Abstract
One of the modern methods of testing new systems and interfaces in vehicles is testing in a vehicle simulator. Providing quality models of virtual scenes is one of tasks for driver-car interaction interface simulation. Nowadays, there exist many programs for creating 3D models of road infrastructures, but most of these programs are very expensive or canÂtt export models for the following use. Therefore, a plug-in has been developed at the Faculty of Transportation Sciences in Prague. It can generate road infrastructure by Czech standard for designing roads (CSN 73 6101). The uniqueness of this plug-in is that it is the first tool for generating road infrastructure in NURBS representation. This type of representation brings more exact models and allows to optimize transfer for creating quality models for vehicle simulators. The scenes created by this plug-in were tested on vehicle simulators. The results have shown that with newly created scenes drivers had a much better feeling in comparison to previous scenes.
Highlights
With emerging technologies, many branches of the technical sciences have appeared during the last few decades
In most modern driver simulators, the road infrastructure isn’t generated according to these standards. All of this provides a motivation for the creation of a tool which is able to generate 3D road infrastructures according to Czech Standard[2], developed for a minimal price and for wide-ranging applications
The developed plug-in is nowadays unique regarding its possibility to create NURBS models of road infrastructure according to standard ČSN 73 6101
Summary
Many branches of the technical sciences have appeared during the last few decades. In most modern driver simulators, the road infrastructure isn’t generated according to these standards All of this provides a motivation for the creation of a tool (as a plug-in for 3D modeling program) which is able to generate 3D road infrastructures according to Czech Standard[2], developed for a minimal price and for wide-ranging applications. For this purpose, we were looking for a software, where both design drawing and 3D modeling are possible. Besides the generation of road infrastructure models, a tool (plug-in) should be able to complete a scene around roads in such a way, that the resulting virtual scenery would be as close to reality as possible
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