LABORATORY OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND BIM

Mario Casillo LABORATORY OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND BIM

0612900009
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
EQF6
SC L-P01 TECHNIQUES FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
660LAB
Objectives
The course aims to provide students with the necessary tools to:
- Expand knowledge of language, methods and digital tools for the infographic representation of the built heritage and territory.
- Acquire computer and graphic skills on advanced digital techniques for visualisation, communication and representation in 2D and 3D.
- Learn the basic knowledge for BIM design and to experience integrated workflows through the use of computer algorithms and specific software.

KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS:
The student:
- Will recognise and distinguish the different infographic techniques and technologies used in project and survey design.
- Will Know and understand the theoretical and applicative assumptions related to the BIM methodology.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND:
The student will be able to:
- Use the acquired theoretical and practical knowledge and skills to arrive at a correct graphic and computerised management of the digital representation and modelling process.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT:
The student will be able to:
- Choose the most appropriate computer algorithms and software for an effective infographic representation and digital modelling of building works and the territory.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
The student will be able to:
- Work in a group and present orally and graphically a topic related to the subjects dealt with, by means of infographics and models.

LEARNING SKILLS:
The student will be able to:
- deepen the acquired knowledge and to be able to learn autonomously the new developments of the same in the field of infographic representation in 2D and 3D and the related software.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the elements and graphic regulations of technical drawing is required for the successful achievement of the learning objectives.
Prerequisites: none.
Contents
Image representation: raster images, resolution of an image, colour depth, image compression, compression formats. Use of software for digital image processing and management (10 hrs. lab.).
Introduction to parametric modelling in construction (graphical interface, templates, correlation between graphical, numerical and tabular information, customisation of existing libraries and creation of new libraries. Graphic communication of project data (10 hrs. lab.).
Fundamentals of digital modelling. Modelling techniques and operating procedures (10 hrs. lab.).
The state of the art of BIM and interoperability between software in the international context. Applications of BIM for the design and representation of construction works and their components (20 hrs. lab.).
Spatial representation using GIS systems. Analysis of raster and vector files in the CAD environment; import and processing in geographic information systems (10 hrs. lab.).
Teaching Methods

The course includes laboratory activities (6 CFU) through which students acquire knowledge and skills relating to the infographic management of data and methodologies for infographic representation (most common hardware and software for integrated digital design of construction works and the territory).
Attendance of the course is mandatory: the minimum percentage of attendance required to sit the exam is 70% (as per the course regulations). The lecturer will check that the required percentage of attendance has been reached both by means of electronic records and by verifying actual participation in the practical and laboratory activities, confirmed by the lecturer's signature on the documents produced during the class.
Verification of learning
The verification of learning outcomes takes place by means of a final practical test, scheduled
starting from the end of the didactic activities, providing for a fitness assessment. The test
envisages the elaboration of an infographic model and related discussion.
The elaboration of the digital model, and the discussion of the graphic tables produced, is aimed
at verifying the ability to graphicise, according to codified infographic standards, integrated data
systems on a building and territorial scale using dedicated software.
The mastery of the methods and procedures for the development of infographic models will be
verified, also with reference to BIM and GIS methodologies, and the ability to integrate two-
dimensional, three-dimensional and alphanumeric data in order to exemplify representations of
the built space and territory. The acquisition of knowledge of digital graphic techniques for the
realisation, visualisation, presentation and communication of a graphic project will be assessed.
Finally, the autonomy of judgement demonstrated will be assessed.
Texts
G.R. BERTOLINE, E.N. WIEBE, N.W. HARTMAN, W.A. ROSS, TECHNICAL GRAPHICS COMMUNICATION, NEW YORK: MC GRAW HILL COMPANIES 2009.
S. MONTABONE, BEGINNING DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING, NEW YORK: APRESS 2010
More Information
FURTHER DIDACTIC MATERIALS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON THE PROFESSOR'S INSTITUTIONAL WEBSITE OR ON THE TEAMS PLATFORM.
Lessons Timetable

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