Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Monday, March 14, 2005
AISC | Case Studies
AISC Steel Building Case Study is a sample 4 story steel building that can be used for your semester projects if appropriate.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
X3D-Edit for Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics
X3D-Edit for Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics is a free editor for X3D and VRML files.
Thursday, February 10, 2005
NavisWorks -- view, walkthrough and coordinate 3D models
NavisWorks -- view, walkthrough and coordinate 3D models. NavisWorks allows for the viewing of 3D models and the development of 4D models through the Timeliner application.
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Guide for Storyboard Authors
Guide for Storyboard Authors: A guide for developing storyboards for an online learning system.
Springboard: Storyboard Editor
Springboard: Storyboard Editor - A free storyboarding application. Valuable if you have a tablet PC.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
DepthCharge Viewer
VREX 3D Stereoscopic imaging products and services has developed the Depth Charge viewer. This viewer allows you to interlace two images (either still or video) and view them in many different stereo modes including reb/blue or active stereo (which can be viewed in the IEL). The download of the viewer is free. The 3D Expo site contains many sample images that you can view in stereo.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
ACADIA Digital Fabrication Videos
Architecture Radio has presentation from the ACADIA conference focused on digital fabrication.
Monday, January 17, 2005
Vineet Kamat's CIC Center
Center for Computer-Integrated Construction at the University of Michigan is the website for Vineet Kamat's research group. Dr. Kamat will provide the guest lecture on Thursday.
Saturday, January 15, 2005
Computation Day - Feb 17
The Penn State Institute for Computational Science is sponsoring a Computation Day on Feb 17, 2005 in the Hub. This should be interesting to attend.
Friday, January 14, 2005
Fakespace Systems
Fakespace Systems Inc. is the manufacturer of the CAVE system along with many other immersive VR systems. This site provides a good opportunity to see the different types of systems that exist in the marketplace.
VR for Courthouse Design
Architectural Record | Tech Briefs - January 2005 - Virtual reality and digital modeling go on trial for a federal courtroom design is an interesting article on the use of a CAVE for the visualizing a new courthouse project being performed by GSA. This is one of only several good examples of the use of immersive display technology on projects that is published for US projects.
IAI International
The International Alliance for Interoperability is a large alliance of organizations focused on the development of methods to share data within the design and construction industries. IAI is the developer of the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) which is the most advanced effort to develop a common data model for sharing data between AEC Industry applications.
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Two Great Prototyping / Innovation Books
I highly recommend reading the following books. The first is Serious Play: How the World's Best Companies Simulate to Innovate which contains a great discussion of the value of prototyping and how it encourages innovation. The second book is The Art of Innovation which discusses the IDEO process for prototyping (along with other issues related to innovation).
BlogThis! for Easy Posting
BlogThis! is an easy way to set up posting to this blog for enrolled users. This gives instructions to get set up.
Torque Game Engine
The Torque Game Engine has been used by researchers (Moloney & Amor) to import 3D models and perform collaborative navigation and review of the models. You can read more about the project in his CONVR 2003 conference paper.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Unreal Technology
The Unreal Game Engine can be used to create an interactive model that you can load in the Unreal game. You can import 3DS Max and Maya models into this game engine which is an editing application to develop virtual worlds.
Monday, January 10, 2005
NASA - ASK Magazine on Prototyping
The NASA - ASK Magazine - Volume 13 is dedicated to prototyping. It has some great articles that discuss the practical application of prototyping.
Sunday, January 09, 2005
CIS/2 to VRML Translator from NIST
The CIS/2 to VRML Translator is a great example of formating a standard data format (CIS/2 for steel data) into a VRML or X3D model. This application can be used to convert steel models developed in detailed steel packages into VRML files for use in Common Point 4D or BS Contact Stereo in the Immersive Envionments Lab. Please submit your information to download the latest version as requested on the webpage.
Blog Audio Book - Discusses Knowledge and Blogs
This book is a free audio book from audible.com that discusses knowledge, information and the impact of digital media on this knowledge and information. It is thought provoking when you consider it's impact on knowledge management within the AEC industry. It was also part of the inspiration for the initial development for this blog.
BS Contact VRML/X3D Loader
The BS Contact viewer is a plugin to Internet Explorer that allows users to view VRML or X3D format. This loader also supports stereo viewing of models if you purchase the stereo version. We have used this application in our Immersive Environments Lab and it is a relatively low cost method (approximately $1,500) for getting VRML models into immersive display sytems. It does allow for the use of a joystick to control navigation in the models if you add these controls from BS Contact to the VRML file.
AECCafe.com - Daily news briefs
AECCafe.com offers a free daily email with CAD and vizualization application news and events. It is worth scanning each day for information on new program releases and current events in the IT sector focused on the AEC industry.
Saturday, January 08, 2005
CIFE at Stanford
The Center for Integrated Facilities Engineering (CIFE) is one of the leading research groups that is performing research on virtual design and construction issues related to the Architecture/Engineering/Construction (AEC) industry. The CIFE website contains important information on previous and current research projects as well as course presentations from current Stanford courses related to virtual design and construction.
Monday, January 03, 2005
Blog Purpose
This BLOG has been developed to capture important sites and research concepts related to the process of virtual facility prototyping.
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