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One of the greatest things about creating your own clothes is getting a personalized fit, and that starts with accurate
measurements. Make sure you have a good tape measure, straight pins, and a body-hugging outfit. It’s difficult to
take good measurements if you are wearing bulky clothing because the tape measure needs to wrap rather
snugly against your body (but not so tight that it’s uncomfortable or alters your size).
Having a friend help you is easier than taking your own measurements, but as long as you have a mirror you can
take them yourself. Make sure you stand naturally with your weight evenly distributed on both feet. And, when you
are taking width-wise measurements, make sure the measuring tape is parallel to the floor. A slight slant of the tape
can throw off the measurement and cause fitting problems later.
Prepare to take and record all the measurements described. Keep them in a safe place so you can refer to them
while drafting your designs. I have a notebook in my work area where my measurements live, so I can refer to them
for each new project.
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FIDO Alliance Osaka Seminar: Passkeys and the Road Ahead.pdf
Arai presentation
1. Perception of Objects
in Technical Illustrations:
A Challenge in
Technical Communication
s1170002 Yu Arai
CLR Technical Communication Laboratory
Supervised by Prof. Debopriyo Roy
2/14/2013
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2. Overview
1. Introduction
2. Work Flow
3. Method
Ø Making Figures
Ø Data collecting from Test sheets
Ø Data analysis
4. Findings
5. Discussion
6. Conclusion
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3. Introduction
§ Mental image is . . .
like a picture in own brain.
§ Mental rotation is . . .
Basically about how the brain moves objects in the physical space in a
manner that helps with positional understanding of objects in space.
§ Technical illustration is . . .
The use of illustration to visually communicate information of a technical
nature.
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4. Work Flow Make Figures
↓
Top view version figures
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Make Test seats
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Take test
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Data collect
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Analysis
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SPSS
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Discussions
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Conclusions
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5. Method – Making Figures (POSER)
Heights
a. Chest height
b. Waist height
Activities
a. Holding a Ball
b. Throwing a Ball
Camera Positions
1. Front – 0degree
2. 1/3rd Side – 30 degrees
3. Side – 90 degrees
4. 1/3rd Back – 120 degrees
5. Back – 180 degrees
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B : Top of view
A : Basic View
6. Method – Data collecting
ü 41 students who are non-native English speaker participated in this study.
ü Having 20 test sheets.
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7. Method – Data analysis (SPSS)
§ Given a score of either 1 or 0.
§ The data was entered in SPSS statistical software
for data analysis
§ A score in the range of 1-5 was reported for each
test sheet.
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12. Finding – Confidence level
Correlations Between Personal Value Sig. Value
Throwing Chest Back .514** .001
Throwing Waist Side .474** .002
Holding Waist Back .439** .005
Holding Waist Front .429** .006
Throwing Waist 1/3rd Back .406** .009
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Significant Correlations between Mean Accuracy Scores and Confidence Scores
Significant Correlations between Mean Accuracy Scores and Confidence ScoresSignificant Correlations between Mean Accuracy Scores and Confidence Scores
13. Discussion
Ø Body height/rotation/action
§ When compared with a plan view, it becomes
more various visual cues.
• Accuracy score around the 85 – 95% level
Ø Similarity body height – action - rotation
§ 20 body position – insignificant difference
§ Height/Action combinations – insignificant
difference
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14. Conclusion and Future research
§ Explored the effect of Body rotation, height and
action
ü Increased the accuracy levels
ü reader’s interesting approach
§ In the future research…
o The level of correctness should be analyzed carrying out
time observation.
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