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Site Survey Process
Published in Ali Youssef, Douglas McDonald II, Jon Linton, Bob Zemke, Aaron Earle, Wi-Fi Enabled Healthcare, 2014
Ali Youssef, Douglas McDonald II, Jon Linton, Bob Zemke, Aaron Earle
Building blueprints or some form of floor plan will be needed for the survey regardless of the chosen survey tool. We have found this to be one of the most challenging items to produce. Adobe PDF or AutoCAD DWG files are usually preferred but don’t be surprised if you have to use a copy of a fire escape plan or actually have to produce a floor plan by hand. When resorting to creating prints by hand it is extremely important to scale the print appropriately. This is the golden rule as a floor plan out of scale could potentially cause an improper design. Microsoft Visio or AutoCAD software can assist in creating a floor plan. It is recommended to ask for plans up front and be sure to factor in extra hours if you must create the floor plans by hand.
Plan types
Published in Gary Anglin, Introduction to Estimating, Plan Reading and Construction Techniques, 2019
A floor plan is a drawing to scale with a view from above (in “plan view”) showing the relationship between rooms, spaces, and other features at one level. Dimensions are usually wall-to-wall lengths. Cabinets and other features below four feet high are shown with solid lines, and symbols are used to denote sinks and toilets. Dashed lines are used to locate upper cabinets, duct chases, and perhaps changes in ceiling heights. Floor plans also contain notes about finishes or construction methods. Doors and windows are numbered or lettered.
Slicing Floorplans
Published in Charles J. Alpert, Dinesh P. Mehta, Sachin S. Sapatnekar, Handbook of Algorithms for Physical Design Automation, 2008
Ting-Chi Wang, Martin D.F. Wong
A floorplan is a dissection of an enveloping rectangle R by horizontal and vertical line segments into a set of nonoverlapping basic rectangles (or rooms) such that each room is large enough to accommodate the module assigned to it. Note that in some situations, there may be some basic rectangles without any modules assigned to them. We call them empty rooms.
Architectural space classification considering topological and 3D visual spatial relations using machine learning techniques
Published in Building Research & Information, 2023
Berfin Yıldız, Gülen Çağdaş, Ibrahim Zincir
The floor plan not only includes architectural elements such as walls, doors, windows and furniture, but also represents interrelationships among these elements and their arrangement to form distinct spaces within different areas. The level of accessibility and functional proximity of the space is defined by the topological relations associated with the spatial functions. In addition, the visual relationship level is defined as well as the topological relationship of the spaces through spatial openings such as windows and gallery spaces. The elements that separate the spaces from each other differentiate the spatial experience and determine the relations established with other architectural spaces depending on the characteristics of the space and the intended use and activities.