Rendering setting selector

1 . A method for displaying a set of floorplans on a user interface, comprising:

associating a first floorplan image associated with the set of floorplans with a first surface in a three-dimensional scene;

associating a second floorplan image associated with the set of floorplans with a second surface in the three-dimensional scene;

associating a third floorplan image associated with the set of floorplans with a third surface in the three-dimensional scene;

rendering a stacked floorplan image of the three-dimensional scene, whereby the rendering comprises:

casting a number of rays from a virtual camera used to create the three-dimensional scene;

placing the first floorplan image along a first ray cast from a virtual camera;

tilting the first floorplan image a first number of degrees;

placing the second floorplan image along a second ray cast from a virtual camera;

tilting the second floorplan image a second number of degrees;

placing the third floorplan image along a third ray cast from a virtual camera;

tilting the third floorplan image by a third number of degrees; and

rendering the first floorplan image, the second floorplan image and the third floorplan image to produce a stacked floorplan image; and

displaying the stacked floorplan image on the user interface.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the stacked floorplan image includes the first floorplan image and the second floorplan image arranged vertically.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

accepting user rotation input; and

wherein the first surface and the second surface are rotated by an amount associated with the user rotation input.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a vertical field of view in degrees of the three-dimensional scene is divided to determine location of the first ray, the second ray, and the third ray.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the vertical field of view in degree is divided equally into x areas, where x equals a number of surfaces plus 2.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein each of the X areas are an equal number of degrees.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the vertical field of view comprises a first world ray cast from the virtual camera tangent to a left extent of a visible world to a second world ray cast from the virtual camera tangent to a right extent of the visible world.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the visible world is the first floorplan image.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the first number of degrees is an angle created by the first world ray and the left extent of the visible world.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the first floorplan image is tilted by the first number degrees around an x, y origin point of the first floorplan image.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first number of degrees is same as the second number of degrees.

12 . A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution by a processor for displaying floorplans on a user interface, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising:

instructions for associating a first floorplan image with a first surface in a three-dimensional scene;

instructions for associating a second floorplan image with a second surface in the three-dimensional scene;

instructions for associating a third floorplan image associated with a third surface in the three-dimensional scene;

instructions for rendering a stacked floorplan image of the three-dimensional scene, whereby the rendering comprises:

instructions for casting a number of rays from a virtual camera used to create the three-dimensional scene;

instructions for placing the first floorplan image along a first ray cast from a virtual camera;

instructions for tilting the first floorplan image a first number of degrees;

instructions for placing the second floorplan image along a second ray cast from a virtual camera;

instructions for tilting the second floorplan image a second number of degrees;

instructions for placing the third floorplan image along a third ray cast from a virtual camera;

instructions for tilting the third floorplan image by a third number of degrees; and

instructions for rending the first floorplan image, the second floorplan image and the third floorplan image to produce a stacked floorplan image; and

instructions for displaying the stacked floorplan image on the user interface producing a displayed floorplan image.

13 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 12 , further comprising instructions for accepting user input of a selection of a floor on the displayed floorplan image producing a selected floorplan image.

14 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , further comprising:

instructions for rendering the selected floorplan image in an orthographic projection; and

instructions for displaying the selected floorplan image.

15 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 12 , further comprising:

instructions for accepting user rotation input; and

instructions for rotating the stacked floorplan image an amount associated with the user rotation input, producing a rotated stacked floorplan image.

16 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising instructions for rendering the rotated stacked floorplan image; and instructions for displaying the rotated stacked floorplan image on the user interface.

17 . A device for displaying a set of floorplans on a user interface, the device comprising:

a memory storing description of at least a first floorplan image, a second floorplan image and a third floorplan image; and

a processor in communication with the memory configured to:

associate the first floorplan image with a first surface in a three-dimensional scene;

associate the second floorplan image with a second surface in the three-dimensional scene;

associate the third floorplan image with a second surface in the three-dimensional scene; and

render a stacked floorplan image of the three-dimensional scene;

whereby the render comprises:

cast a number of rays from a virtual camera used to create the three-dimensional scene;

place the first floorplan image along a first ray cast from the virtual camera;

tilt the first floorplan image a first number of degrees;

place the second floorplan image along a second ray cast from the virtual camera;

tilt the second floorplan image a second number of degrees;

place the third floorplan image along a third ray cast from the virtual camera;

tilt the third floorplan image by third number of degrees; and

render the first floorplan image, the second floorplan image and the third floorplan image to produce a stacked floorplan image; and

display the stacked floorplan image on the user interface.

18 . The device of claim 17 , further comprising:

accepting user input indicating selection of a floorplan within the stacked floorplan image; and

displaying an image associated with the selected floorplan image in an orthographic view.

19 . The device of claim 18 , further comprising creating an animation of the image associated with the selected floorplan moving from its location within the stacked floorplan image to an orthographic view.

20 . The device of claim 17 , wherein a vertical field of view in degrees of the three-dimensional scene is divided to determine location of the first ray, the second ray, and the third ray.