Parametric Spatial Layout Templates for Faster Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing interior design tools are time-consuming and inefficient in assisting designers with placing objects in a spatial layout, particularly in environments like kitchens, living rooms, or offices, as they lack intuitive and efficient methods for customizing pre-defined templates to fit specific dimensions and themes.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for populating a digital twin of a spatial layout by parametrically modifying pre-defined templates, which includes generating a repository of templates with corresponding themes and objects, receiving design conditions, selecting a template that satisfies the conditions, and performing parametric modifications to fit the digital twin's dimensions and theme.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If designers manually place and customize objects in spatial layouts using traditional tools, then design flexibility and customization are achieved, but the design process becomes time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-defines templates with common spatial layouts, object placements, and design configurations before the actual design process begins. Designers can directly select and modify these pre-prepared templates rather than creating everything from scratch, dramatically reducing design time while maintaining customization capability through parametric editing
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables parametric editing of templates, allowing designers to modify parameters such as dimensions, positions, and configurations of objects within templates. This allows rapid customization of pre-defined templates to fit specific design requirements without manual repositioning or redrawing of individual objects
2Manufacturing precision
If designers create custom templates for each specific design requirement, then design precision and fit are improved, but the complexity of template creation and management increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a library of universal templates that can serve multiple design purposes and be applied to various spatial layouts. Each template is designed to be adaptable to different scenarios through parametric editing, reducing the need to create separate custom templates for each specific case and simplifying template management
Solution Approach 2:
The system divides complex spatial designs into modular templates that can be independently created, stored, and reused. Each template represents a self-contained unit with specific objects and configurations that can be selected and modified as needed, making template management more organized and less complex
3Ease of operation
If traditional design tools are used to place and arrange objects, then design control is maintained, but the ease of operation and intuitiveness of the design process deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses digital templates as copies of common spatial arrangements that can be instantly replicated and applied to design projects. These templates serve as reusable blueprints that designers can select and modify with simple operations, making the design process more intuitive and efficient compared to manually placing each object
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AI summary
Techniques for populating a digital twin that is representative of a spatial layout by parametrically modifying a pre-defined template having characteristics that satisfy design conditions for the spatial layout are disclosed. A service generates a repository of pre-defined templates that can populate various different types of digital twins. Each template has a corresponding theme and a corresponding set of objects. The service receives design conditions for a spatial layout. Based on the design conditions, the service generates a digital twin of the spatial layout. Based on the design conditions, the service selects one of the templates. The service populates the digital twin using the pre-defined template. The population includes performing a parametric modification to the template.