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Spatial Information: Classification and Applications in Building Design
Author(s) -
Nguyen TangHung,
Oloufa Amr A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
computer‐aided civil and infrastructure engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.773
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1467-8667
pISSN - 1093-9687
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8667.00273
Subject(s) - computer science , spatial analysis , intersection (aeronautics) , task (project management) , adjacency list , interface (matter) , representation (politics) , data mining , building design , cad , spatial relation , spatial intelligence , topology (electrical circuits) , theoretical computer science , artificial intelligence , engineering drawing , algorithm , mathematics , engineering , systems engineering , architectural engineering , statistics , bubble , combinatorics , maximum bubble pressure method , parallel computing , politics , law , political science , aerospace engineering
Physical properties of building components are usually represented in building data models by their three‐dimensional geometry and topology—also called spatial information. While geometric data of building components can be manipulated and managed by a computer‐aided design (CAD) interface, their spatial relations (or topological information) are conventionally represented in a manual fashion into data models. The manual data representation, however, is inherently a complex and challenging task due to the wide variety of spatial relationships. Thus, topological information should be classified and modeled in such a way that the required spatial data for a particular design task can be automatically retrieved. This paper attempts to identify and classify various topological information commonly used in building design and construction into more specific categories (e.g., adjacency, connection, containment, separation , and intersection ) to support automatic deduction of the spatial information in a computer‐based building design system. The paper also discusses typical applications of the topological relations to different design activities. Finally, the development of deduction algorithms and the proposed building design system are briefly described.