Virtual Trace-Multiple View Modeling System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for creating three-dimensional models of buildings require users to open multiple active windows to compare and coordinate changes, making it inefficient to view and modify features across different views.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to create and modify multiple active views of a three-dimensional model within a single window, enabling changes to be reflected across all views without needing separate windows, using features like floor plan and elevation view systems, unlinked model modification systems, and active and unlinked model overlay systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple active windows are opened to view different views of the model, then the user can compare and coordinate changes across views, but the system complexity and user operation burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple model views (floor plan, elevation, and 3D perspective views) into a single active window display. The system allows users to see multiple synchronized views of the building model simultaneously within one window, eliminating the need to open separate windows for each view type while maintaining the ability to compare and coordinate changes across different perspectives.
Solution Approach 2:
The single active window system provides multi-functional capability by displaying multiple view types (floor plan, elevation, 3D perspective) simultaneously. This universal display approach allows the window to serve multiple viewing purposes at once, replacing the need for multiple specialized windows while maintaining comprehensive model visibility.
2Measurement precision
If separate active windows are used for different model views, then each view can be independently analyzed, but the time required to coordinate changes across views increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements real-time feedback synchronization between multiple views displayed in the single active window. When a user modifies a feature in one view (e.g., moving a wall in floor plan view), the change is automatically reflected in all other views (elevation view, 3D perspective view) simultaneously. This immediate feedback mechanism allows users to analyze changes accurately while eliminating the time delay associated with switching between separate windows.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent maintains continuous synchronization across all displayed views within the single active window. Rather than requiring users to switch between discrete windows, the system provides continuous, real-time updates across all views simultaneously, allowing uninterrupted analysis and coordination of model changes across different perspectives.
3Reliability
If multiple active windows are opened to check model modifications, then comprehensive view comparison is possible, but the risk of unintended changes increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple views into a single active window, the system reduces the risk of unintended changes. Users can see the impact of modifications across all views simultaneously within one context, making it harder to accidentally make unintended changes while maintaining reliable change coordination. The unified display provides better contextual awareness compared to scattered separate windows.
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AI summary
A system for generating two-dimensional views of a three-dimensional model is provided. The system includes an active building model system generating one or more user-selected two-dimensional views of a three-dimensional building model. A floor plan view location system receives user control data and places a two-dimensional floor plan view in a user-selected location of a viewing window. An elevation view location system receives user control data and places a two-dimensional elevation view in a user-selected location of the viewing window.