Summary 12 September 2007: 3D laserscanning and serious gaming
On 12 September 2007, Afcea Chapter The Hague held its autumn ICT Matinée at DelftTech in Delft, the Netherlands.
Chapter President Commodore RNLN Willem Voogt - in his opening remarks – appologized for the cancellation of the Satcom related meeting, which was planned for 13 June 2007. He promised however, that the topic of Satcom will return in the programme for the year 2008. Commodore Voogt noted the presence of a relatively large number of non-Afcea members in the audience. Therefore he continued with a brief overview of Afcea International and in particular of the activities of its Chapter The Hague.
He further reminded the members of the next meeting, that will be organised on 31 October 2007 at the Nato Center-of-Excellence for Command and Control in Ede, the Netherlands. He also referred to the 2007 Annual Dinner, which – this year – will be sponsored by NCIM and will be held at “Kasteel Oud Wassenaar”. And last but not least, he informed the audience that the first meeting in 2008 will be at Kusters Engineering in Venlo, the Netherlands. Kusters Engineering is the world's leading manufacturer of custom designed currency and classified waste disintegration systems.
For the topic of the afternoon: “Serious Gaming and Forensic & Security Metrology” Commodore Voogt then gave the floor to ir. Willem van Spanje, General Director of DelftTech/Delft Forensics. DelftTech is Europe's most experienced Engineering Company in 3D solutions and it offers accurate and complete 3D datasets of “as-built” structures, plants and events, necessary for design and analysis. This data can be transferred to CAD systems for modeling purposes or matching the new design to the “as-built” data for interference checks. Optionally, 3D models can be analyzed using Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computer Fluid Dynamics (CFD), or even Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
Mr. van Spanje started with a 3D Scan Demo, helped by his assistant, Mr. Ronald Poelman. He then explained that 3D laser scanning is used for archiving crime scenes, reverse engineering (explosions) bullet trajectories, and 3D bloodstain pattern analysis. DelftTech can also visualize this into 3D, 4D (3D + time) and it is possible to make the data interactive, for example for 3D forensic training programs for crime scene management, mass events, terrorist attacks, calamities and/or 3D witness verification.
The laserscanner is succesfully used in a whole range of Applications which can be roughly divided into six categories:
3D laserscanners are used in the computer gaming industry and in crime scene investigations as well. There is even a possibility to scan an object and subsequently print the object to a 3D model!
Mr. van Spanje continued with a number of examples in the field of General 3D Scanning:
Mr. van Spanje ended his very interesting presentation with a demonstration of a visualisation movie of the Delft city centre, made on the basis of 3D laserscans and with photomapping and texturing techniques. It showed the city centre and a well known street in Delft: the “Spoorsingel”, where – in future – the railway will move underground and on top of it a canal will be constructed. The movie showed the current situation in 2007 and gave a preview of the new situation, when the reconstruction – as proposed by the Spanish architect Busquet – will be finished. A copy of this movie (on DVD) was handed out to all those present.
Definition of used acronyms:
ICT = Information and Communication Techniques
Commodore = 1-star General RNLN
RNLN = Royal Netherlands Navy
NCIM = Netherlands Centre for Interim Management
3D = Three Dimensional
CAD = Computer Aided Design
Guest Speaker:
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Speaker’s Full Name |
Position |
Rank |
Branch of Service |
Organization |
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Willem van Spanje |
General Director |
Civilian |
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DelftTech B.V. |