RP-数字建筑设计研究的一种新方法

以设计发展过程为对象，观察3D模型为主要数据来源，探讨对数字建筑概念发展与呈现的影响。研究运用HP（快速原型）的彩色输出功能将数字模型实体化，作为设计互动过程中沟通的媒体。结果发现RP模型是连接虚拟世界与真实世界重要媒介之一。设计者可经由虚拟模型转换到实体模型的相互验证来提升设计操作的效率，使构件的物表属性与建筑空间型态得以和媒体形式相互搭配，而延伸建筑物表在设计表达上之自由度，并使设计过程中存在的大量信息因而简化。

Rapid Prototyping:A New Method of Digital-Architecture Design Study

This research explores the enlightenment on the design conceptualization and visualization in digital architecture.This study uses 3D models as the main source of data,taking the process of design development as its object.A rapid prototyping(RP) technology is used for 3D color output of design models.The substantiated digital models are used as an important media in design interaction.It is found from the study that RP models were an important media in connecting the virtual world and the real world.Designers could verify their intentions and thus increase efficiency by switching between both worlds.The surface attributes of components and the characteristics of architectural spaces could be merges with images,as a way to extend the freedom in the declaration of a surface's appearance.The large amount of design information can be simplified by explicit visualizing design data.