London Model Digital Twin

ROLE

Creator

Unreal, Blueprints, C++, Python, 3DS Max

Description

The London Model is a Digital Twin City. Designed by myself from the ground up in unreal, it allows the user to edit and manipulate the model to produce many types of output and also host meetings with clients.

From a simple model viewer in it's early life, it has evolved into a well-rounded mature software, that allows automated connections to In-house databases, external data and the ability to display this in unique ways.

One of the most powerful tools is an automatic camera alignment system that will take a photo and match it exactly to the current 3d view. This allows a seamless blend between reality and model. Adding extra overlay information to this provides a rich experience in meetings and consultancy work.

Take a look below at some images and animations that show a small percentage of what it can do.

Fully Textured Mode, For the London Model

This Mode calls on cesium API to bring in google maps 3d Data. This is then transformed to the correct space.

A Few brief videos of the London Model

This is a short video showing a few snapshots of the City

Consents and Camera Match

From an early version of the london model this video shows the use of consented schemes, camera matching and measuring

Camera Match

A Camera match and the workflow for adding in a new building.

St Pauls Time of Day

A Small animation of the different render styles and the time of day feature

Model Manipulation

From an early version of the london model, bringing up consented schemes and adding in a developers scheme

Wooden Style

Different styles exist in the london model, including wood, toon, clay and fully textured

LVMF Views

Overlays Like the London View Management Framework can be accurately overlaid

Weather Effects

The London Model Contains a fully immersive weather system, rain, snow, fog, clouds

Time of Day

Models can be selected, turned on and off and the time of day can be matched to either a photgraph or to a custom time

Lighting effects

The London Model contains the latest raytraced lighting effects.

Data Overlays

Data overlays play a key part in bringing outside information into the london model

Camera Match 1

External Images can be brought into the london model to compare views

Camera Match Half

The London Model can overlay a photograph automatically on top of the 3d model to pinpoint accuracy

Sunset

A shot the late evening lighting effects

Data Overlays

ZVI

Here we see the ZVI feature calculating the viewing areas on the ground for a selected building

ZVI with bridges removed

ZVI with custom areas

PTAL

PTAL data overlay added to the city model

ZVI

A top down view of the ZVI

Top Down of the ZVI with bridges removed

Conservation Area Overlay

Conservation areas pulled from Open source government data on the fly to show conservation areas

Conservation and Listed Building

Listed buildings are now added to the conservation area to see key structures

Project Showcase

Time of Day Mode

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