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Welcome to smallGURU
smallGURU is a blog dedicated to CAD, Autodesk Inventor, CAD Customization, Visual C#, Motion and Dynamic Simulation and loads of other things related to Mechanical CAD software.
My contribution in software development:
- IN-Motion : Motion and Dynamic Simulation Addin for Autodesk Inventor
- IN-Screenshot : Screenshot Addin for Autodesk Inventor
- RoboAnalyzer : Easy way to learn Robotics
Tutorials Archive
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Autodesk Inventor Dynamic Simulation Tutorial using IN-Motion
Posted on March 9, 2010 | View CommentsIN-Motion is a Motion and Dynamic Simulation Addin for Autodesk Inventor. Autodesk has certified IN-Motion as a compatible addin for Inventor 2009 and 2010 versions. In this tutorial, I shall explain in brief What is Dynamic Simulation using a simple example of 2 bodies. gravityText.iam has two parts namely housing (grounded part) and bob (pendulum). We define a Mate constraint... -
ZedGraph C# Graph Data Export to CSV Using a Custom Context Menu
Posted on June 13, 2009 | View CommentsIn continuation of my earlier post on ZedGraph example which plots a sinosoidal graph, I have extended it further to: Add a new custom menu item in context menu(which appears on right click on the graph) Export Graph plot data to CSV (coma separated values) file. Which can be opened by spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel and Open Office calc.... -
Zedgraph C# Graph Plot Example Application
Posted on January 30, 2009 | View CommentsUpdate : Check out ZedGraph C# Graph Data Export to CSV Using a Custom Context Menu , It has code to make a custom context menu item and also export the graph plot data as CSV. Zedgraph is a very good opensource C# graph plotting library. Check out more details at my earlier post on Zedgraph. I have gone a... -
Minimize forms along with Parent Application or Form in C#
Posted on December 20, 2008 | View CommentsHow to minimize forms that belong to a particular application, when the parent application (In my case Autodesk Inventor) is minimized ? When you create software or addins, you would want the forms/dialogs to be minimized and not floating around when parent application is minimized. For that we need to deal with hWnd of parent application. “hWnd” stands for Window... -
Opensource C# Graph Plot Library – ZedGraph
Posted on December 18, 2008 | View CommentsUpdate: Check out Zedgraph C# Graph Plot Example Application , I have an example ZedGraph Application (with sourcecode) to draw Line Plot, Bar Graph and Pie Chart. Update 2: Check out ZedGraph C# Graph Data Export to CSV Using a Custom Context Menu , It has code to make a custom context menu item and also export the graph plot... -
Rails Video Tutorial 4 – Installation
Posted on June 30, 2008 | View CommentsIn this post, the videos explain the Installation of Ruby, Rails, MySQL etc for you to get started with Rails Development on your local system. Since I am on Windows, I dont have any summary to offer on Installation on Mac , but still its worth watching all the videos irrespective of the OS you are on. The following videos... -
Rails Video Tutorial 3- Tools
Posted on June 28, 2008 | View CommentsIn our previous set of Videos, we have covered basics of a Web Application, MVC architecture and also basic introduction to Ruby and Rails. In this post, we have videos which explain certain tools which can be used to speed up our development process. They are: Command Line Text Editor Rails & Ruby Overview Command Line Summary: We use Terminal... -
Rails Video Tutorial 2 – What Rails is
Posted on June 27, 2008 | View CommentsIn this post, the following Concepts are explained Web Applications and Rails What Rails can Do Where Rails Came From Rails Philosophies More Rails Philosophies MVC Model View Part 1 View Part 2 Controller Web Applications and Rails Summary: Basic introduction to Web applications in general. The architecture of Web browser(Cleint) and Server(which also includes a Database) is explained. Model-View-Controller... -
Rails Video Tutorial 1 – Introduction
Posted on June 27, 2008 | View CommentsWelcome to Ruby on Rails Summary : It is intended for completely novice beginners. There is a brief introduction given to Web Applications: How exactly any Web Application deployed on a server would function ? Ruby Language: “Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated in Japan... -
Learn Ruby on Rails through Video Tutorials
Posted on June 27, 2008 | View CommentsFinally I intend to begin my journey on Rails (Ruby on Rails). After searching for some quick resources to learn Rails fast, I came across a good number of them which would be shared in this post. I am hoping I can learn Ruby on Rails faster for the following 2 reasons I know Smalltalk(Squeak) and Seaside. Seaside is somewhat...
