Rule-based method for automatic scaffold assembly from 3D building models

Tyge Løvset, Dag Magne Ulvang, Tor Christian Bekkvik and Kåre Villanger, Ivan Viola

ARTICLE, Computers & Graphics, 2013

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Abstract

To manually specify an optimal scaffold assembly for a given building geometry is a time consuming task. Our goal is to automate the process of selecting and placing scaffold components in order to design an optimal scaffold assembly for a specific building. The resulting assembly must be possible to construct in practice, should be practical to use for the workers, must satisfy governmental rules and regulations and should ideally result in minimum accumulated component cost. We propose a novel procedural modeling pipeline based on an input house model. First we extract vital coordinates from the house model that define the 3D scaffold placement. These coordinates are the basis for defining the positioning of scaffold cells. In the next step we populate the cells with actual scaffold components geometry. The resulting model is visualized to assist the assembly process. Additionally it is decomposed into elementary building blocks to produce assembly component lists to estimate the scaffold cost estimates, compute the weight for transportation and packing of components from a warehouse. The result from the automated process is compared to scaffold design produced manually by a professional scaffold designer.

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Computers & Graphics

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• Number: 0
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• ISSN: 0097-8493
• URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0097849313000095

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BibTeX

@article{Lovset13Rule,
 title = {Rule-based method for automatic scaffold assembly from 3D building models},
 journal = {Computers \& Graphics},
 volume = {},
 number = {0},
 pages = { - },
 year = {2013},
 issn = {0097-8493},
 doi = {10.1016/j.cag.2013.01.007},
 url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0097849313000095},
 author = {Tyge L{\o}vset and Dag Magne Ulvang and Tor Christian Bekkvik and
  K{\aa}re Villanger and Ivan Viola},
 abstract = {To manually specify an optimal scaffold assembly for a given building 
  geometry is a time consuming task. Our goal is to automate the process of selecting 
  and placing scaffold components in order to design an optimal scaffold assembly for
  a specific building. The resulting assembly must be possible to construct in practice, 
  should be practical to use for the workers, must satisfy governmental rules and 
  regulations and should ideally result in minimum accumulated component cost. We 
  propose a novel procedural modeling pipeline based on an input house model. First
  we extract vital coordinates from the house model that define the 3D scaffold 
  placement. These coordinates are the basis for defining the positioning of scaffold 
  cells. In the next step we populate the cells with actual scaffold components 
  geometry. The resulting model is visualized to assist the assembly process. Additionally 
  it is decomposed into elementary building blocks to produce assembly component lists 
  to estimate the scaffold cost estimates, compute the weight for transportation and 
  packing of components from a warehouse. The result from the automated process is 
  compared to scaffold design produced manually by a professional scaffold designer.},


}