critical analysis of the absence of interior - Bilkent University
critical analysis of the absence of interior - Bilkent University
critical analysis of the absence of interior - Bilkent University
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commonly used <strong>interior</strong> architectural CAAD s<strong>of</strong>tware packages and <strong>the</strong>ir features,<br />
<strong>analysis</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>interior</strong> architectural domain requirements, and <strong>analysis</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> user<br />
needs ga<strong>the</strong>red from questionnaires and interviews both in <strong>the</strong> education and<br />
practice.<br />
Initially, <strong>the</strong> commonly used CAAD s<strong>of</strong>tware in <strong>interior</strong> architecture is analyzed and<br />
classified as general purpose and domain specific. Also, <strong>the</strong> feature lists <strong>of</strong> existing<br />
general purpose and domain specific CAAD s<strong>of</strong>tware are compared in order to reveal<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir sufficient and insufficient features that are intended to be useful for <strong>interior</strong><br />
architectural purposes. It is found that while general purpose ones are more detailed<br />
in ‘transformation’, ‘view’, and ‘rendering features’, <strong>the</strong> domain specific ones are<br />
detailed in ‘drawing’ features and elements. A unified feature list might be a solution<br />
for displaying all features.<br />
Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, user needs show most <strong>interior</strong> architects try to utilize general purpose<br />
CAAD s<strong>of</strong>tware through customization. The students and pr<strong>of</strong>essionals use ei<strong>the</strong>r<br />
general purpose CAAD s<strong>of</strong>tware or customized/improved versions <strong>of</strong> those s<strong>of</strong>tware<br />
packages. However, despite <strong>the</strong>ir reputation in CAAD industry, most general purpose<br />
CAAD s<strong>of</strong>tware packages can sometimes fail to solve real life problems <strong>of</strong> <strong>interior</strong><br />
architects. This <strong>the</strong>sis underlines <strong>the</strong> necessity <strong>of</strong> domain specific s<strong>of</strong>tware for<br />
<strong>interior</strong> architectural design purposes and procedures.<br />
User questionnaire and interviews served for <strong>the</strong> purposes <strong>of</strong> this <strong>the</strong>sis in many<br />
respects. Requirement elicitations provide a list <strong>of</strong> s<strong>of</strong>tware features and quality<br />
attributes that were confirmed by students and pr<strong>of</strong>essionals. Most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> critics<br />
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