Creating and merging two-dimensional floor plans within three-dimensional models
AssigneeApplied Software Technology, Inc.
InventorsMark Petrucci, Xiao Chun Yao
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Abstract
Systems and methods presented herein can allow a user to efficiently generate a merged two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) view of an existing three-dimensional construction model. A processor can create new 2D views for each floor in the 3D model, and then merge those new 2D views with new 3D views of the model. The merged views can allow a construction worker to easily alternate between two-dimensional and three-dimensional views of a construction jobsite, for example, to track information particular to a floor without having to alter the 3D model.
Claims20
A system for creating a merged two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) model from a 3D construction model, the system comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions;
- a processor in communication with the computer-readable medium, the processor performing stages including:
- determining a plurality of floors in the 3D construction model;
- creating a new 2D floor view for each floor in the 3D construction model;
- grouping the new 2D floor views together;
- setting, for each new 2D floor view, a view range, a view filter, a graphic override, and a scale;
- creating a new 3D floor view of the 3D construction model for each new 2D floor view;
- naming each new 3D floor view to correspond to its respective new 2D floor view;
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- merging each new 2D floor view with its respective new 3D floor view, such that the 3D floor view is of the corresponding floor and the 2D floor view is a line drawing.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions for creating linked two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) views of a 3D construction model, the instructions causing a processor to execute stages including:
- determining a plurality of floors in the 3D construction model;
- creating a new 2D floor view for each floor in the 3D construction model;
- grouping the new 2D floor views together;
- setting, for each new 2D floor view, a view range, a view filter, a graphic override, and a scale;
- creating a new 3D floor view of the 3D construction model for each new 2D floor view;
- naming each new 3D floor view to correspond to its respective new 2D floor view;
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- merging each new 2D floor view with its respective new 3D floor view, such that the 3D floor view is of the corresponding floor and the 2D floor view is a line drawing.
A computer-implemented method including:
- determining a plurality of floors in the 3D construction model;
- creating a new 2D floor view for each floor in the 3D construction model;
- grouping the new 2D floor views together;
- setting, for each new 2D floor view, a view range, a view filter, a graphic override, and a scale;
- creating a new 3D floor view of the 3D construction model for each new 2D floor view;
- naming each new 3D floor view to correspond to its respective new 2D floor view;
- and
- merging each new 2D floor view with its respective new 3D floor view, such that the 3D floor view is of the corresponding floor and the 2D floor view is a line drawing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.