Qualnet 3D User Interface

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Qualnet 3D User Interface

• Anthony Faulds
• Trinnovations

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Anthony Faulds - President

• President of Trinnovations, a technology company
  located in Temecula, California
  
• Software developer with SkySentry, a company
  created to investigate, develop, and operate High
  Altitude Airships (HAAs) for military
  applications.
• Currently holds
• Master of Science degrees
• Aerospace Engineering from The Pennsylvania State
  University
  
• Applied Mathematics from The Pennsylvania State
  University
  
• Bachelor of Science degrees
• Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech
• Applied Mathematics from Virginia Tech
• Currently the lead developer of Weather Sentinel,
  a tool for advanced weather analysis for
  communication and mission planning. Also lead
  developer of several new technologies involving
  Qualnet's engine, including advanced
  visualization and connecting Qualnet to 3rd party
  tools for advanced analysis like VR Forces,
  Benchmark, and STK.
• Spent the last 5 years developing and integrating
  COTS software with the goal to help combined
  technologies solve more problems than individual
  technology.

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Overview

• Requirements
• Qt GUI
• STK / 4DX
• Challenges
• Demo
• Timeline

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Requirements

• Need 3D visualization
• Advanced propagator (satellite and aircraft)
• Allow propagation to be calculated by continuous
  differential equations instead of discrete event
  
• Replay of scenarios without recalculating
  analysis
  
• Extras
• Database of objects (routers, computers, tanks,
  planes, satellites)
  
• Advance weather analysis

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Qt GUI

• Trolltech - Qt
• Qt sets the standard for high-performance,
  cross-platform application development. It
  includes a C class library and tools for
  cross-platform development and internationalizatio
  n.

• Advantages
• Multi-platform compatibility Windows,
  Linux/UNIX, MacOS X
  
• Compiled code as opposed to javas interpreted
  byte code
  
• Ability to include ActiveX components
• Powerful drag and drop interfaces

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STK / 4DX

• 4DX Embedded Technologies
• 4DX Embedded Technology allows users to embed all
  or parts of AGIs core technology engine into
  their development or integration environments.
  
• Advantages
• 3D visualization
• Quick/Easy replay
• Concept of time
• Globeserver
• Viewer files (VDF)
• Accurate propagators
• Accurate physical layer calculations

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Integration Layout
Current Layout
User Interface
QT GUI
STK/4DX
TCP/IP Server
WeatherX
Qualnet Command Line
Object Database
Engine

• 4DX calculates physical layer and produces 3D
  visualization
  
• TCP/IP Server communicates animation and
  interactive commands
  
• WeatherX provides live, historical and
  forecasted weather feeds
  
• Object Database allows macro object creation

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Tool Demo

• Qualnet demo scenario

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Timeline

• November
• Usable Beta Version of the tool
• December - January
• Testing for release
• Test compatibility with STK 8 and Weather
  Sentinel 2.0
  
• February
• Release for sale
• Users interested in beta testing
• Send email to afaulds_at_trinnovations.com or
  info_at_trinnovations.com
  
• Call 951-719-3787