JP2001076173A - How to display wiring and piping around buildings using CG images - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To examine the compatibility of the arrangement of an electrical appliance and that of a socket by displaying the position of the socket in the building by a CG picture at the time of displaying the building on a display device. SOLUTION: When a 'socket' is selected in an item selection column C1, various sockets are displayed on a list display column C2 by a perspective view on the like. When the positions of a stereo set 21 and a television 22 which are to be arranged are considered and a position where the socket is to be arranged is clicked in a picture display area A1 after the desired socket is selected from the list display column C2, the socket 23 is inputted to a CG picture. When a state where the electric codes 24 and 25 of the stereo set 21 and the television 22 are connected by the socket 23 is to be displayed by the CG picture, the electric codes 24 and 25 are displayed if the stereo set 21, the television 22 and the socket 23 are clicked in this order in the picture display area A1 after an electric code key B13 is clicked, for example.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of creating shape data of a building such as a house by a computer and displaying the inside and outside of the building as a CG image (an image by computer graphics) based on the shape data. A method for displaying wiring / piping by a CG image capable of displaying a path of electric wiring or water supply in the building, a pipe for hot water supply, a gas pipe, or the like in a moving image on the display device, and a computer-based method for displaying such a method. The present invention relates to a computer-readable recording medium on which a program to be executed is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when building buildings such as houses,
Based on the above three-dimensional shape data, a three-dimensional shape data of a house which is to be constructed and whose design has been completed is created, and a workstation installed in a presentation room (display room) in a sales office of a building company is used. There has been proposed a display method in which a house is displayed as a CG image on an appropriate display device such as a screen (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H9-1997).
-106408). In this case, the building can be displayed as a moving image on the display device by appropriately moving the viewpoint of the displayed building by the operator of the building company.

According to such a display method, a customer can perform on a CG image the same experience (so-called “walk-through”) that is similar to actually walking around inside and outside a house to be built. It is possible to extremely accurately examine whether the design of each part of the house is appropriate, and to appropriately change the design of the house based on the results of the walk-through. Therefore, compared to a case where a house is constructed only by presenting a design drawing to a customer, when a correction based on a walk-through with a CG image is performed,
Claims from customers, such as poor design or poor usability after building a house, are greatly reduced, which is beneficial to both building companies and customers.

[0004]

By the way, when building a house, the position and number of outlets, the position of gas taps and the like are appropriately designed according to the type and number of electric and gas appliances used in each room. It is also important to do. Therefore, in the present invention, when a house is displayed by a CG image, a route of a wiring / pipe, an outlet, a faucet, a gas tap, and the like can be displayed.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of displaying around wiring and piping.
Using a computer to create shape data of a building having a desired structure, and displaying the building on a display device attached to the computer using a CG image generated based on the shape data, The position of the outlet is determined and displayed by a CG image.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of displaying around a wiring / pipe using a CG image, wherein the position of the circuit breaker in the building is determined and the CG image is displayed. Is what you do.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of displaying around a wiring / pipe using a CG image, wherein the computer generates computer-generated shape data of a desired structure, and uses the CG image generated based on the shape data to generate the computer-generated image. When displaying the building on a display device attached to the building, the position of a faucet or gas tap for water supply or hot water supply in the building is determined and displayed by a CG image.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of displaying around a wiring / pipe using a CG image according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the wiring path to which the outlet or the circuit breaker is connected, or the faucet or the gas tap is used. It is characterized in that the route of the provided pipe is determined and displayed by a CG image.

A recording medium according to a fifth aspect is a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing the display method according to any one of the first to fourth aspects is recorded.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the display room 1 is provided with pivotable doors 2 near two corners thereof, and is provided with a vertically movable blind 3 on a rear wall 3 (lower part in FIG. 2). While a vertically long window 4 having 4a is formed, a rectangular screen 5 is fitted in the wall 3 at the front (upper part in FIG. 2). This screen 5
For example, a large screen having a size of about 100 inches or more (the number of pixels is, for example, about 1280 × 1024 dots or more).

A projector 7 (projector) having, for example, three projection tubes 6 is installed near the ceiling of the wall 3 at the rear of the display room 1, and a projection image is projected from the projector 7 toward the screen 5. It has become so. Note that a separate projection chamber may be provided on the back side of the screen 5 to project from the back side of the screen 5.

In the display room 1, a plurality of chairs 8 and a table 9 for use by a customer K or the like who views a CG image projected on a screen 5 are arranged. A display device 12 (CRT: Cathode Ray Tube, etc.) of a workstation 11 (computer) for creating a CG image relating to a house to be built by the customer K and displaying it on the screen 5, and a keyboard as an input device 13 and a mouse 14 are provided.

Below the auxiliary table 15 arranged near the corner of the display room 1, an arithmetic processing unit 16 constituting the main body of the workstation 11 is installed. 5 for appropriately printing an image displayed on the display 5
A scanner 18 for taking in an image is mounted on the workstation 11.

Although not specifically shown, the arithmetic processing unit 16 includes a control unit, an arithmetic unit, a storage unit, and the like. The arithmetic processing device 16 includes house data for creating three-dimensional shape data representing the house by creating a floor plan and the like representing floor plans and arrangements of equipment and the like of the house (building). A creation program P1 and a CG image generation program P2 for performing walk-through by describing each part of the house as a moving image or a still image based on the three-dimensional shape data as a CG image, etc. Installed from a recording medium.

The above-mentioned house data creation program P1 and CG image generation program P2 are used to determine the route of wiring / piping, the position of outlets, faucets, gas taps, etc. in a house during the creation of a plan view or during walk-through. type in,
It has a function of displaying these wirings, pipes, outlets, and the like on the screen 5 or the like by CG images. Note that processing such as generation of a CG image can be performed using a so-called personal computer in addition to the workstation 11.

Hereinafter, a procedure for displaying a CG image in the display room 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, before the customer K visits the display room 1, the operator S of the building company sends a plan view of each floor of the house H to be built by the customer K to the workstation 1.
In the image display area A1 of the plan view creation screen displayed on the first display device 12, a tool T (button, selection field, etc.) displayed in the tool display area A2 on the right side is created.

Although the procedure for creating this plan view is not described in detail, the "room name" and "area" are designated using the tools T displayed in the tool display area A2, and the image display area is designated. Mouse 1 is the position where the "room" is located in A1.
The floor plan can be designed simply by designating with 4 or the like. In addition, "type" of "equipment" to be arranged in each room
The equipment can be arranged only by specifying the position to be arranged.

Since each room and equipment used in the above-described design are created in advance as three-dimensional shape data including height dimensions, it is only necessary to create a plan view as shown in FIG. 3 for each floor of the house. Then, three-dimensional shape data of houses and equipment are created, and processing such as coloring is performed on the three-dimensional shape data as necessary. The workstation 11
Instead of creating the three-dimensional shape data of the house above, the house drawing data (3
(Dimensional shape data) may be imported to the workstation 11 and used.

Further, when a plan view of each floor is created, the positions of circuit breakers, outlets, gas cocks, faucets, and the like, and the components of wiring and piping, such as wiring and piping, can be input in advance. These components around the wiring and piping are used by the customer K when performing a walk-through with the customer K as described later.
While seeking the opinion of the above, it is possible to add, modify, change, etc. as appropriate. At the time of creating the plan view, as shown by reference numeral 20 in FIG. 3, for example, only the position of the circuit breaker having the distribution board function is entered in the “hole” or the like, and the outlet,
As for the gas tap and the like, the user K may input the request while requesting the opinion of the customer K during the walk-through.

Hereinafter, a walk-through procedure performed when the customer K visits the display room 1 and a procedure for modifying and changing the design of the wiring and piping around during the walk-through will be described.
First, a procedure for performing a so-called walk-through by displaying the inside and outside of a house planned to be built by the customer K on the screen 5 as a moving image or a still image as a CG image will be described.

When the walk-through button B1 is clicked in the tool display area A2 in FIG. 3, a walk-through screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. The created plan view is reduced and displayed in the sub-window A3 of the walk-through screen. Here, the operator S sets the viewpoint V and the gazing point U, which are the reference of the CG image generation, so that the viewpoint V is changed from the viewpoint V. A virtual image when the gazing point U is viewed is displayed in the image display area A1 as an initial screen of the walk-through by the CG image.
Here, a walk-through screen when the viewpoint V and the gazing point U are set in the hall is illustrated.

At the time of the walk-through, the operator S operates the tool display area A2 such as "forward", "backward", "left rotation", "right rotation", "up rotation", "down rotation", etc. When the movement of the viewpoint V and the change of the line-of-sight direction D are performed by appropriately clicking the buttons B2 to B7, the viewpoint V and the line-of-sight direction D are displayed on the image display area A1 and the screen 5 accordingly. According to the change, the interior of the house or the like is displayed as a moving image or a still image by the CG image Q.

Normally, only the image display area A1 and the sub-window A3 are displayed on the screen 5, and the tool display area A2 is not displayed. That is, FIG. 4 and subsequent figures show the display device 1 viewed by the operator S.
2, the display contents of the image display area A1 and the sub-windows A3 are different from those of the display device 1 at each time.
2 and the screen 5 are common.

When the operator S clicks the "forward" or "backward" button B2, B3 on the display device 12, the viewpoint V moves forward or backward, and although not shown, the CG is displayed in the image display area A1 and the screen 12 (not shown). The image Q will be enlarged or reduced. FIG. 5 shows a state where the viewpoint V is advanced from the state of FIG. Clicking the "left rotation" or "right rotation" button B4, B5, or the like, changes the line of sight direction D to the left or right, etc., and accordingly, the CG displayed on the image display area A1 and the screen 5 is displayed. The image changes.

Next, during the walk-through, the outlet, water supply, hot water supply faucet, gas tap, and the wiring and piping to which these are connected, which are displayed by the CG image, are deleted, and the wiring and piping around these are removed. A procedure for examining whether the arrangement of these members is appropriate while adding or modifying the members in the CG image newly will be described.

First, in the state shown in FIG. 5, for example, when it is desired to change the position of the circuit breaker 20 or to change the type of the circuit breaker 20, the user clicks the outlet input button B8 to open the outlet input terminal shown in FIG. Switch to the screen.
Here, if it is desired to change the previously input position of the circuit breaker 20, after clicking the move button B11,
What is necessary is just to click on the circuit breaker 20 in the image display area A1, and then click on the destination position of the circuit breaker 20 in the image display area A1.

When the type of the circuit breaker 20 is to be changed, when a list button B12 is clicked, various circuit breakers are listed in a list display column C2 in a perspective view or the like as shown in FIG. When a desired circuit breaker is clicked, the circuit breaker is displayed in the image display area A1 instead of the original circuit breaker 20.

Next, when it is desired to move the circuit breaker 20 to a room other than the hall, first, the delete button 1 on the screen shown in FIG.
After clicking on 0, the circuit breaker 20 is set in the image display area A1.
Then, the breaker 20 may be deleted by clicking, and then the breaker 20 may be input to a desired room during a walk-through in another room or by returning to the plan view of FIG.

Next, for example, a procedure for inputting an outlet to a desired position in a living room during a walk-through in the living room will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, when "outlet" is selected in the item selection column C1 in a state where the screen is switched from the walk-through screen to the input screen such as an outlet, various outlets are displayed in a list display column C2 in a perspective view or the like.

After selecting a desired type of outlet from the list display column C2, the stereo set 21 and the television 22 to be arranged in the living room are displayed in the image display area A1.
When the position where the outlet should be arranged is clicked in consideration of the position of the outlet and the like, as shown in FIG.
Input in the G image.

Subsequently, when it is desired to display a state in which the electric cords 24 and 25 of the stereo set 21 and the television 22 are connected to the outlet 23 as a CG image, after clicking the electric cord button B13, for example, the image display area A1 is displayed. When the stereo set 21, the television 22, and the outlet 23 are clicked in this order, the electric cords 24 and 25 are automatically displayed as shown in FIG.

In the above, the case where the outlet is arranged in the living room during the walk-through has been exemplified, but the procedure for arranging the outlet in another room is the same. Although not shown, the procedure for arranging the gas stopper in a desired room such as a kitchen on the CG image is the same. Further, when the gas hose button B14 is clicked after the gas stopper is arranged and the gas stopper and the gas appliance (both not shown) are designated in the image display area A1, the gas hose connecting the gas stopper and the gas appliance is automatically inputted. Is done.

Next, a procedure for inputting a wiring route for each floor of a house will be described. When the wiring route of the floor is input after the outlet 23 of any floor is input as a whole, when the wiring / piping input button B15 is clicked in FIG. 10 and the like, the screen is switched to the wiring / piping input screen of FIG.

Here, for example, when the "automatic" mode is selected by clicking the wiring input button B16, as shown in FIG. 12, the wiring path 24 connecting the circuit breaker 20 and the outlet 23 in each room is formed. The data is automatically input by the house data creation program P1.

In this way, the wiring path 24 automatically inputted can be appropriately corrected by switching to the "manual" mode, and the entire wiring path 24 can be inputted manually. . Although the input of the wiring path 24 has been described above, the input of the path of the gas pipe and the path of the water supply / hot water supply pipe for each floor can be performed in the same manner.

[0036]

According to the present invention, there is provided a method for displaying wiring / pipe surroundings according to claim 1, wherein a computer generates computer-generated shape data of a desired structure, and generates a CG image based on the shape data. When displaying the building on the display device attached to the computer, the position of the outlet in the building is determined and displayed by a CG image. In addition to displaying electrical products and the like in a CG image in accordance with the arrangement of the electrical products, a desired number of outlets displayed by the CG image are arranged in desired positions, and the arrangement of the electrical products and the arrangement of the outlets are consistent. Etc. can be considered.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the method of displaying around a wiring / pipe using a CG image, in the method of the first aspect, the position of the circuit breaker in the building is determined and the CG image is displayed. , Arrange a circuit breaker displayed by a CG image at a desired position during a walkthrough, etc.
It is examined whether or not the appearance is impaired by arranging the circuit breaker at the position. If the position where the circuit breaker is provided is inappropriate, it can be appropriately changed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for displaying wiring / pipe surroundings using a CG image, wherein the computer generates computer-generated shape data of a desired structure and uses the CG image generated on the basis of the shape data to generate the computer-generated data. When displaying the building on the display device attached to the above, the position of the faucet or gas tap for water supply or hot water supply in the building is determined and displayed by the CG image. Then, the faucet, the gas tap, and the like are displayed by a CG image, and it is possible to examine whether the positions of the faucet, the gas tap, and the like are appropriate.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of displaying around a wiring / pipe using a CG image according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the path of the wiring to which the outlet or the circuit breaker is connected, or the faucet or gas tap is used. Since the route of the provided pipe is determined and displayed by the CG image, it is possible to examine whether or not the route of the wiring / pipe is appropriate on the display device.

A recording medium according to a fifth aspect is a computer-readable recording medium that records a program for executing the display method according to any one of the first to fourth aspects. By installing, the above-described useful display method can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a display room used in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing the display room.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing how a plan view of a house is created by the arithmetic processing unit in the display room.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a walk-through using a CG image is performed inside the house.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state where a viewpoint is advanced by the walk-through.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen for changing the position and type of a circuit breaker during the walk-through.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a state in which various types of circuit breakers are displayed to change the type of circuit breaker in the walk-through.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a state in which various outlets are displayed for inputting outlets in the walkthrough.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a state where an outlet is input to the walkthrough.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which an electric cord for connecting the outlet and the electric device is automatically input.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the layout of outlets for each floor is displayed in the plan view in the walkthrough.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a wiring route between an outlet and a circuit breaker for each floor is input and displayed in a plan view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 23 outlet 24 wiring route

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A computer which generates shape data of a building having a desired structure using a computer, and displays the building on a display device attached to the computer using a CG image generated based on the shape data. A method for displaying wiring and piping around by a CG image, wherein a position of an outlet in the building is determined and displayed by a CG image. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the position of the circuit breaker in the building is determined and displayed by a CG image. 3. Creating a shape data of a building having a desired structure using a computer, and displaying the building on a display device attached to the computer using a CG image generated based on the shape data. A method of displaying wiring and piping around by a CG image, wherein a position of a faucet or a gas tap for water supply or hot water supply in the building is determined and displayed by a CG image. 4. The CG image is displayed by defining a route of a wiring line to which the outlet or the circuit breaker is connected or a route of a pipe in which the faucet or the gas stopper is provided. C described in any of
Display method of wiring and piping area by G image. 5. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing the display method according to claim 1 is recorded.