An Algorithm Tool to Generate a Simplified “Digital Twin”

Digital Twins models were used basically to connect heterogeneous data and to allow the dialogue between different disciplines. But Digital Twin can also be considered a visual interface for complex information system, for simulating, monitoring, analyzing processes in order to define management strategy and sharing information. Thus, a Digital Twin can also be represented by a simplified 3D model as long as the level of detail respond adequately to analysis to be performed. In this paper we present the methodological process to define a fast generation of Digital Twin of churches using ChurMa (Church Maker), an algorithmic tool that allows you to obtain a 3D model of different types of Churches based on semantic decomposition and configurational rules. Starting from a preliminary study of many Churches in Campania aimed at identifying the appropriate level of detail suitable for reading by macro-elements, we derived the shape grammar rules used as input data to best adapt the parametric model to different compositional solutions. The main research goal is to define a parametric model, quickly adaptable to most of churches in Campania.We are testingChurMa to evaluate potential and limits in order to improve the tool. We are working on the user-friendly interface definition to allow the use of ChurMa even to unskilled users and to promote dissemination in different fields of applications.