Autodesk Web & Mobile Viewer

Time Period

2014-2015

Disciplines

App Design, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Vision, Visual Design

Role: As the UX Designer for simulation, I interfaced with the platform A360 Viewer team and designed UI, interactions, and visual components for the simulation layer of the common 3D viewer.

Simulation provides additional design feedback loops as part of an iterative, collaborative process. The Simulation Viewer is a step towards making results immediately sharable and available anywhere while enabling basic collaboration like annotation and commenting. We like to think of it as Google Docs for simulation results.

Ultimately my work on this project was integrated into the A360 web viewer, A360 mobile app, and Autodesk Sim 360–all of which now support simulation results viewing. This was the first time users could share results without sending an actual file—which often was impossible or prohibitive due to large sizes (e.g. via email).

An early version of simulation viewing and collaboration integrated into A360 Drive on web and mobile — An early version of simulation viewing and collaboration integrated into A360 Drive on the web and mobile. The model can be navigated in 3D space with scalar results mapped to the model, and vector results illustrated as streamlines.

Mockups & Vision

Exploring layout variations for the proposed UI components

Simulation viewing & collaboration in tablet app — Mockup of simulation viewing & collaboration on a tablet

Visual Design for Simulation Results Legend

Exploring visual treatments for the simulation legend, within the context of the application