SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING STATE INFORMATION WHEN RENDERING DESIGN INTERFACES IN A SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT
A computing system implements a simulation environment graphic design system. The graphic design system can be used to create a plurality of cards that individually contain design elements. The computing system can generate production-environment renderings of the individual cards as simulations. In generating the production-environment renderings of the simulation, the computing system processes each card of the sequence to determine a semantic structure for the sequence of cards, where the semantic structure includes nodes that represent a production element of the simulated design. The computing device can further determine, based on the determined semantic structure, whether a design element of each of a first and a second card in the sequence represent a same production element of the simulated design.
1 . A computer system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory to store instructions;
wherein the one or more processes execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:
implementing a simulation environment in which a plurality of cards are individually renderable to simulate a user interface or presentation in production; and
processing each card of a sequence to determine a semantic structure for the sequence, the semantic structure including a plurality of nodes, each node of the plurality of nodes representing a production element of the simulated user interface or presentation in production;
wherein processing the sequence of multiple cards includes determining, based on the determined semantic structure, whether a design element of each of a first and a second card in the sequence represent a same production element of the user interface or presentation.
2 . The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the design element of each of the first card and the second card includes a stateful design element.
3 . The computer system of claim 2 , wherein the operations include:
rendering the first card in the sequence in the simulation environment;
determining state information for the stateful design element just prior to rendering the second card in the sequence in the simulation environment; and
recording the determined state information in association with a semantic identifier of the stateful design element.
4 . The computer system of claim 3 , further comprising:
a semantic memory component; and
wherein the one or more processors record the determined state information with the semantic memory component.
5 . The computer system of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise:
initiating rendering of the second card in the sequence in the simulation environment with the stateful design element having a state that is based on the determined state information.
6 . The computer system of claim 5 , wherein the stateful design element corresponds to a video element.
7 . The computer system of claim 6 , wherein the initiating rendering of the second card in the sequence includes initiating rendering of the video element with the state information.
8 . The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the state information includes a playback time when rendering of the first card stops, and wherein rendering of the video element with the state information includes initiating playback of the video element at a start time that is based on the playback time when rendering of the first card stopped.
9 . The computing system of claim 2 , wherein the operations include:
wherein determining, based on the determined semantic structure, whether a design element of each of the first and the second card in the sequence represent the same production element includes determining a semantic identifier for the design element of the first and second card, and determining whether the semantic identifiers are the same.
10 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
implementing a simulation environment in which a plurality of cards are individually renderable to simulate a user interface or presentation in production; and
processing each card of a sequence to determine a semantic structure for the sequence, the semantic structure including a plurality of nodes, each node of the plurality of nodes representing a production element of the simulated user interface or presentation in production;
wherein processing the sequence of multiple cards includes determining, based on the determined semantic structure, whether a design element of each of a first and a second card in the sequence represent a same production element of the user interface or presentation.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the design element of each of the first card and the second card includes a stateful design element.
12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
rendering the first card in the sequence in the simulation environment;
determining state information for the stateful design element just prior to rendering the second card in the sequence in the simulation environment; and
recording the determined state information in association with a semantic identifier of the stateful design element.
13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
initiating rendering of the second card in the sequence in the simulation environment with the stateful design element having a state that is based on the determined state information.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the stateful design element corresponds to a video element.
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein initiating rendering of the second card in the sequence includes initiating rendering of the video element with the state information.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the state information includes a playback time when rendering of the first card stops, and wherein rendering of the video element with the state information includes initiating playback of the video element at a start time that is based on the playback time when rendering of the first card stopped.
17 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, cause the computer system to perform operations that include:
implementing a simulation environment in which a plurality of cards are individually renderable to simulate a user interface or presentation in production; and
processing each card of a sequence to determine a semantic structure for the sequence, the semantic structure including a plurality of nodes, each node of the plurality of nodes representing a production element of the simulated user interface or presentation in production;
wherein processing the sequence of multiple cards includes determining, based on the determined semantic structure, whether a design element of each of a first and a second card in the sequence represent a same production element of the user interface or presentation.
18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the design element of each of the first card and the second card includes a stateful design element.
19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the operations include:
rendering the first card in the sequence in the simulation environment;
determining state information for the stateful design element just prior to rendering the second card in the sequence in the simulation environment; and
recording the determined state information in association with a semantic identifier of the stateful design element.
20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the stateful design element corresponds to a video element.