I-Corps: The Mental Canvas: A New Approach to Exploring Ideas in 3D

拟议的创新团队项目将使该团队能够进行重点研究，以帮助将新系统推向市场。 我们的目标是为当前的计算机辅助设计系统提供一种替代方案，特别是通过开发一种基于平板电脑的、笔驱动的概念验证系统，该系统放弃了系统必须始终保持有效3D模型的假设。 在探索草图和对象之间的中间地带，所提出的工作解决了交互式图形中的一个重要问题-如何在2D和3D之间无缝移动。 这种理解不仅包括计算机科学的角度，也包括设计的角度，从业者对形式创建有深刻的工作知识，但可能缺乏计算或数学背景。如果成功部署，拟议的工作将通过提供一种新的方法来创建和编辑3D形式，对创意设计专业产生直接影响，也将影响思想的交流，2D表现占主导地位。 该团队与学者和实践设计师的密切关系将提供机会，通过应用到真实的设计问题，探索和测试新的方法。

The proposed Innovation Corps project will enable focused research by the team to help bring a new system to market. The goal is to offer an alternative to current computer-aided design systems, specifically by developing a tablet-based, pen-driven, proof-of-concept system that abandons the assumption that a system must maintain a valid 3D model at all times. In the exploring the middle ground between sketch and object, the proposed work addresses one of the significant problems in interactive graphics - how to move seamlessly between 2D and 3D. This understanding includes not only a computer science perspective, but also a design perspective, where practitioners have a deep working knowledge of form creation but may lack a computational or mathematical background.If successfully deployed, the proposed work will have a direct impact on the creative design professional by making available a novel approach for creating and editing 3D form, and will also impact the communication of ideas, where 2D representations have dominated. The team's close relationship with academics and practicing designers will provide opportunities to explore and test the new approach through application to real design problems.