Preliminary Investigation of the Visualization of Buildings in the OneSAF Environment

摘要

The next generation of Models and Simulation (M&S) for use in determining future force design, developing doctrine, training military leaders, and performing acquisition for the Army After Next is currently under development. The Army M&S program is developing software called One-Semi Automated Force (OneSAF) to fulfill the objectives of M&S. Special Forces units train for terrorist scenarios such as capture and occupation of structures that may include innocent hostages. Given available information about the building at the time, a realistic simulation is desired in order to train to neutralize the threat. At present, OneSAF has a capability to perform military operations within buildings, but a rapid method to produce a building model for the synthetic environment does not exist. In September 1999, ITL began an investigation of the visualization of buildings in the OneSAF environment. This report details the findings of this preliminary study. This effort is an attempt to apply M&S tools to the specific problem of visualizing structure interiors for Special Forces operations. These operations are rapid response operations that must be conducted within hours of the initial invasion of the structure. A target deadline of 3 days has been given as the metric for performing the modeling and training for the operation. This report is organized into chapters that address the state of modeling and capabilities that presently exist pertaining to buildings. A discussion of general modeling processes to proceed from a paper format to the format required for the OneSAF program are presented. Finally, various software packages, file formats, and programming controls and Application Programmer Interfaces are discussed that might shorten the modeling time required.