Reality Capture of the Built Environment. 3 credits, 4 contact hours

Catalog description

Prerequisites: FED 101 or ET 103 or ARCH 156 . This course will show students how to collect 3D point cloud data to develop digital models of the built environment. Students will get in-depth experiences on reality capture technologies and computer applications on the principles and practice of extracting information for Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Civil Information Modeling (CIM). Course exercises and projects are designed to enrich the students' understanding of the potential of this emerging technologies on both a practical and theoretical level. The principal software that we will be used is Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).