CAD BoF 2012

Draft

Presentations (40 min)

• Overview of technical goals and progress (Don)
• Review weekend highlights of Web3D Conference relevant to X3D CAD
  • Status of new or improved browsers
  • latest developments in X3DOM or implementations with WebGL
    • invite someone from Fraunhofer IGD Publishing JT Open files with X3DOM
• Resolving NURBS, Parametric History Model, B-REPS and STEP support for X3D
  • Parametric History Model (Hyo)
  • CAD2X3D conversion : PartDB’s work (Hyo)
  • STEP support for X3D (Vince)
• Xj3D source code merging progress (Don)
• Compressed binary encoding progress and plans (Don)
• How to get involved in CAD working group (Don)

Other announcements and group discussion (20 min)

• Availability of other software and example models
  • Validator, X3D-Edit, Xj3D, STEP2X3D Web-converter, ...
• People's reactions