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Quantifying the Confidence in Models Outputted by Scan-To-BIM Processes

  • Shirin Malihi
  • Frederic Bosche
  • Martin Bueno Esposito

3D spatial data is increasingly employed to generate Building Information Models (BIMs) by extension digital twins for various applications in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector such as project monitoring, engineering analyses, retrofit planning, etc. The outputted models of Scan-to-BIM processes should satisfy pre-defined levels of quality. In the case of emerging automated Scan-to-BIM solutions, users however currently need to check all generated geometry manually, which is time-consuming. What would help users is if the automated systems could also provide a level of confidence in the detection and modelling of each element. In this paper three generic indicators are defined for analysing the reliability of the generated 3D models: Icoverage estimates the portion of the surface of the modelled element that can be explained by the input point cloud. Idistance defines the closeness of the generated element models to the input point cloud. The confidence of the generated 3D local models can be computed by combining the two aforementioned indices. The proposed indicators are assessed using actual examples and comparisons are conducted between automatically generated 3D BIM models and 3D models generated manually by a BIM modeler

  • Keywords:
  • BIM,
  • point cloud,
  • confidence,
  • indoor modelling,
  • wall,
  • digital twin,
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Shirin Malihi

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom - ORCID: 0000-0003-1499-8791

Frederic Bosche

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom - ORCID: 0000-0002-4064-8982

Martin Bueno Esposito

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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Chapter Title

Quantifying the Confidence in Models Outputted by Scan-To-BIM Processes

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Shirin Malihi, Frederic Bosche, Martin Bueno Esposito

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10.36253/979-12-215-0289-3.113

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2023

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CONVR 2023 - Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality

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Managing the Digital Transformation of Construction Industry

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Pietro Capone, Vito Getuli, Farzad Pour Rahimian, Nashwan Dawood, Alessandro Bruttini, Tommaso Sorbi

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2023

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Firenze University Press

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