US Patent:
20170199645, Jul 13, 2017
Inventors:
- CHICAGO IL, US
Kevin Puterbaugh - Auburn WA, US
William E. Ward - Bellevue WA, US
John C. Gass - Sammamish WA, US
Michael P. Sciarra - Seattle WA, US
Katherine I. Meza - Lynnwood WA, US
Steven E. Malarkey - Lynnwood WA, US
Nikoli E. Prazak - Renton WA, US
William J. McGarry - Federal Way WA, US
William J. Brown - Seattle WA, US
Jeffery A. Bus - Bothell WA, US
International Classification:
G06F 3/0481
G06F 3/0484
Abstract:
A method is provided that includes rendering for display, a digital three-dimensional (3D) model of a structural product composed of a plurality of parts, with the digital 3D model being observed from a home viewpoint. Input is received to navigate the digital 3D model to a part of the plurality of parts, observation of the digital 3D model being moved from the home viewpoint to a navigated viewpoint. A digital label is generated that includes information specifying the navigated viewpoint and includes information for the part. The digital label may be output to a label recorder configured to record the digital label on a physical medium and thereby produce a corresponding physical label. At least the navigated viewpoint of the digital 3D model in the digital label and corresponding physical label are in a machine-readable format and capable of being machine-read to automatically restore the digital 3D model at the navigated viewpoint.