BIM: Planning and viewing in 3D stereo throughout - 3D PluraView and ELITECAD make it possible

The perfect combination of 3D planning and stereoscopic display is now possible thanks to the collaboration between Schneider Digital and XEOMETRIC with ELITECAD. Model and design in three dimensions with ELITECAD - and simultaneously experience the results in stereo on the 3D PluraView monitor from Schneider Digital: a convenient and state-of-the-art solution. With its 3D PluraView product range, Schneider Digital has decisively advanced stereoscopic visualization. Through direct integration into ELITECAD Architecture 15, XEOMETRIC ensures that this technology can be optimally utilized. The result: an outstanding 3D stereo experience for architects and planners in the BIM environment.

In architecture, building modeling, BIM and mechanical CAD design, 3D planning has long since become indispensable - there is no longer any doubt about that. Nevertheless, in practice, most people still work with two-dimensional views on monitors or printouts. For a better understanding, additional 3D perspectives are generated, models are rendered multiple times, designs are viewed from different angles in stereoscopic images or even displayed interactively using VR glasses mode. However, there has hardly been any truly consistent work in three dimensions to date. Why is that?

The answer lies in the previous output devices in conjunction with active or passive 3D glasses. These were simply unsuitable for long-term use: too low a resolution, low frame rates, uncomfortable glasses, an overall dark stereo display and, with active LCD glasses, annoying flickering in the background. The result: instead of an impressive "3D experience", the impression left behind was usually tiring and unconvincing - in other words, anything but "sensational".

VR headsets or glasses as an alternative?

With the exception of ELITECAD, very few CAD systems offer visualization via VR (virtual reality) as a directly integrated mode. If VR viewing is possible at all, users are usually limited to the pure VR view without any further functionality. For modifications, the user has to switch back to the monoscopic CAD environment and, if outsourced, also provide the data set again afterwards. An important aspect of VR use is that the real environment is completely blocked out by the VR headset. For an immersive experience, this is desirable and certainly impressive. However, as part of a larger planning project - possibly in the office together with other colleagues - it is desirable to be able to see something around you in the long term. Especially as VR glasses are relatively heavy, rest on the face like diving goggles and can cause discomfort if used for long periods. This is where 3D modeling using a 3D stereo workstation screen comes into play again.

Ideal 3D/VR symbiosis of CAD software and stereo monitor

ELITECAD 3D planning and simultaneous stereoscopic viewing works fully integrated and seamlessly with the 3D PluraView monitor series from Schneider Digital. The German manufacturer has been a full-service solution provider for professional 4K, 3D and VR hardware for over 25 years, with a special focus on the areas of geo-information systems, CAx and BIM/architecture, among others. After a detailed evaluation of each other's solutions, it quickly became clear to both companies that the interaction of software and hardware is ideal in terms of an optimal 3D stereo experience for the user. The strategic cooperation has already been anchored on the software side with the latest version of ELITECAD Architecture 15, in which the optimum settings for the 3D PluraView stereo monitors are preconfigured. This means that the use of this innovative hardware is now supported as easily and efficiently as any other activity in ELITECAD.

What exactly is so special about 3D PluraView technology?

The main benefit for users lies in the stereoscopic graphic output. The software generates two images of a scene that are exactly at eye distance from each other. This is the basic requirement for spatial vision. The simplest variant for stereoscopic viewing is red/green anaglyph glasses. However, stereoscopic double-screen monitors such as those in the 3D PluraView product family provide an incomparably better experience. Thanks to one display per eye, the absolutely flicker-free beam splitter technology delivers full monitor resolution up to 4K/UHD and therefore very high image sharpness with maximum detail accuracy, especially in the 3D stereo model. The optimal, double brightness and maximum color brilliance (up to 10 bit) allows the user to work comfortably and without fatigue. The new BlackTuner technology of the 3D PluraView (28 inch), for example, helps the user to reliably detect objects even in dark areas of the image. A response time of just 1 ms eliminates "ghost images" and motion blur. The precise, pixel-perfect image evaluation therefore enables a spatial experience even in daylight without blocking out the surroundings. This experience is now additionally supported in ELITECAD by displaying tools such as cursors or markers at the correct depth. Furthermore, all necessary plug-and-play configurations for the use of 3D PluraView displays in ELITECAD Architecture 15 are already prepared. For all users who want to go one step further in the direction of virtual reality, Schneider Digital also offers its 3D PluraView monitor as a VR version with integrated head tracking and object control with tracking sticks or spheres.

For whom is the combination of 3D PluraView and ELITECAD suitable?

The complete solution consisting of ELITECAD and 3D PluraView is particularly useful in architectural planning and 3D modelling as well as in the field of "BIM" (Building Information Modeling), especially in combination with laser scanning and point cloud visualization. With ELITECAD, it is possible to map the entire planning process stereoscopically throughout. The new software version for architectural planning and building modeling simplifies everyday planning and offers efficiency and ease of use. Not only because point clouds from laser scanners can be imported directly and visualized stereoscopically, but also because XEOMETRIC, together with Schneider Digital, has implemented the 3D mouse pointer perfectly in ELITECAD. Only when the mouse pointer is able to intuitively touch every point, surface or edge in 3D space (hologram) can the advantages of stereoscopic visualization be implemented in an efficiency-enhancing workflow. Users in many other application areas, e.g. mechanical design and geodesy, also benefit from the combination of fast loading times for large amounts of data, efficient modeling and fine-resolution three-dimensional, holographic 3D stereo graphic output of points, surfaces and textures.

All details about Schneider Digital's 3D stereo monitors can be found at www.3d-pluraview.com, all information about ELITECAD from XEOMETRIC at www.elitecad.eu.

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Schneider Digital - The company:
Schneider Digital is a global full-service solution provider for professional 3D stereo, 4K/8K and VR/AR hardware. Based on its 25 years of industry and product experience and its excellent relationships with leading manufacturers, Schneider Digital offers innovative, sophisticated professional hardware products and customized complete solutions for professional use. Qualified consulting and dedicated after-sales service are the company's own standards.

The Schneider Digital product portfolio includes the right professional hardware solution for the respective requirements in these areas: High Resolution 4K/8K-to multi-display walls. Schneider Digital is the manufacturer of its own Powerwall solution smartVR-Wall and the passive stereo monitor 3D PluraView. Performance workstations and professional graphics cards from AMD and NVIDIA as well as innovative hardware peripherals (tracking, input devices, etc.) round off the range. Many items are in stock. This guarantees fast delivery and project realization.

Schneider Digital is an authorized service distributor of AMD FirePRO/Radeon Pro, PNY/NVIDIA Quadro, 3Dconnexion, Stealth int, Planar and EIZO. Schneider Digital products are primarily used in graphics-intensive computer applications such as CAD/CAM/CAE, FEM, CFD, simulation, GIS, architecture, medicine and research, film, TV, animation and digital imaging.

Further information can be found at www.schneider-digital.com and www.3d-pluraview.com.

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