	US 12,190,021 B2
	Smart render design tool and method
Lindsay Prichard-Fox, Rochester, NY (US)
Assigned to Tiver Built LLC, Rochester, NY (US)
Filed by Tiver Built LLC, Rochester, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/176,617.
Application 18/176,617 is a continuation of application No. 17/545,585, filed on Dec. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,604,905.
Prior Publication US 2023/0214545 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 30/13 (2020.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01)

CPC G06F 30/13 (2020.01) [G06F 9/44526 (2013.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2210/04 (2013.01)]

36 Claims

1. A smart render design tool comprising:

a designer side plug-in including computer-executable instructions configured to enable a designer computing device to:

generate credentials for a client and associate the credentials with a model for the client,

add one or more camera views to the model,

select a plurality of surfaces in the one or more camera views to add in the model,

specify, when only one material option is available for at least one surface, the one material option for the client for each of the at least one and less than all of the plurality of surfaces of the model, resulting in at least one remaining selected surface,

specify two or more different material options for the client for each of the at least one remaining selected surface of the model, and

publish the model including the one material option and the two or more different material options for each corresponding selected surface of the model specified by the designer for the client; and

a client side portal associated with the credentials and the model, including computer-executable instructions configured to enable a client computing device to:

access the published model using the generated credentials,

view the one material option and the two or more different material options for each corresponding selected surface of the plurality of surfaces of the published model specified by the designer computing device for the client,

select a desired material, from among the two or more different material options specified by the designer computing device for the client, for each surface of the at least one remaining selected surface of the published model,

save the desired material selected by the client computing device for each surface of the one or more surfaces of the published model in a first memory for display by the designer computing device via the designer side plug-in,

wherein the designer side plug-in is further configured to enable the designer computing device to:

synchronize the desired material selected and saved by the client computing device for each surface of the remaining selected surface in the model, and

display updated camera views including the desired material selected and saved by the client computing device and synchronized in the model by the designer computing device.