Integrated massing and design CAD models

• US 20070091119A1
• Filed: 01/26/2006
• Published: 04/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
• Inventors: Lipkin, Lev, Jezyk, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US11/341,228
• Publication Number:
  US 20070091119A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/04 Architectural design, interior design

Abstract

Systems and techniques to provide for software installation. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes providing a first model, the first model being one of: a massing computer aided design (CAD) model or a detailed CAD model; providing a second model, the second model being an other one of: the massing CAD model or the detailed CAD model; and creating a first object in the first model based on a feature of a second object in the second model.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

providing a massing computer aided design (CAD) model;

receiving a user input selecting a feature of a mass object in the massing CAD model; and

creating a detailed object in a detailed CAD model, the detailed object based on the selected feature.

2. The method of claim 1, where:

providing the massing CAD model includes receiving user input creating the massing CAD model.

3. The method of claim 1, where:

providing the massing CAD model includes importing the massing CAD model.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing an interactive view of one or more of the massing CAD model or the detailed CAD model.

5. The method of claim 1, where:

the detailed object is one of;

a curtain system, a wall, a floor, or a roof, or a building construction element.

6. The method of claim 1, where:

the mass object is a geometric form of a building or a geometric form of a portion of a building.

7. The method of claim 1, where:

the massing CAD model and the detailed CAD model are versions of a common CAD model.

8. The method of claim 1, where:

the selected feature is a surface on the mass object.

9. The method of claim 1, where:

the user input designates a detailed object type.

10. The method of claim 1, where:

creating the detailed object includes creating a surface on the detailed object that is equivalent to, or proportional to, a surface on the mass object.

11. The method of claim 1, where:

creating the detailed object includes creating the detailed object at a location in the detailed model that corresponds to a location in the massing model.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying geometry of the selected mass object based on user input; and

updating geometry of the detailed object to reflect the modifying of the selected mass object.

13. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

providing a massing computer aided design (CAD) model;

receiving a user input selecting a mass object in the massing CAD model;

creating a detailed object in a detailed CAD model, the detailed object based on the selected mass object; and

creating an association between the detailed object and the selected mass object such that changes to the mass object can be propagated to the detailed object.

14. The method of claim 13, where:

creating an association includes associating a surface on the selected mass object with the detailed object.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

modifying geometry of the selected mass object based on user input; and

updating geometry of the detailed object to reflect the modifying of the selected mass object.

16. The method of claim 15, where:

updating geometry of the detailed object includes conforming geometry of the detailed object to a modified surface of the selected mass object.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

modifying geometry of the detailed object based on user input; and

updating geometry of the selected mass object to reflect the modifying of the detailed object.

18. The method of claim 17, where:

updating geometry of the selected mass object includes conforming geometry of a surface on the selected mass object to geometry of the detailed object.

19. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

selecting a feature of a mass object in a massing computer aided design (CAD) model; and

creating a detailed object in a detailed CAD model, the detailed object based on the selected feature.

20. The method of claim 19, where:

the feature is a surface on the mass object.

21. The method of claim 19, where:

creating a detailed object creates an association between the feature and the detailed object such that changes to the feature can be propagated to the detailed object.

22. The method of claim 19, where:

the massing CAD model is a massing study of a building, building complex or structure.

23. The method of claim 19, where:

the detailed CAD model is a building design.

24. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

creating an association between a feature of a mass object in a massing computer aided design (CAD) model and a detailed object in a detailed CAD model;

detecting modification of a feature of the mass object;

identifying the detailed object based on the association; and

updating the detailed object to reflect the modification of the feature.

25. The method of claim 24, where:

the feature is a surface.

26. The method of claim 25, where:

updating the detailed object includes incorporating the geometry of the surface into the detailed object.

27. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

determining whether updating the detailed object would create a conflict.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

resolving the conflict.

29. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

detecting modification of the detailed object;

identifying the mass object based on the association; and

updating the mass object to reflect the modification of the detailed object.

30. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

providing a first model, the first model being one of;

a massing computer aided design (CAD) model or a detailed CAD model;

providing a second model, the second model being an other one of;

the massing CAD model or the detailed CAD model; and

creating a first object in the first model based on a feature of the a second object in the second model.

31. The method of claim 30, where:

providing the first model includes receiving user input creating the first model; and

providing the second model includes receiving user input creating the second model.

32. The method of claim 30, where:

providing the first model includes importing the first model; and

providing the second model includes importing the second model.

33. The method of claim 30, where:

an object is one of;

a mass object, a curtain system, a wall, a floor, or a roof, or a building construction element.

34. The method of claim 33, where:

a mass object is a geometric form of a building or a geometric form of a portion of a building.

35. The method of claim 30, where:

the massing CAD model and the detailed CAD model are versions of a common CAD model.

36. The method of claim 30, where:

creating the first object includes creating a surface on the first object that is equivalent to, or proportional to, a surface on the second object.

37. The method of claim 30, where:

creating the first object includes creating the first object at a location in the first model that corresponds to a location in the second model.

38. The method of claim 30, where:

the first object and the second object have one or more equivalent surface geometries.

39. A computer program product, encoded on an information carrier, comprising instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform:

providing a massing computer aided design (CAD) model;

receiving a user input selecting a feature of a mass object in the massing CAD model; and

creating a detailed object in a detailed CAD model, the detailed object based on the selected feature.

40. A computer program product, encoded on an information carrier, comprising instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform:

providing a massing computer aided design (CAD) model;

receiving a user input selecting a mass object in the massing CAD model;

creating a detailed object in a detailed CAD model, the detailed object based on the selected mass object; and

creating an association between the detailed object and the selected mass object such that changes to the mass object can be propagated to the detailed object.

41. A computer program product, encoded on an information carrier, comprising instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform:

selecting a feature of a mass object in a massing computer aided design (CAD) model; and

creating a detailed object in a detailed CAD model, the detailed object based on the selected feature.

42. A computer program product, encoded on an information carrier, comprising instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform:

creating an association between a feature of a mass object in a massing computer aided design (CAD) model and a detailed object in a detailed CAD model;

detecting modification of a feature of the mass object;

identifying the detailed object based on the association; and

updating the detailed object to reflect the modification of the feature.

43. A computer program product, encoded on an information carrier, comprising instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform:

providing a first model, the first model being one of;

a massing computer aided design (CAD) model or a detailed CAD model;

providing a second model, the second model being an other one of;

the massing CAD model or the detailed CAD model; and

creating a first object in the first model based on a feature of the a second object in the second model.