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Autodesk
Navisworks
Computer Graphics
Autodesk Viewer SVF File Format
SVF is the native format for the Autodesk Viewer. As well as the standalone web app, the viewer is embedded in other Autodesk web apps like Construction Cloud, desktop products with components that use web technology like Fusion, and available as an SDK for third parties to integrate into their web apps.
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Blog
Autodesk
Legal Jeopardy
A few weeks ago I received a LinkedIn message from a former colleague at Autodesk. Nothing unusual about that. It’s always a pleasure to reconnect with old acquaintances and catch up with their news.
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AWS
AWS re:Invent 2023
It’s that time of year again. Just like last year, I’m going to use the week after re:Invent to binge on recorded sessions at 1.5X speed, and share my thoughts with you.
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React Virtual Scroll
React Virtual Scroll Grid 5 : What Next?
It turns out that implementing a grid control capable of scrolling over millions of rows and columns is much harder than I thought. The grid is virtualized, so the browser only has to deal with the cells visible in the viewport. Right now, there’s no data. The content of each cell is generated on the fly.
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React Virtual Scroll
Spreadsheets
React Virtual Scroll Grid 4 : Big Grid
After a long trip down the rabbit hole, I have two working implementations of a React based virtual scrolling list. No flicker, no going blank while scrolling.
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React Virtual Scroll
React Virtual Scroll Grid 3 : Binary Chop
We’re on a journey, trying to find out why our simple React virtual scrolling list flickers and goes blank while you’re dragging the scroll handle. Last time, we ended when we found react-window, a mature library of virtual scrolling components that didn’t have any rendering problems when scrolling.
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React Virtual Scroll
React Virtual Scroll Grid 2 : Down the Rabbit Hole
Last time I left you with a cliff hanger. Why is my simple virtualized scrolling list going blank if you scroll it too fast? I had some theories. Time to apply the scientific method and see which ones stand up.
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React Virtual Scroll
React Virtual Scroll Grid
Last time, I bootstrapped Vite and scaffolded a React+Typescript project from a template. The observant amongst you will have noticed that I called the project “react-virtual-scroll-grid”. It may have had React in it, but there was no sign of any virtual scrolling grid.
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Navisworks
Computer Graphics
Navisworks File Formats
Recently, I’ve become aware of just how many different CAD/BIM design review file formats are out there. Autodesk has Navisworks and SVF, and before that DWF. Bentley has iModels. There are lots of smaller third parties with their own formats. I’m thinking of things like dotbim, VIM, Speckle and Resolve. And now, there’s lots of noise around OpenUSD as the new do everything format for large scale 3D models.
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Front End
Bootstrapping Vite
I’m ready to dive into front-end development. First, I need to make some choices. What tooling and frameworks should I use?