This workshop covers advanced topics in OpenSim. The workshop is an opportunity to learn more about how OpenSim works "under the hood" and get supervised, hands-on assistance with problems participants bring to the workshop. On the first day, participants will introduce their projects. The second and third days will be devoted to working on problems participants bring to the workshop. Participants have the opportunity to work in small breakout groups with OpenSim experts on their research problems.
This set of wiki pages hosts slides, relevant links, participant project information, and other materials for the workshop.
Please Note: This workshop is only open to winners of Pilot Project awards. The next OpenSim workshop at Stanford will be in the summer of 2013.
Important Dates
IMPORTANT DATES | |
Wednesday, March 6 | Submit Workshop Proposal by email (opensim@stanford.edu) |
| Friday, March 8 | Book Conference call time on the sign-up sheet |
Tuesday or Wednesday, March 12 or 13 | Conference calls with OpenSim Team |
Monday, March 18 | Start editing your Project Goals Slide |
Tuesday to Thursday, March 26 - 28 | Advanced User Workshop |
Conference Calls
Please carefully read the instructions on the cover page of the booking sheet. We will use Zoom for the kick-off Webinar. To use Zoom, you must have a Chrome Browser or the Zoom App installed.
Project Slides
Project Goal Slides | Accomplishment Slides (Links Coming Soon)
Participants present Project Goals slides on the first day and Accomplishment slides on the last. The workshop slides are intended to help the OpenSim team, and your fellow Workshop attendees, understand your work, ask questions, and give feedback and support where possible. On the final day, participants present their Accomplishment slides.
Location, Meals, and Coffee
The workshop location is at Stanford University, Francis C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, 1st Floor Barnes-McDowell-Cranston Conference Rooms. Directions and maps to the Alumni Center can be found here. Coffee and tea will be provided, daily. There is a cafe in the Alumni Center that serves lunch and several other lunch options nearby (Download a PDF with links to nearby dining).
Agenda
The workshop starts at 9:00 am on Tuesday, March 26 and runs daily (9-5) thru to Thursday, March 28. Download a draft of the OpenSim Workshop Agenda. Note: this agenda may change due to updated events.
Software and Computers
We expect participants to use their own laptops. Power supplies and wireless internet access will be provided.
Should I use OpenSim 3.3 or 4.0?
Workshop participants will be able to use either OpenSim 3.3 or 4.0. You should discuss which version is best with your Stanford mentors, but here are some guidelines:
- OpenSim 4.0 has a beautiful new visualizer and many helpful new features, so we encourage you to begin migrating to the new software. But if you have already made substantial progress with OpenSim 3.3, it may be easiest to continue using that version.
- If you depend on another OpenSim-based project, use whatever version of OpenSim that project requires.
- You can have both the 3.3 and 4.0 GUIs installed simultaneously, but it is less easy to toggle between 3.3 and 4.0 for the API/scripting.
- Use OpenSim 3.3 for:
- model editing/building in XML.
- Use OpenSim 4.0 for:
- scripting,
- extensive data import/export (in a new project),
- using the standard Tools through the GUI.
OpenSim 4.0 Download
The software is available for download on the OpenSim SimTK project page.