PHUI-kit
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Kevin D. Seppi; Casey Walker; Michael Jones; Zann Anderson
- Source
- CHI Extended Abstracts
- Subject
- Engineering drawing
InformationSystems_INFORMATIONINTERFACESANDPRESENTATION(e.g.,HCI)
business.industry
Computer science
05 social sciences
020207 software engineering
02 engineering and technology
3D modeling
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Drop (telecommunication)
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
User interface
business
050107 human factors
ComputingMethodologies_COMPUTERGRAPHICS
Graphical user interface
- Language
PHUIs are interfaces built from tangible widgets arranged on the surfaces of physical objects. PHUI-kit is tool for making physical user interface (PHUI) design more like graphical user interface (GUI) design in the context of 3D printed object housings. The tool includes a drag-and drop interface to place, reposition and delete physical widgets on a curved housing in a 3D modeling tool. Automatic cable routing simplifies assembly planning and execution. The objects are printed, the widgets snapped onto a cable and snapped into the housing to create an interactive object. A cable guide printed on paper guides the maker while snapping widgets onto the cable.