3d Reconstruction and Simulating Assembly of Ancient Chinese Timber-structure Building

In this paper, Chi Lin Nunnery, the imitation of early Tang-Dynasty timber-structure building in Hong Kong, is used as an example to perform 3D model reconstruction and demonstrate the assembling process, as well as make a digital database of buildings. This paper gives an introduction to the features of ancient Chinese timber-structure buildings and also the workflow of 3D reconstruction of ancient timber-structure buildings, and mainly discusses about ways of 3D database collection, 3D modeling, collision detection and other key technologies. The research of this article could provide effective methods to protect, research, repair and restore ancient timber-structure buildings and a potent way to manage project’s quality.