US 2008/0177510 A1 · Method and system for distinctively displaying selected floor with sufficient details in a three-dimensional building model

Abstract

A method, system and program product for distinctively displaying selected floors with sufficient details in a three-dimensional building model includes graphical metaphors that permit a selected or highlighted floor and their respective elements to be absolutely clear and distinct from the floors immediately above and below. The graphically displayed metaphors comprise “drawers”, “wireframe”, “expansion/compression”, “projected floor”, “sliding unselected floors”, “turning the pages”, “big map-small map”, and “fisheye” graphical configurations. Such graphically displayed metaphors can be utilized to highlight a selected floor, separate it from adjacent floors, and provide a graphical effect of depicting the floor's vertical position within a building.

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Dependent claims

A method for distinctively displaying building features with sufficient details in a three-dimensional building model, comprising:

Providing at least one graphical metaphor that permits a user to select with an enhanced granularity at least one building feature from among a plurality of building features associated with a three-dimensional model of a building;
and
graphically selecting utilizing said at least one graphical metaphor, said at least one building feature from among said plurality of building features, in response to a particular input by said user, thereby allowing said user an ability to clearly identify, graphically manipulate and distinguish building features among said plurality of building features and correctly visualize said at least one building feature with respect to said three-dimensional model of said building.

A computer-implemented system for distinctively displaying building features with sufficient details in a three-dimensional building model, comprising:

a data-processing apparatus;
a module executed by said data-processing apparatus, said module and said data-processing apparatus being operable in combination with one another to:
provide at least one graphical metaphor that permits a user to select with an enhanced granularity at least one building feature from among a plurality of building features associated with a three-dimensional model of a building;
and
graphically select utilizing said at least one graphical metaphor, said at least one building feature from among said plurality of building features, in response to a particular input by said user, thereby allowing said user an ability to clearly identify, graphically manipulate and distinguish building features among said plurality of building features and correctly visualize said at least one building feature with respect to said three-dimensional model of said building.

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A program product residing in a computer for distinctively displaying building features with sufficient details in a three-dimensional building model, comprising:

instruction media residing in a computer for providing at least one graphical metaphor that permits a user to select with an enhanced granularity at least one building feature from among a plurality of building features associated with a three-dimensional model of a building;
and
instruction media residing in a computer for graphically selecting utilizing said at least one graphical metaphor, said at least one building feature from among said plurality of building features, in response to a particular input by said user, thereby allowing said user an ability to clearly identify, graphically manipulate and distinguish building features among said plurality of building features and correctly visualize said at least one building feature with respect to said three-dimensional model of said building.

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Method and system for distinctively displaying selected floor with sufficient details in a three-dimensional building model

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Method and system for distinctively displaying selected floor with sufficient details in a three-dimensional building model

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