Designing Virtual Reality Environments through an Authoring System Based on CAD Floor Plans: A Methodology and Case Study Applied to Electric Power Substations for Supervision.

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Title: Designing Virtual Reality Environments through an Authoring System Based on CAD Floor Plans: A Methodology and Case Study Applied to Electric Power Substations for Supervision.
Authors: Barreto Junior, Camilo de Lellis1 (AUTHOR) alexandre@ufu.br, Cardoso, Alexandre1 (AUTHOR) lamounier@ufu.br, Lamounier Júnior, Edgard Afonso1 (AUTHOR) paulo.camargos@ufu.br, Silva, Paulo Camargos1 (AUTHOR), Silva, Alexandre Carvalho2 (AUTHOR) alexandre.silva@ifgoiano.edu.br
Source: Energies (19961073). Nov2021, Vol. 14 Issue 21, p7435. 1p.
Subject Terms: *Research & development, *Electric substations, *Electric power, *Floor plans, *Virtual design, *Virtual reality software
Abstract: The adoption of Virtual Reality (RV) technologies in prototype design and process revision has contributed to multiple industry areas. Nonetheless, the development of VR systems for engineering is a complex task, as it involves specialized teams handling low-level code development. Given these problems, the goal of this study is presenting a methodology for designing VR, through an Authoring System based on Computer-Aided Design (CAD). The presented methodology provides an easy integration of electric power substation floor plans and Virtual Reality software (VRS), as well as three-dimensional and symbol modeling conventions. Centralized software architecture was developed, composed of the CAD Editor, input manager and VRS. The methodology was evaluated through a case study applied to the conception (elaboration) of electric power substations (EPS) as part of a Research and Development (R&D) project for training and field assets supervision. The results demonstrated visual precision and high integrity in elaboration of a VR environment from the CAD floor plan. This work also presents a comparative analysis between manual conception and the Authoring System. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Database: Energy & Power Source
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Abstract:The adoption of Virtual Reality (RV) technologies in prototype design and process revision has contributed to multiple industry areas. Nonetheless, the development of VR systems for engineering is a complex task, as it involves specialized teams handling low-level code development. Given these problems, the goal of this study is presenting a methodology for designing VR, through an Authoring System based on Computer-Aided Design (CAD). The presented methodology provides an easy integration of electric power substation floor plans and Virtual Reality software (VRS), as well as three-dimensional and symbol modeling conventions. Centralized software architecture was developed, composed of the CAD Editor, input manager and VRS. The methodology was evaluated through a case study applied to the conception (elaboration) of electric power substations (EPS) as part of a Research and Development (R&D) project for training and field assets supervision. The results demonstrated visual precision and high integrity in elaboration of a VR environment from the CAD floor plan. This work also presents a comparative analysis between manual conception and the Authoring System. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:19961073
DOI:10.3390/en14217435