Geometry fidelity: geometry, camera and openings from the plan

What it gives you

• The house in the picture is your house

  Proportions, openings and standpoint come from the checked model.

• Depth, not just outline

  The depth map tells the image model what is in front and what behind: projections, balconies, set-backs.

• Traceable

  Camera, depth map and view are kept with the job, so a picture can be repeated from the same standpoint.

How it works

1. 01Check the geometryFidelity is only as good as the model. Fix the findings of the checks before you start a package.
2. 02Set up the viewChoose camera, storey and sun position; what you see in the browser is the structure the picture receives.
3. 03Start the packageThe browser captures clay view and depth map for every camera and hands them with the floor plan and the style to the image model. Nothing to switch on.
4. 04Compare picture and modelPut the picture next to the clay view. If openings and edges match, it is usable; if not, re-render the camera or adjust the style notes.

What the image model is given

The clay view is the model without material, with ambient occlusion and the sun position set. The depth map shows the same view as grey values between the nearest and farthest corner of the building; the floor plan is added as a drawing. All three go to the image model as “fixed structure”; style template, mood and style notes describe what is free.

The camera is stored with the job, so the same standpoint can be repeated in a different mood or quality.

Why we say reference

Today’s image model takes the depth map as a reference, not as a control it must follow. In practice it keeps to edges, openings and proportions; a window can still get a different division, a canopy a different thickness. What is not in the model is not in the picture; what is in the model is almost always in the picture. So it says under every picture and on the AI transparency page.