Pmi data visualization
AssigneeSAP America, Inc.
InventorsMax Konev, Mark Shafer, Jed Fisher
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Abstract
Technology creates a better visual perception of PMI data in a three dimensional representation of an object by adjusting the opacity of elements not normal to the view of the user.
Claims20
A computer implemented process for creating a visual representation of PMI data in a three dimensional representation, comprising:
- defining a camera point in a camera view plane;
- defining an object point in an object plane;
- calculating an opacity factor based on an angle formed between the planes;
- and
- adjusting the opacity of an annotation in the object plane.
A computer implemented method of presenting visual information for a three dimensional object including one or more elements of product information, comprising:
- determining a view position with respect to the three dimensional object;
- determining a relationship of an instance of the manufacturing information relative to the view position;
- and
- rendering the opacity of the instance of the manufacturing data based on a plane containing the manufacturing data.
A method of presenting a three dimensional representation of an object including a plurality of PMI elements associated with the representation, comprising:
- (a) determining a camera position;
- (b) determining a point on a plane containing an element of PMI;
- (c) determining a ray from the camera position to the point;
- (d) calculating a plane containing the camera position normal to said ray;
- (e) determining the plane containing said element of PMI;
- (f) calculating a dihedral angle between the camera plane and the object plane;
- and
- (g) adjusting an opacity of the PMI element in the plane relative to the dihedral angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.