US 11,380,057 B2 · Generating technical drawings from building information models

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a software tool that facilitates the presentation of a three-dimensional view of a construction project as well as the generation of various types of two-dimensional technical drawings based on this three-dimensional view. In one implementation, the software tool causes a computing device to engage in the following operations. The computing device may receive an indication of a desired clip height of a three-dimensional view at which to generate a two-dimensional technical drawing; identify a subset of meshes that intersect with a two-dimensional plane at the desired clip height; determine respective portions of each mesh that intersect the two-dimensional plane at the desired clip height; compile a dataset that defines the two-dimensional drawing; and render the two-dimensional drawing using the compiled dataset.

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Dependent claims

A computing system comprising:

at least one processor;
a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
and
program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor to cause the computing system to:
from among a set of meshes comprising a three-dimensional view, identify a subset of meshes that that intersect with a two-dimensional plane positioned within the three-dimensional view;
generate a dataset that defines particular portions of respective meshes that intersect with the two-dimensional plane;
generate a compiled dataset that defines a two-dimensional drawing based on the meshes that intersect with the two-dimensional plane;
and
render the two-dimensional drawing using the compiled dataset.

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A method comprising:

from among a set of meshes comprising a three-dimensional view, identifying a subset of meshes that that intersect with a two-dimensional plane positioned within the three-dimensional view;
generating a dataset that defines particular portions of respective meshes that intersect with the two-dimensional plane;
generating a compiled dataset that defines a two-dimensional drawing based on the meshes that intersect with the two-dimensional plane;
and
rendering the two-dimensional drawing using the compiled dataset.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program instructions stored thereon that are executable to cause a computing system to:

from among a set of meshes comprising a three-dimensional view, identify a subset of meshes that that intersect with a two-dimensional plane positioned within the three-dimensional view;
generate a dataset that defines particular portions of respective meshes that intersect with the two-dimensional plane;
generate a compiled dataset that defines a two-dimensional drawing based on the meshes that intersect with the two-dimensional plane;
and
render the two-dimensional drawing using the compiled dataset.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Generating technical drawings from building information models

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Generating technical drawings from building information models

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Abstract

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