3D Print Preview Interface With Synchronized Unrolled Editing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing design systems for three-dimensional objects are difficult for users with limited design skills to navigate, making it challenging to create patterns on complex surfaces.
Innovation Solution
A design device that simultaneously displays both a three-dimensional preview and an unrolled preview of a design, allowing users to perform operations on one preview to be reflected in both, simplifying the design process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a three-dimensional preview is displayed to show the design on the object surface, then the visual representation is realistic and helpful for understanding the final product, but it becomes difficult for users with limited design skills to perform operations like resizing and positioning
Solution Approach 1:
The display is segmented into two separate preview modes: a three-dimensional preview showing the design on the actual object surface, and a two-dimensional unrolled preview showing the design on a flattened surface. Users can switch between these segments depending on their operational needs, with the unrolled view providing easier manipulation and the three-dimensional view providing realistic visualization.
Solution Approach 2:
The unrolled two-dimensional preview acts as an intermediary between the user's design operations and the final three-dimensional representation. Users perform operations on the simplified unrolled view, and the system automatically translates these operations to the three-dimensional preview, mediating the complexity of three-dimensional manipulation.
2Ease of operation
If design operations are performed directly on the three-dimensional preview, then the operations are intuitive for the final appearance, but it requires advanced design skills and increases the time and effort needed
Solution Approach 1:
Users perform design operations preliminarily on the two-dimensional unrolled preview, which has simplified geometry and easier-to-manipulate surfaces. This preliminary design phase allows users with limited skills to complete operations quickly, and the system then applies these operations to the three-dimensional preview, saving time compared to performing all operations directly on the complex three-dimensional surface.
3Ease of operation
If only a two-dimensional unrolled preview is displayed to simplify operations, then users can easily perform design operations, but it becomes difficult to visualize the final three-dimensional appearance and positioning
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges both preview modes into a single integrated display interface, showing both the two-dimensional unrolled preview and the three-dimensional preview simultaneously. This combination allows users to benefit from the operational simplicity of the unrolled view while maintaining access to the realistic three-dimensional visualization for verifying the final appearance and positioning.
Data Source
AI summary
A design device for designing a print includes a design section configured to design the print according to an instruction of a user, a three-dimensional display section configured to cause a three-dimensional preview of the designed print to be displayed, and an unrolled display section configured to cause an unrolled preview of the designed print to be displayed. Both the three-dimensional preview and the unrolled preview are simultaneously visibly displayed, and a result of a predetermined operation performed by a user on one of the three-dimensional preview and the unrolled preview is reflected on both the three-dimensional preview and the unrolled preview.