Archilogic Model Structure

This article explains how an Archilogic model is structured.

Overview

An Archilogic model is a spatial 3D data model of the physical space. 
Archilogic’s spatial data conforms to the following structure:

• A floor contains one or many spaces

• • A space can have none or many assets

This structure ensures that data is organized and addressable for efficient analysis.

Elements of a Model

Model

Each model is a reflection of a single floor in a building.

Floor

1. A floor can be either partial or whole.
2. Floor attributes include:
   1. Floor Number
   2. Physical Address
   3. Space category, there can be multiple categories associated with a floor (i.e. a single floor with both Parking and Office on the same level)

Space

1. A space is bound by walls and/or space dividers placed on a floor
2. Space area excludes the area of structural elements (column, walls) and it is measured from the interior face of its boundaries.
3. Space is assigned a space usage attribute which is grouped by the space program. Learn more in Space Taxonomy.
4. Custom space attributes include:
   1. Custom ID
   2. Custom name
   3. Custom usage, Learn more

Asset

1. A space can have none or many assets.
2. Each asset placed in a space is cloned from our Product Library
3. Asset attributes include:
   1. productID, which references the original product attributes. Learn more in Product Taxonomy.
   2. assetID, a unique identifier for each asset

Parametric Elements

The following parametric elements are available. Learn more.

• Wall - a structural element used to divide or enclose, and, in building construction, to form the periphery of a room or a building.
• Space Divider - a divider can be used to split up a space or a room into smaller, separate areas without them being separated by a wall.
• Door - an opening placed in a wall that provides a connection from one space to another.
• Window - an opening in the wall fitted with glass in a frame to admit light or air and allow people to see out.
• Stairs - a set of steps leading from one floor to another, typically inside the building.
• Column - a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below.
• Kitchen - a combination of cabinets and appliances used for preparing and storing food.
• Railing - a fence or barrier made of rails.
• Closet - Cabinets with a door used for storage.
• Curtain - a hanging screen usually capable of being drawn back or up.
• Polybox - a geometric shape extrusions use for decorative purposes.

FAQs

• What floor plans do you accept?

  • Floor plans come in a lot of different forms. Some of them only consist of single lines; some contain technical information, while others are hand-drawn. Learn more about our floor plan recommendation in Floor Plan Best Practice.

• How accurate is your conversion?

  • We take pride and hold a high standard with our model conversion services. Given the nature of floor plans come in various qualities, we aim to provide:

    • +/- 5% for models converted from rasterized images of a floor plan with dimensions.

    Learn more about how we calculate area in Area Calculation.

• Do you support ramps?

  • We currently don’t support ramps in the model. However, this is on our roadmap.

• Do you expose structural objects (walls, doors, windows, etc.) in the Space API?

  • We do not expose structural objects in Space API at the moment. However, this is on our roadmap.

• How does Archilogic assign a space usage category?

  • We follow the furniture layout on the submitted floor plan. If the space is missing furniture layout or it doesn't match our space usage definitions, then the space defaults to a space usage "Undefined".