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Mixed Reality for Electrical Prefabrication Tasks
In recent years, the building industry has been steadily increasing its use of building information modeling (BIM). This approach to design and construction leverages 3D virtual models that contain both physical and functional attributes in order to make better project decisions for the actual built facility. Despite the advances in BIM and 3D modeling, design communication between project participants still tends to rely primarily on 2D paper plans. This means that models are developed in 3D, reduced to 2D paper plans, and subsequently reinterpreted back into 3D mental models by project team members prior to being built. This research explores the use of mixed reality (MR) to enable design communication in order to allow electrical construction professionals to build conduit assemblies directly from BIM content. It addresses two research questions: Is it possible to use MR for design communication to enable construction professionals to assemble prefabricated electrical conduit? How does this mode of visualization influence the construction process performance? To address these questions, participants built two different conduit assemblies, once with paper communication and once with MR communication. The task was video recorded to allow the researchers to observe the participants’ process and measure their productivity when using each communication approach. The results suggest that MR did indeed prove to be a viable means for design communication. Furthermore, the results indicate that this mode of design communication enabled more accurate and faster construction of electrical conduit than was observed through 2D paper communication. Future work will aim to identify other use-cases where MR may offer value to project teams and determine best practices for leveraging this technology in practice.
Mixed Reality for Electrical Prefabrication Tasks
In recent years, the building industry has been steadily increasing its use of building information modeling (BIM). This approach to design and construction leverages 3D virtual models that contain both physical and functional attributes in order to make better project decisions for the actual built facility. Despite the advances in BIM and 3D modeling, design communication between project participants still tends to rely primarily on 2D paper plans. This means that models are developed in 3D, reduced to 2D paper plans, and subsequently reinterpreted back into 3D mental models by project team members prior to being built. This research explores the use of mixed reality (MR) to enable design communication in order to allow electrical construction professionals to build conduit assemblies directly from BIM content. It addresses two research questions: Is it possible to use MR for design communication to enable construction professionals to assemble prefabricated electrical conduit? How does this mode of visualization influence the construction process performance? To address these questions, participants built two different conduit assemblies, once with paper communication and once with MR communication. The task was video recorded to allow the researchers to observe the participants’ process and measure their productivity when using each communication approach. The results suggest that MR did indeed prove to be a viable means for design communication. Furthermore, the results indicate that this mode of design communication enabled more accurate and faster construction of electrical conduit than was observed through 2D paper communication. Future work will aim to identify other use-cases where MR may offer value to project teams and determine best practices for leveraging this technology in practice.
Mixed Reality for Electrical Prefabrication Tasks
Chalhoub, Jad (author) / Ayer, Steven K. (author)
ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering 2017 ; 2017 ; Seattle, Washington
2017-06-22
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Mixed Reality for Electrical Prefabrication Tasks
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