<font size=2 face="sans-serif">I just had another idea. What if the app
could let you walk through a new building in the process of being constructed
and it would automatically detect studs, ducts, etc. that are located in
a different location from that of the BIM model (I understand that the
building isn't constructed to perfectly reflect the BIM model, but it might
be helpful in the commissioning process or for construction management).</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It could also help contractors and sub-contractors
visualize the BIM model in the field, instead of having to worry about
translating the 3D BIM model to 2D drawings or carrying around a mobile
device with the 3D BIM model and trying to navigate it based on where you
are standing on the site/within the building.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Note that I don't have any actual construction
experience, but these are ideas I came up with based on what I hear about
the construction industry/process.</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#3f803f face="Arial"><b>Alex N. Chapin</b></font>
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<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Alex Chapin/SRI</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">To:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Date:
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<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Google Project
Tango</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Can someone with the knowledge and experience
necessary to build a smartphone application allowing a person to walk through
an existing building and create a 3D model with Google's new Project Tango
phone go to this website, </font><a href=http://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">http://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">,
and request a prototype dev kit?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">If you haven't watched the video yet,
you should check it out (</font><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe10ExwzCqk"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe10ExwzCqk</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">).
This would be a great tool for creating existing building 3D geometry models.
Maybe it could even be accurate enough to recognize light fixtures in the
ceiling/on the wall and the app could ask you to input the fixture wattage
while you are in the building.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I'm hopeful that this technology will
be able to help the AEC industry. What do you think?</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#3f803f face="Arial"><b>Alex N. Chapin</b></font>
<br><font size=2 color=#5f5f5f face="Arial"><b>Sustainability Program Engineer</b></font>
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