CyliCon: a software platform for the creation and update of virtual factories

Author

Navab, Nassir ; Cubillo, Echeyde ; Bascle, Benedicte ; Lockau, Jurgen ; Kamsties, Klaus-D ; Neuberger, M.

Author_Institution

Siemens Corp. Res. Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

459

Abstract

CyliCon is a Windows-based application for creating, updating and managing 3D computer models of factories from input digital images. The software is geared towards industrial piping environments. The resulting 3D representation of factory, being reconstructed from camera images of the site, is “as-built” and reflects the reality. This can be used for the purpose of updating and maintaining the industrial site. In addition, special attention has been given to the ease of use, portability and adaptability of the software. A well-designed user interface makes the process of reconstructing a 3D model simple and fast. CyliCon is also easy to integrate into an existing factory data and workflow, since it can read data from and export data to a variety of commercial databases and formats. CyliCon is a programmable platform, which can be customized by customers to their own needs

Keywords

computer aided production planning; graphical user interfaces; image reconstruction; solid modelling; virtual reality; 3D computer models; CyliCon; image reconstruction; production engineering computing; software platform; user interface; virtual factories; Application software; Augmented reality; Cameras; Computer industry; Data visualization; Image databases; Image reconstruction; Production facilities; Software tools; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 1999. Proceedings. ETFA '99. 1999 7th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5670-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETFA.1999.815391

Filename

815391