<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Those are good points. In terms of the
file size and translation to Revit, I imagine that there would need to
be a way of converting the data into an useful 3D model. However, if you
watch the youtube video that I posted, they showed example augmented reality
games that took the geometry data from the room provided by the phone and
converted into a virtual 3D model of the room that had a game world overlaid
on top of it. So it seems like a similar approach could be used to simplify
the data and translate it into something that software like Revit could
use.</font>
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<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Katie MacKenzie <kmackenzie@glumac.com></font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">To:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">"AChapin@sriregistrar.com"
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<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Date:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">02/21/2014 12:14 PM</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">RE: [Bldg-sim]
Fw: Google Project Tango</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#004080 face="Calibri">If detecting existing building
elements could be as easy as a walkthrough, it would definitely be an amazing
feat. Currently working on projects that have had laser scans of
spaces, but the files are HUGE and require someone to manually trace over
to create an existing building model. Also, from my understanding, these
lasers can’t always capture anything overlapping (i.e. stacked ducts)
if anything is hidden. I’m curious how large the models are and
how it could best translated to 3D modeling programs like Revit. </font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#5f5f5f face="Calibri"><b>Katie MacKenzie</b></font><font size=3 color=#5f5f5f face="Calibri">
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To:</b> bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<b><br>
Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] Fw: Google Project Tango</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">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><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">
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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><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> <br>
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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><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">
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From: </font><font size=1 face="Arial">Alex
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To: </font><a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org"><font size=1 color=blue face="Arial"><u>bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</u></font></a><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">
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Date: </font><font size=1 face="Arial">02/21/2014
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Subject: </font><font size=1 face="Arial">Google
Project Tango</font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </font>
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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="Arial"><u>http://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">,
and request a prototype dev kit?</font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">
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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="Arial"><u>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe10ExwzCqk</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">).
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><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">
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I'm hopeful that this technology will be able to help the AEC industry.
What do you think?</font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> <br>
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Alex N. Chapin</b></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </font><font size=2 color=#5f5f5f face="Arial"><b><br>
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