Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.The Virtual Smart Campus for the University of Jaume I – Visca Uji – is a project
that aims to transform the University of Jaume I (UJi) into a “Smart Campus”. Several
applications are part of the Smart Campus such as Uji Place Finder, Energy
Consumption, Routes, Resources Management, and Indoor Mapping. Part of this
project is the creation of the 3D model of the university buildings using Esri software —
City Engine.
This study analysed two 3D modeling approaches: procedural modeling language
(CGA Shape) and manual modeling. The first, Computer Generated Architecture (CGA)
shape is an extension of set grammars that have been applied in CG successfully over
the years. And the second, CityEngine offers a set of shape creation and editing tools
that allows a more intuitive and pragmatic 3D modeling technique. Both approaches
have advantages and disadvantages, overall creating a 3D model by using procedural
modelling language showed to be the more efficient and pragmatic method