HMI Development and Prototyping

The generation and integration of Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) can be a challenge for Developers and Project Managers.The relatively simple concept of generating a real-time interactive interface can quickly derail development timelines and negatively impact design function and reuse. Engineering professionals need to look at software solutions that can satisfy a variety of needs while reducing deployment times.

Industry Problem:

• Prototypes are thrown away because they are developed in solutions that don't support the full product lifecycle.
• Performance issues arise when HMI complexity expands beyond initialproof-of-concept prototypes.
• Visual quality is not representative of the device.

The DiSTI Solution:

DiSTI offers software tools and services that develop content which can be leveraged across all levels of a product development and lifecycle. Object oriented components are developed using high resolution photographs and models and run in OpenGL taking advantage of a computer's Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). This solution yields exceptional performance, fidelity, and reusability of these graphical assets.

• Fully interactive 2D or 3D content leveraging currently employed graphicsassets that can be reused directly into multiple areas of the product development lifecycle.
• Non-proprietary human readable object oriented code generated in either C++, Java, or Safety Critical C++.
• Increase device performance, fidelity and reusability by taking advantage of objects leveraging OpenGL capable graphic devices.
• Lower development costs by reducing development cycles and time to market.
• Unlimited Runtime Licensing available on generated code allows compiled objects to run anywhere at anytime.

The GL Studio® Advantage:

GL Studio is the premier Human Machine Interface (HMI) development tool kit that allows for the creation of fully interactive 3D virtual Reusable Software Objects.

• Powerful WYSIWYG environment
• Import existing content to integrate and build RSOs
• Rapidly develop device look and functionality
• Object Oriented design for software reuse

Through the use of GL Studio, 3rd party 3D data can be quickly converted to GL Studio objects with C++ or Java based content. Users can repurpose their existing 3D content (CATIA, 3ds Max, FLT) in GL Studio to create rich interactive objects that become assets to an organization by enabling the reuse of the content into all aspects of a product lifecycle.