====== SatViz ======

☛ **Position**: **3D Developer & Modeler**\\
☛ **Schedule**: May 2005 - Dec. 2008\\
☛ **Client**: [[http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10002/|German Aerospace Center (DLR)]]\\
☛ **Team size**: 4 people

===== Project description =====

SatViz was a real time satellite simulation tool with 3D visualization support. This software was initially designed for space industries simulation/visualization and provided simulation for the 
following satellites and ISS components:
  * TerraSAR / TandemX
  * SatcomBW 
  * International Space Station (ISS global visualization/positioning)
  * Columbus / Biolab (extended ISS module visualization)
  * ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) 
The software was then extended to simulate other systems, such as an OIL plant, or a F1 racing car.

===== Responsibilities & Achievements =====

  * I was responsible for creating the 3D simulation environment primarily used for spatial missions modeling.
  * I designed and implemented the 3D engine based on OpenSceneGraph.
  * I gathered significant experience with:
    * C++ code, 
    * 3D space algebra (matrices, quaternions, transformations),
    * OpenGL pipeline in general,
    * OpenSceneGraph framework,
    * 3D Modeling,
    * SCons build framework
    * Java code
  * I interacted actively with the OpenSceneGraph community, producing plugins for OSG to:
    * Read SGI images,
    * Read BIL elevation data format,
    * Read GZ compressed files
  * Got multi-platform experience: working with Visual Studio on Windows and Eclipse on Linux
  * I optimized multiple 3D models with 3DS Max to make them "3D engine friendly":
    * Columbus, ISS, NASA Shuttle, LTS, SatcomBW, TerraSAR-X, etc.
  * I designed many classes/systems using UML diagrams (generated with BOUML).
  * I created Windows installer construction scripts (with NSIS).

⇒ The SatViz software was used successfully for public demonstrations purposes for many years at DLR.

===== Skills & Techs =====

  * **OpenSceneGraph**
  * **C++**
  * **GLSL**
  * **3DS Max**
  * **Java**
  * **JNI**
  * **Eclipse**
  * **Visual Studio**
  * **SCons**
  * **SVN**

===== Links =====

  * [[https://www.gmv-insyen.com/product_sat-viz.html|Official GMV INSYEN SatViz/NG3DV webpage]]

===== Images =====

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Columbus interior view
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Galileo project display
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OIL plant project splashscreen
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OIL plant management typical display
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Space project splashscreen
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TandemX project typical display
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Racing car splashscreen
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