System and method for presenting three-dimensional data
OwnerBrian Curtis Roberts, Chad William Muellerinventors
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system and method for presenting data such as CAD data and three-dimensional graphic design data. The presentation method includes a set of one or more pages upon which objects are arranged. The objects may be associated with models, images, text, or buttons. For example, an object may be a walkthrough object associated with a three-dimensional model. The method also includes a means for synchronizing data sets. For example, a two-dimensional floor plan may be synchronized with a three-dimensional walkthrough. Further, the system includes a means for determining collisions and climbing of an actor in a first person walkthrough object.
Claims36
A presentation tool for creating, editing, interacting with and displaying a two-dimensional page based presentation in a computer system wherein the presentation comprises:
- an ordered sequence of at least one two dimensional pages, at least one of which two-dimensional pages contains at least one user definable object associated with a three dimensional model and operable for manipulating a view of the three dimensional model;
- a second user definable object located about the at least one two-dimensional page functionally coupled to the at least one object associated with the three-dimensional view;
- the location, appearance and functionality of the at least two objects on the at least one two-dimensional page being user configurable and part of the resulting presentation or document and not part of a user interface;
- the at least two objects incorporating the information and functionality for interpretation in either a creation tool or a viewer;
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- the at least two objects on the at least one two-dimensional page being associated with separate independent data sources.
An instruction file used in a computer system for displaying multi-dimensional data, the instruction file comprising:
- at least one two-dimensional page comprising at least one object associated with a three dimensional model and operable for manipulating a view of the three dimensional model;
- and a second object located about the at least one two-dimensional page functionally coupled to the at least one object associated with the three dimensional model;
- the location, appearance and functionality of the at least two objects on the at least one two-dimensional page being user configurable and part of the resulting presentation or document and not part of a user interface;
- the at least two objects incorporating the information and functionality for interpretation in either a creation tool or a viewer;
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- the at least two objects on the at least one two-dimensional page being associated with separate independent data sources.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.