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Item A scripting interface for doubly linked face list based polygonal meshes(2009-05-15) Tett, Stuart TostenThis thesis presents a scripting language interface for modeling manifold meshes represented by a Doubly Linked Face List (DLFL).With a scripting language users can create procedurally generated meshes that would otherwise be tedious or impractical to create with a graphical user interface. I have implemented a scripting language interface for the user to create stand-alone scripts as well as script interactively within a graphical environment.Item Developing a Framework for a New Visual-Based Interface Design in Autodesk Maya(2012-10-19) Withers, Timothy ClaytonIn this thesis, I develop an efficient and user-friendly node-based interface to be used in the creation of a particle system in Autodesk Maya. Maya's interface inconsistencies were identified and solutions were designed based on research in a number of fields related to human-computer interaction (HCI) as well as taking design queues from other highly successful 3D programs that employ a node-based interface. This research was used to guide the design of the interface in terms of organizing the data into logical chunks of information, using color to help the user develop working mental models of the system, and also using simple, easy to identify, graphical representations of a particle system. The result is an easy-to-use and intuitive interface that uses a visual-based approach in creating a particle system in Maya. By following guidelines laid out by previous researchers in the field of HCI, the interface should be a less frustrating to use and more organized version of Maya's current interface.Item Programming for Open Access: Using Python to Promote Open File Formats in the Texas Data Repository(Texas Digital Library, 2022-05-23) Goodale, IanThe preponderance of proprietary file formats being used for scholarly purposes poses an issue for the truly open dissemination of information. This was one of the key points identified by a working group I participated in at the University of Texas at Austin, in which working group members explored ways to improve metadata and reduce proprietary file formats in the Texas Data Repository. As a result of my work on the group, I created a group of Python scripts designed to help promote use of open file formats in the repository. These include scripts that automatically convert specified proprietary file formats to open ones, and that search through uploads to the Texas Data Repository within a specified date range and output a .xlsx or .csv with the dataverses and their files, flagging files with non-open extensions. My poster will describe and demonstrate this evolving resource, which is hosted on GitHub and freely available for others to modify and contribute to, and explain how it aims to make dataverse content more openly accessible to all.