WALKTHRU-PROJECT

Interactive Virtual Building Environments and Simulation-based Design

Principal Investigator: Carlo H. Séquin

In this project we explore interactive virtual environments of of existing or planned buildings. Our key model that serves as the driving force for new tools, algorithms, and user interfaces is a computer model of Soda Hall our new Computer Science Building.

Currently we work on the following tasks:

Converting the model into VRML2.0.

Ajay Sreekanth and Christina TempelaarLietz:: UniGrafix-to-VRML Conversion

Developing tools to make building model generation easier.

Rick Lewis:: 1995 Abstract: Building Model Generation; 1996 ILP Presentation: The BMG Building Model Generator
Randy Keller:: Enriching the Soda Hall Walkthru Model
Maryann Simmons:: Automatic Object Simplification

Object Associations: making the WALKTHRU model interactive.

Rick Bukowski:: Object Associations: A Simple and Practical Approach to Virtual 3D Manipulation, a paper published in the Proceedings of the Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics in Monterey, California, in April 1995.; Bukowski's MS thesis (CSD-95-886): The WALKTHRU Editor: Towards Realistic and Effective Interaction with Virtual Building Environments; this goes into considerably more detail about the design and implementation of the WALKTHRU interactive editor. [postscript]

Integrating the model with the CFAST fire simulator.

Overview over the FIREWALK system

Rick Bukowski:: Interactive Walkthru Environments for Simulation

The last two projects also overlap and are part of:

ARCADE: Architectural Computer-Aided Design and Evaluation

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