Method for forming walls to align 3D objects in 2D environment
Example systems and methods for virtual visualization of a three-dimensional (3D) model of an object in a two-dimensional (2D) environment. The method may include capturing the 2D environment and adding scale and perspective to the 2D environment. Further, a user may select intersection points between ground planes and top planes, join these intersection points with intersecting lines and form walls, thereby converting the 2D environment into a 3D space. Additionally, the method allows the user to extend the wall plane, enabling the user to form a larger 3D space. The user may further add 3D models of objects on the wall plane such that the objects may remain flush with the wall plane.
1. A method for visualizing a three-dimensional model of an object in a two-dimensional environment, the method comprising:
receiving, with a processor, from a user, an import request to import the two-dimensional environment to be used as a background for the three-dimensional model;
importing, with the processor, based on the import request, the two-dimensional environment;
receiving, with the processor via a user interface, from the user, a ground plane input comprising a plurality of ground plane points selected by the user based on a visual appearance of the two-dimensional environment to define a ground plane corresponding to a horizontal plane of the two-dimensional environment;
automatically generating, with the processor, and displaying, via a display unit, a scale and perspective overlay forming a three-dimensional environment for the two-dimensional environment based on the ground plane input;
receiving, with the processor via the user interface, from the user, input of two or more wall-floor intersection points selected by the user on the two-dimensional environment, wherein at least two of the two or more wall-floor intersection points are located at a wall-floor intersection of a same wall with the ground plane;
automatically generating, with the processor, and displaying, via the display unit, a wall plane, representing a vertical plane of the two-dimensional environment orthogonal to the horizontal plane, in the scale and perspective overlay positioned at the at least two wall-floor intersection points;
receiving, with the processor, from the user, a superimposing request to superimpose the three-dimensional model of the object onto the two-dimensional environment; and
superimposing, with the processor, and displaying, via the display unit, the three-dimensional model of the object on the scale and perspective overlay for the two-dimensional environment based on the ground plane input and the wall-floor intersection points.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, with the processor via the user interface, from the user, input comprising a selection of a wall-hidden surface intersection point on the two-dimensional environment, the wall-hidden surface intersection point indicating a second plane behind the wall plane;
automatically generating, with the processor, a wall-hidden surface intersection line between the wall-hidden surface intersection point and the wall plane; and
automatically generating, with the processor, a hidden surface space located behind the wall plane based upon the wall-hidden surface intersection point and the wall-hidden surface intersection line.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein superimposing the three-dimensional model of the object includes positioning the object within the hidden surface space.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, with the processor via the user interface, from the user, a plurality of inputs, each of the plurality of inputs indicating the wall-floor intersection point on the two-dimensional environment and generating the wall plane for each pair of the plurality of wall-floor intersection points in the scale and perspective overlay based on the plurality of wall-floor intersection points, wherein each pair of wall-floor intersections points is located at a wall-floor intersection of a same wall.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, with the processor via the user interface, from the user, an input indicating a ceiling plane.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, with the processor via the user interface, from the user, an input indicating a wall-floor intersection line on the two-dimensional environment.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising displaying, via the display unit, a wall-floor line selection interface including a curve line selection object and a straight line selection object, wherein upon execution of the curve line selection object, the received input of the wall-floor intersection line is formatted as a curved line between selected wall-floor intersection points, and wherein upon execution of the straight line selection object, the received input of the wall-floor intersection line is formatted as a straight line between selected wall-floor intersection points.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating, with the processor, the wall plane in the scale and perspective overlay based upon a wall-floor intersection line.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, with the processor via the user interface, from the user, an input indicating a ceiling height within the two-dimensional environment.
10. A system for visualizing a three-dimensional model of an object in a two-dimensional environment, the system comprising:
a processor; and
a storage device, the storage device containing instructions executable by the processor comprising:
a receiving module configured to receive one or more inputs from a user, the inputs including one or more of an import request, a scale data request, a superimposing request, an input indicating a wall-floor intersection point, an input indicating a ground plane, and an input indicating a ceiling plane;
a visualization module configured to automatically generate and display a scale and perspective overlay for the two-dimensional environment based on a ground plane input from the user, the ground plane input comprising a plurality of ground plane points identified by the user to define a ground plane in the scale and perspective overlay corresponding to a horizontal plane of the two-dimensional environment, and automatically generate a wall plane in the scale and perspective overlay corresponding to a vertical plane of the two-dimensional environment based on two or more wall-floor intersection points, wherein at least two of the two or more wall-floor intersection points are located at a wall-floor intersection of a same wall with the ground plane;
an importing module configured to import, based on the import request of the user, the two-dimensional environment;
a superimposing module configured to superimpose, based on the superimposing request and the scale and perspective overlay, the three-dimensional model of the object onto the scale and perspective overlay; and
a saving module configured to save a resulting image comprising the three-dimensional model of the object superimposed onto the scale and perspective overlay.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein superimposing the three-dimensional model of the object includes positioning the three-dimensional model of the object on the wall plane.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the receiving module is further configured to receive, from the user, a plurality of inputs, each of the plurality of inputs indicating a wall-floor intersection point on the two-dimensional environment.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the visualization module is further configured to generate the wall plane for each pair of the plurality of wall-floor intersection points in the scale and perspective overlay based on the plurality of wall-floor intersection points, wherein each pair of the plurality of wall-floor intersection points is located at a wall-floor intersection of a same wall.
14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the receiving module is further configured to receive, from the user, an input of a wall-floor intersection line on the two-dimensional environment.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the visualization module is further configured to display a wall-floor line selection interface including a curve line selection object and a straight line selection object, wherein upon execution of the curve line selection object, a received input of the wall-floor intersection line is formatted as a curved line between selected wall-floor intersection points, and wherein upon execution of the straight line selection object, the received input of the wall-floor intersection line is formatted as a straight line between selected wall-floor intersection points.
16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the receiving module is further configured to receive, from the user, input indicating a ceiling height within the two-dimensional environment.
17. A system for visualizing a three-dimensional model of an object in a two-dimensional environment, the system comprising:
a processor; and
a storage device, the storage device containing instructions executable by the processor comprising:
a receiving module configured to receive one or more inputs from a user, the inputs including one or more of an import request, a scale data request, a superimposing request, an input indicating one or more wall-floor intersection points, an input indicating a ground plane, an input indicating a ceiling plane an input indicating a ceiling height, and an input indicating a wall-floor intersection line between two wall-floor intersection points;
a visualization module configured to automatically generate and display a scale and perspective overlay for the two-dimensional environment based on a ground plane input from the user, the ground plane input comprising a plurality of ground plane points, identified by the user based on a visual appearance of a horizontal plane in the two-dimensional environment, that define a ground plane of the scale and perspective overlay corresponding to the horizontal plane of the two-dimensional environment, and automatically generate a wall plane in the scale and perspective overlay based on two or more wall-floor intersection points, wherein at least two of the two or more wall-floor intersection points are located at a wall-floor intersection of a same wall with the ground plane;
an importing module configured to import, based on the import request of the user, the two-dimensional environment;
a superimposing module configured to superimpose, based on the superimposing request and the scale and perspective overlay, the three-dimensional model of the object onto one of the ground plane and the wall plane in the scale and perspective overlay; and
a saving module configured to save a resulting image comprising the three-dimensional model of the object superimposed onto the scale and perspective overlay.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the visualization module is further configured to display a wall-floor line selection interface including a curve line selection object and a straight line selection object, wherein upon execution of the curve line selection object, a received input of the wall-floor intersection line is formatted as a curved line between selected wall-floor intersection points, and wherein upon execution of the straight line selection object, the received input of the wall-floor intersection line is formatted as a straight line between selected wall-floor intersection points.
19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the visualization module is further configured to display a wall-hidden surface intersection line, the wall-hidden surface intersection line connecting the wall plane to a second plane located behind a surface of the wall plane.