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Further Considerations ~ Design Notes ~ Dev Notes


##Overview

This is all still a work-in-progress. In particular: sounds and textures need much effort. If you would like to see a 'prettified' version in the near future, please let us know.

2016-02-28

  • All four demos checked, edited and verified to be FF and Edge compatible

Moving Manuals home page

  • Initial mock-up

2016-02-27

Screw and Round Nut - Demo - Full Screen - Latest

  • Assemble detail with cinema

2016-02-23

Poang Rocking Chair - Demo - Full Screen - R4

  • Adds object snap capability while editing/creating
    • No more placing hardware by many trial end error attempts
    • Select three points on existing geometry is now sufficient
    • Utility allows points to be highlighted and by a simple clock on the screen
  • Add createClip and step-by-step assembly animation
    • First pass
    • Components move to final assembly positions
    • No intermediate positions showing actual assembly process yet
  • All significant requirements met
    • Still a number of minor errors
      • Hardware pointing in wrong direction or misplaced
      • Hardware details need finalizing
    • Still number of details to be added
      • Rails tongues and slots
      • Arm and back lap joint

2016-02-20

Poang Rocking Chair - Demo - Full Screen - R3.4

  • Add toggle hardware scale
  • Works on Safari & iOS
  • Code clean-up
  • Full assembly-disassembly tweening

2016-02-08

Poang Rocking Chair - Demo - Full Screen - R3

  • Adds first pass at assembly tweening
  • Code clean-up
  • Three.js r75 fixes

2016-02-04

Poang Rocking Chair - Demo - Full Screen - R2

  • Basic Geometry is OK
  • Needs better colors and textures
  • Geometry needs loosening up/randomizing

2016-01-29

Kallax NxN Basic R7 - Demo - Full Screen

Note: touching items to toggle position on a tablet or phone is currently not working the way it should be. Clicking with mouse is OK. Clicking menu items is OK. Will fix in next release.

  • Add shade and shadows
  • Add noise texture creation
  • Add renderer modifiers
  • Add background and more ground
  • Add toggle placard visibility
  • Add toggle rotate

2016-01-23

NxN

  • General clean-up, re-structuring variable names to be easier to read
  • Add autoRotate
  • Re-structure the per frame data display
  • Update camera positions and frame times
  • Fix issue with displaying white texture
  • Add link to Wall Bracket

Wall Bracket

  • Add link to NxN
  • Code clean-up
  • Re-structure variable names

2016-01-22

Kallax NxN Basic R5 - Demo - Full Screen

  • Add hexKey
  • Add Screw 1004321 104322
  • Add placards to hardware
  • Solve some tweening issues

2016-01-21

  • More updates
  • Looking very much like the scripts are technically complete
  • The ongoing work will relate more to cinematography, rendering and parts creation

2016-01-19

Kallax NxN Basic R4 - Demo - Full Screen

  • Update with all new tweening looking good - just the play by play to finish up
  • But an oops on the Wall bracket needs to be fixed

2016-01-17

Kallax Wall Bracket Basic R12

tweenjs-r1.js

2016-01-14

Kallax Wall Bracket Basic R11

mm-tween-r1.js

  • Plays clips with tweening

mm-object-r1.js

  • Draws various parts and tools

2016-01-02 & 2016-01-01 & 2015-12-29

Kallax Wall Bracket Basic R8

  • Phillips screwdriver tip starting to look OK (big learning curve here)
  • Ditto Phillips screw head
  • Both screw and screwdriver not finished, not even beginning to be finished
  • More objects find their positions by algorithm ( rather than by eye )
  • Fewer global variables
  • Play step-by-step assembly has more detailed film clip
  • Adds ability to draw 'pencil lines' - still at an early stage
  • Adds new 'Draw Screw position' checkbox and 'film clip'

Coming soon?

  • Screwdriver and screw rotating into final position
  • Rounde-headed screw and flat blade screwdriver

2015-12-24

Kallax Wall Bracket Basic R7

  • Add placards with part ID numbers
  • Add beginning of pencil
  • Add beginning of screwdriver

2015-12-23

Kallax Wall Bracket Basic R6

  • Re-engineered. Components now follow same principles as components in Kallax NxN. Should make life easier

Design Notes

  • A start at identifying all the criteria that need satisfying in building an online assembly manual.

2015-12-18

Kallax Wall Bracket Basic R5

  • Beginning to add animation/tweening

2015-12-12

Kallax NxN Basic R2 - Demo - Full Screen

  • Fixed non-appearance of holes issues

  • Updated positions of pegs

  • Code clean-up

  • Improved scaling of textures

  • Worked on sounds

  • Coming soon: improved animation sequencing?

  • Kallax Wall Bracket Basic R4

  • Adds wood screws

    • Includes shiny new draw helix routine
  • Coming soon: animation

2015-12-12

Kallax Wall Bracket Basic R2

  • Adds screw mask part

2015-12-10

Kallax NxN Basic R1 - Demo - Full Screen

  • Creates any Kallax with from 1 to 6 rows and and 1 to 7 columns
  • Creates the fixing holes be code
  • Creates the screw and peg locations by code
  • Creates the assembly positions and sequences by code
  • Creates the camera movements by code
  • Note: many small bugs remain to be fixed

2015-12-09

Kallax 5x5 Basic R1 - Demo - Full Screen

  • Most code in standalone JavaScript file that may be used with all Kallax models
    • Should soon be able to make any Kallax with 1 to n vertical and horizontal divisions
  • Basic notion of selecting color and texture added - still very primitive
  • Basic notion of click sound added
    • Uses Web Audio

2015-12-08

Kallax 4x1 Basic R1 - Demo - Full Screen

Kallax 4x4 Basic R4 - Demo - Full Screen

2015-12-06

Kallax 4x4 Basic R3 - Demo - Full Screen

2015-12-02

Kallax 4x4 Basic R2 - Demo - Full Screen

2015-12-02

Kallax 4x4 Basic R1 - Demo - Full Screen

2015-12-01

Kallax Wall Bracket Render R1

  • Has reflections of the Swedish royal castle
  • Slider bar to control the height

Kallax Wall Bracket Basic R1

  • Small metal piece for fixing Kallax to wall

2015-11-29

  • Play a step-by-step construction animation
  • Play a step-by-step construction animation
  • The order of the steps does not yet follow the Ikea assembly manner order

There is a fun bug right now: Click play and rotate - then click on some of the parts. Lots of action starts to happen!

2015-11-28

  • Gain X-ray vision
  • Let me tell you a story

2015-11-27

Sample Web Page / Source Code

<iframe class=ifr src=http://jaanga.github.io/cookbook-html/templates/code-edit-view/code-edit-view-r2.html#http://jaanga.github.io/moving-manuals/mm-logo/mm-logo-basic-r1.html width=100% height=600px ></iframe> ###### _Moving Manuals Basic - Revision 1 - Code Edit View_ / [Edit full screen]( http://jaanga.github.io/cookbook-html/templates/code-edit-view/code-edit-view-r2.html#http://jaanga.github.io/moving-manuals/mm-logo/mm-logo-basic-r1.html )

Concept

Issues / Problems

  • Assembly manuals are frequently PDF files with twenty pages or more. Do we really have to download and print them out?
  • Assembly manuals need to display text in many languages.
  • Assembly manuals must be accessible to people who have difficulty reading text.
  • Even with all the drawings there are frequently still places you can't see
  • The furniture is 3D but the manuals are only 2D

Mission

  • Build many very small scripts - each with different features
  • Eventually decide which features to keep and which to discard
  • Much easier than trying to build one big app all at once

Vision

  • To create manuals that are fun

Things to Do / Road Map

Coming up next

  • Front page with text warnings and advice in images
  • The screw driver
  • The animated assembly sequence for a large object
    • Can you see everything even on a phone screen?

Animation series

  • Issue: Reset counter to start with each new replay
  • Issue: prevent multiple replays from going on at the same time
  • Make time between animation frames adjustable
  • Animate multiple pegs/screws moving at once

Kallax

  • Send link to customer upon purchase
  • Show items in the positions as they are in the box
  • Set up so works on phone very nicely
  • CCreate multiple rendering scenarios
    • Add real colors
    • Add toon shading
  • Add accessories, coordinated products and links to buy
  • Add typical things that go on bookcases
  • Add room and people and zombies
  • Add more realistic screws and pegs
  • Show demo functioning in an iframe
  • Add animation where components fly in one by one in order
  • Add color coding - next item to be installed is highlighted red
  • Export as STL file for use in CAD program
  • Add exploded view
  • Add more fun and lively things

Features

  • Zoom, pan and rotate
    • 1 finger / left button = rotate
    • 2 finger / wheel = zoom in and out
    • 3 finger / right button = pan

Issues

Kallax

  • Shown in upright position, but should in on ground while being built position
  • Shown with screws on top, but they should be on side
  • Show with screws partially screwed in. Need better ways of showing final position
  • Still missing a number of screw holes
  • Still missing wall brackets

Sources

Ikea Kallax 2x2

Ikea Kallax 2x2 Assembly Manual


Notes

Trademarks property of their respective owners.

Apart from sharing a deep delight with putting things together, Jaanga is not in anyway associated with any specific furniture vendor.


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