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The DWG Viewer needs low to moderate amount of system resources to complete the job. This is reliable and offers measurement feature as well to enable calibration. You can also add watermarks and export the files to JPEG to enable printing. All is all, the best free DWG viewer that you can pick without thinking twice. So download this software and discover an all new way to manage your work now!
The Free DWG Viewer program is mostly used by either people that use CAD or who wish to see CAD designs. If you have a file that was created by CAD software but you to do not have a CAD compatible program on your computer then the Free DWG Viewer program is just what you need.
Space Device User Test: NASA Co-Op #3 Week 13
Feels like a day back in high school robotics. Staying late Friday to work out the last software bug. If there is a team member in the lab, you are in the lab. Instead a team of high school robo-prodigies, I lead a team of developers and flight controllers in preparation for a space device user test. The goal is to test a stowage app may make unloading and loading cargo ships easier astronauts to perform on the International Space Station. The app runs on a device that makes these operations more hands free. Additionally the app may make stowage operations more error free. I have coordinated the Stowage App's debut - a user test performed by experienced Mission Control flight controllers in NASA Johnson's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF). The SVMF is filled with exact replicas where astronauts train and devices are tested.
During the space device user test participants were asked to go on a sort of extraterrestrial Easter egg hunt. Users were asked to unpack stowage items from a visiting vehicle mockup and stow them in the International Space Station mockup. While participants learn how to use the app and pick up items non-biased data takers record results and record reactions. Unapologetically, we threw the users under the bus without giving a tutorial on how to use the app. This way data takers could assess how intuitive (or not) the app is.
Valuable data was collected about app usability. Developers shared they already had ideas to make the app more user friendly. For the remainder of my Co-Op tour I will be engaged with data analysis, brainstorming with the dev team how to improve the app and a pitch to management about continuing app development.
WAYS TO GET INVOLVED
"This week at NASA" video highlights John H Glenn's interment and Cassini the Saturn orbiter's final days prep.
If you missed NASA's Snapchat story featuring interns their Tumblr page shares how you can land a PAID NASA internship.
Become a US Government Civil Servant and get on track to becoming a full-time NASA employee by participating in the NASA Pathways Internship Program (Co-Op).
Details about Cassini's last shot to take data on Saturn.
Master Research & Development - Learn LabVIEW
LabVIEW is a graphical programming language introduced to most via FIRST Robotics, an intro to computer science class or because a past engineer used it in your workplace. Characterized by its code blocks logically stringed together with wires LabVIEW has been shrugged off and abandoned for "adult" non-graphical languages. I too thought my days of dragging and dropping would be limited to troubleshooting retired FIRST robots. After a number of internships featuring leading edge research and development projects controlled by LabVIEW I decided to reconsider my neglectful relationship with the language.
Brains of a NASA prototype deep space habitat's power system is controlled by a National Instrument's C-RIO programmed with LabVIEW. I started to realize LabVIEW was no joke. LabVIEW was used once again to prototype an Orion-like space craft display and process commands from sibling systems. Energy conversion systems for NASA's ISRU (In-Situ Resource Utilization) are controlled by sophisticated LabVIEW code following software engineering frameworks such as the "Actor Framework". During my NASA experiences I learned that LabVIEW was no joke and could be used for cutting edge research and development (R&D).
Top skills to learn in LabVIEW to become an effective R&Der include user interface design, control and data collection.
Interface Design
LabVIEW enables the ability to create graphical user interfaces (GUIs) of your controls as you drag and drop code. While you work on the backend "Block Diagram" focusing on logic LABVIEW creates a user interface you can personalize later for the user. The default GUIs may not be the prettiest but there are plenty of opportunities for customization. LabVIEW user interface tutorial. How to customize user controls.
Control
Using software engineering mantras or simple case structures your control design system can be complex or simple with LabVIEW. As you create a loop function by actually drawing a loop around code and deciding the order of code execution by drawing a wire between code blocks you will find it is quite intuitive. LabVIEW doesn't offer control unique from any other language, rather how you visualize the control. Series of videos to familiarize yourself with control structures in LabVIEW.
Data Collection
National Instruments has devices that work for plug and play data collection. Their CDaq device you plug sensors into and then recognized by LabVIEW. CDaq's code block in LabVIEW allows you to connect with a wide array of sensors, send sensor data to an Excel sheet, enter raw data into formulas, and more. Within an hour a data collection program could be thrown together for fast data collection. Video on LabVIEW data collection.
If you want do some R&D, to slap together a system to test out and work out kinks in a design LabVIEW is a quick tool to use. I am not affiliated or endorsed by National Instruments. This post is an advice piece, not an endorsement.
Pro Tools 11 is here.
The leading software in music and post-production recording is back with its latest and most advance product... yet. The new AAX plug-ins use the renovated Avid Audio Engine, which main focus is to enable the user to maximize the number of operations with the least CPU processing. It promises to be smooth and, at the same time, extremely productive.
With Pro Tools 11, Avid wants to stay at the top of the audio software world. And they definitely will.
And this is why I don’t use adobe.... get out of here with that stupid bull shit.
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Co-development software makes teamwork seamless, allowing everyone to contribute to the project in real-time. Learn how this essential tool can keep your team aligned and productive.
