3D Design GUI with Multi-User Collaboration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current 3-D modeling software is complex, requiring extensive training and multiple steps, making it cumbersome for users to design and visualize three-dimensional designs, and collaboration with others is difficult due to compatibility issues and the need for 2D representation.
Innovation Solution
A graphical user interface (GUI) system that allows users to rapidly design and visualize 3-D models, enabling direct upload to AR or VR devices, collaborative editing, and visualization in non-2D settings through augmented or virtual reality, using formats like BIM and GLTF files for interoperability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional 3-D modeling software is used, then modeling precision and functionality are maintained, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to extensive training requirements and multiple steps
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the 3-D modeling process into simple, discrete actions that can be performed through basic user inputs. Instead of requiring users to navigate complex software interfaces, the system breaks down modeling into fundamental operations that are easier to understand and execute.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer that translates simple user inputs into complex 3-D modeling operations. This intermediary automatically handles the complexity of model generation, allowing users to interact with the system through simplified commands while the intermediary manages the sophisticated underlying processes.
2Productivity
If traditional 3-D modeling processes are used, then detailed modeling capability is maintained, but productivity deteriorates due to time-consuming multiple steps
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing user inputs and preparing 3-D model data in advance. This allows the actual modeling and visualization processes to proceed more quickly, as much of the preparatory work has already been completed before the user initiates the final generation step.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables users to skip traditional intermediate steps in the 3-D modeling process. By allowing direct input and output operations, the system rushes through conventional multi-step procedures, significantly reducing the time required from initial input to final 3-D visualization.
3Adaptability or versatility
If 3-D models are shared for collaboration, then visualization capability is maintained, but ease of operation deteriorates due to compatibility issues and 2D representation requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves universality by enabling 3-D model visualization across multiple device types and platforms. The same 3-D model can be viewed and interacted with on various devices without requiring conversion to 2D representations, making the system adaptable to different collaboration scenarios while maintaining ease of use.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates compatible copies of 3-D models in standardized formats that can be shared across different platforms and devices. These copies maintain the 3-D properties while being universally accessible, eliminating compatibility issues that would otherwise require complex conversion processes.
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AI summary
Introduced herein is a platform with multiple graphical user interfaces (GUI) for rapidly designing, editing, and sharing of a three-dimensional (3-D) design. A GUI can include a menu with add-on elements and a display interface to depict the 3-D design. A user can select add-on elements to build a 3-D design, view the environment at different angles, and interact in other ways with the 3-D design. Additionally, the platform enables multiuser collaboration within a collaboration GUI to allow for input from multiple users. The platform generates a join code which can be shared with multiple users and is associated with the collaboration GUI. A user can join the multiuser collaboration to view and edit the 3-D design simultaneously with multiple users. Each user can view the 3-D at their own angle and view each other's edits in real time.