Making use of Point Cloud for Generating Subtractive Solar Envelopes

As a contextual and passive design strategy, solar envelopes play a great role in<br/>determining building mass based on desirable sun access during the predefined<br/>period. With the rapid evolution of digital tools, the design method of solar<br/>envelopes varies in different computational platforms. However, current<br/>approaches still lack...

Toward an Environmental Database: Exploring the material properties from the point cloud data of the existing environment

The utilization of point cloud as a 3D laser scanning product has reached across<br/>multi-disciplines in terms of data processing, data visualization, and data<br/>analysis. This study particularly investigates further the use of typical attributes<br/>of raw point cloud data consisting of XYZ (position information), RGB (colour<br/>information...

Identifying the surface materials of the existing environment through point cloud data attributes

The prospective application of 3D laser data scanning provides numerous possibilities for investigating environmental performances for architectural design. One of the possibilities includes the practical usability of point cloud data in examining the existing environment. Exploiting this potential would help to increase the information on...