TY - GEN
T1 - Multi-User and Web-based Parametric Modeling with Multiple Visual Programming Tools
AU - Chen, Hsien
AU - Hsu, Pei Hsien
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This paper presents a new framework for Web-based parametric modeling for design collaboration, allowing multiple users to work on the shared Web-based model in the process of building design and modeling, performance simulation, and optimization. The Web-based model viewer displays a shared model. Two visual programming tools: Grasshopper and Dynamo, are used on users' local computers connected to the Web. Two working prototypes of modeling methods were developed to control and modify building models on the Web. Two case studies with three tests each were conducted on a simplified residential building model. In Case Study 1, two simulated users tested the parametric capabilities on transformations including scaling, translation, and rotation of the shared Web-based model using Grasshopper and Dynamo. In Case Study 2, two simulated users collaborated on the shared Web-based model through Grasshopper in the process of optimization for different building performance objectives, in terms of daylight, energy use, and roof coverage. Web-based parametric modeling is expected to provide opportunities for collaboration in parametric design and optimization. Findings and technical limitations of the framework are discussed in the paper.
AB - This paper presents a new framework for Web-based parametric modeling for design collaboration, allowing multiple users to work on the shared Web-based model in the process of building design and modeling, performance simulation, and optimization. The Web-based model viewer displays a shared model. Two visual programming tools: Grasshopper and Dynamo, are used on users' local computers connected to the Web. Two working prototypes of modeling methods were developed to control and modify building models on the Web. Two case studies with three tests each were conducted on a simplified residential building model. In Case Study 1, two simulated users tested the parametric capabilities on transformations including scaling, translation, and rotation of the shared Web-based model using Grasshopper and Dynamo. In Case Study 2, two simulated users collaborated on the shared Web-based model through Grasshopper in the process of optimization for different building performance objectives, in terms of daylight, energy use, and roof coverage. Web-based parametric modeling is expected to provide opportunities for collaboration in parametric design and optimization. Findings and technical limitations of the framework are discussed in the paper.
KW - Building Performance Simulation
KW - Collaborative Design
KW - Optimization
KW - Parametric Modeling
KW - Visual Programming
KW - Web-based Modeling
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85124673638
SN - 9789491207204
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
SP - 19
EP - 28
BT - Anthropologic - Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age
A2 - Werner, Liss C.
A2 - Koering, Dietmar
PB - Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
T2 - 38th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2020
Y2 - 16 September 2020 through 17 September 2020
ER -