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

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 probl...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2021-11, Vol.14 (21), p.7435
Main Authors: Barreto Junior, Camilo de Lellis, Cardoso, Alexandre, Lamounier Júnior, Edgard Afonso, Silva, Paulo Camargos, Silva, Alexandre Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Authoring
authoring system
Automation
CAD
Case studies
Comparative analysis
Computer applications
Computer architecture
Computer graphics
Computer programs
computer-aided design
Electric power
electric power substation
Electrical transmission
Electricity substations
Engineering drawings
Engines
Floorplans
Industrial development
integration
Kinematics
Methodology
Methods
R&D
Research & development
Simulation
Software
Software upgrading
Supervision
Virtual environments
Virtual reality
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en14217435