CREATION OF AS-BUILT DRAWINGS IN CAD SYSTEMS

A STUDY WILL BE MADE OF THE FEASIBILITY OF MAKING FIELD MEASUREMENTS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS AND AUTOMATICALLY CREATING AS-BUILT DRAWINGS IN A CAD SYSTEM. VARIOUS TYPES OF SCANNING DEVICES SUCH AS LASERS, SONARS, MECHANICAL, PHOTOGRAMMETRY, ETC. WILL BE STUDIED AND EVALUATIONS MADE REGARDING ACCURACY AND CONVENIENCE VERSUS COST. DATA PROTOCOL COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE MEASURING DEVICE AND THE DATA RECORDING DEVICES WILL BE ESTABLISHED. SOFTWARE WILL BE WRITTEN FOR THE DATA COLLECTOR SUCH THAT DATA CAN BE COLLECTED WITH ADEQUATE PROMPTS. A METHOD OF EASILY TRANSFERRING THE DATA COLLECTED TO A HOST PERSONAL COMPUTER WILL BE DEVELOPED. SOFTWARE WILL BE WRITTEN TO CONVERT THE DESCRIPTION DATA COLLECTED INTO A CAD DRAWING FILE. CONVERSION TO A MINI-BASED SYSTEM THROUGH TRANSLATORS WILL BE EVALUATED. CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR A FAMILY OF AFFORDABLE INTEGRATED SCANNING AND RECORDING DEVICES.