Blender conference 2011. Now we are making system prototype showing proposed features in real Blender environment. Also we are making feature and project presentation for crowdfunding campaign.</p>

<p>Our vision is to extend Blender to be suitable for virtual prototyping of things. We are going to add ability to prepare all documentation needed for real manufacturing - drawings, part schedules etc. We have already created mockups of proposed features, now we are in progress of creating interactive prototype. It will be set of precreated sample .blend files and Blender environment with added UI elements, and python scripts witch will make interactivity. We will use prototype for UI usability and workflow testing before starting heavy development.</p>

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  • <p>James Kennedy was a founding member of the Centre for Unified Computing in University College, Cork, where he obtained his PhD in Computer Science in 2004. During the course of his research he worked on distributed systems of various kinds, focusing on automating business processes on grid and distributed computing systems. He founded Rendicity in 2010 to address a gap in the 3D animation mark…

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  • <p>I&rsquo;m architect focused on sustainable architecture, open source technology, bicycle culture, sharing economy. Founder at startup &ldquo;DigiDone3d&rdquo; which develops open source computer aided design tools based on &ldquo;Blender&rdquo; software.</p><p>I believe that tools for designing things should be open source and available to everyone. Only with such open tools we can grow innova…

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