Visualisation and research strategy for computational spatial and structural design interaction

D. Peeten, H. Hofmeyer

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A research engine is under development for studying the interaction of spatial and structural design processes. The design processes are being implemented as two separate configurable transformation steps; a conversion step and an optimisation step. A significant part of the spatial-to-structural conversion process together with a first version of a visualisation tool have been finalized. Because the interesting parts of spatial and structural designs are typically situated also on the inside of the design, the main goal of the visualisation tool is to make the innards visible from the outside. This has been realised by rendering translucent polygons with opaque outlines. However, care has to be taken in the order in which the translucent polygons are rendered. For an arbitrary set of convex polygons, finding a back to front order may not be as trivial as sorting a set of polygons on the distance to the viewpoint. Also, sets of polygons exist that do not have an explicit depth order. As a solution to this problem, a render engine has been developed that builds a binary space partition tree (BSP) to store the polygons. Another benefit of this BSP variant is that during the construction of the tree, difficult polygon arrangements are dealt with in an elegant matter. Further research involves the development of a complete version of the research engine. The performance of this first version will be compared to case studies. Based on these results, adjustments and additions to the research engine transformations will be made. The final version of the research engine will also be used to experiment on academic designs in order to develop insights in the fundamental relation between space and structure.
Originele taal-2Engels
TitelCIB W78 2010 Program & Proceedings
RedacteurenW Thabet
Plaats van productieCairo, Egypt
UitgeverijVirginia Tech, Department of Building Construction
Pagina's1-10
StatusGepubliceerd - 2010
Evenement27th International CIB W78 Conference, November 16-19, 2010, Cairo, Egypt - Cairo, Egypte
Duur: 16 nov. 201019 nov. 2010

Congres

Congres27th International CIB W78 Conference, November 16-19, 2010, Cairo, Egypt
Land/RegioEgypte
StadCairo
Periode16/11/1019/11/10
AnderCIB W78 2010

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