Design a prototype CAD GUI layout #2

Design a prototype CAD GUI layout #2BRL-CAD

Status: ClosedTime to complete: 72 hrs Mentors: SeanTags:

BRL-CAD's usability is notoriously complex and ''expert friendly''. MGED and Archer are the main geometry editors, with drastically different user interfaces.

This task involves evaluating the features provided by MGED and Archer, then designing a new GUI layout that encompasses their features while improving usability. Rationale for design decisions and layout should be provided.

References:

http://brlcad.org/design/gui

Provide one or more mock-up images (png, pdf, psd, html, whatever)

Search for other similar GCI tasks to avoid making a similar design. You can use any tools, but your work must be original.

Uploaded Work

File name/URL	File size	Date submitted
BRL-CAD.zip	23.2 KB	November 22 2013 00:59 UTC
GUI-Design.png	6.4 KB	November 24 2013 08:43 UTC

Comments

Pratik Mohapatraon November 19 2013 13:33 UTCMore Details

Can you please provide me more details

Email - mohapatra.pratik@gmail.com

Cameronon November 19 2013 19:56 UTCTask Claimed

I would like to work on this task.

Mandeep Kaur on November 20 2013 04:26 UTCTask Assigned

This task has been assigned to Cameron. You have 72 hours to complete this task, good luck!

Cameronon November 22 2013 01:00 UTCReady for review

The work on this task is ready to be reviewed.

Melange on November 23 2013 04:26 UTCNo more Work can be submitted

Melange has detected that the deadline has passed and no more work can be submitted. The submitted work should be reviewed.

Sean on November 23 2013 04:34 UTCneeds more work

Cameron, the design is "technically" minimally sufficient to call the task complete but is far from useful or relevant to our needs. Your design has hardly any CAD-specific elements, no BRL-CAD specific elements (not even basic branding like a mini logo or title in a corner), and is sort of a placeholder design without much substance.

Why that particular set of menu options? What's supposed to go in that massive "Footer" section? If the footer is that wide, all of the space to the right of the "Viewport" and menubars become dead space and make for an ineffective use of screen real estate. Same for the properties panel -- why would you leave dead space below it? Is there a reason it's on the left?

This design raises more questions than it answers, even notionally.

Sean on November 23 2013 04:34 UTCTask Needs More Work

One of the mentors has sent this task back for more work. Talk to the mentor(s) assigned to this task to satisfy the requirements needed to complete this task, submit your work again and mark the task as complete once you re-submit your work.

Sean on November 23 2013 04:34 UTCDeadline extended

The deadline of the task has been extended with 1 days and 12 hours.

Cameronon November 24 2013 08:43 UTCReady for review

The work on this task is ready to be reviewed.

Melange on November 24 2013 16:45 UTCNo more Work can be submitted

Melange has detected that the deadline has passed and no more work can be submitted. The submitted work should be reviewed.

Sean on November 25 2013 04:15 UTCTask Closed

Congratulations, this task has been completed successfully.

Sean on November 25 2013 04:16 UTCbetter

This layout is much better. Thank you for working on the improvements.