Israeli Software engineers help rehabilitate the Notre Dame Church in Paris

and demographers from Israel help rehabilitate the Notre Dame Church in Paris. The rehabilitation process requires the use of 3D imaging technology developed in cooperation with Autodesk TLV, the development center of the Autodesk Corporation in Tel Aviv, which develops technologies for the construction industry.

As part of the project, Notre Dame will be "reborn" automatically through AutoCAD software, which is also developed by Israeli high-tech, including all parts of the building and the roof that were burned. So that it is possible to wander between the wings and the floors and to redesign them.
The simulation will help meet the challenge set by French President Emmanuel Macaron to complete the renovation of the old building and reopen it until the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024. Tom Winter, Director of the Autodesk Development Center. Says that since there are no building plans for the old building, AutoCAD software allows them to be produced from any source of information available: regular photographs, scraper scans and even Assassin's Creed Unity computer game of UBISOFT, which takes place in Paris during the French Revolution. Another source of information is a three-dimensional laser scan of the cathedral by American art historian Andrew Talon, when the structure was still intact. "We take the photographs and the rest of the information, and on their basis create a three-dimensional model of the building, which is used to produce the building plans," says Winter.
The rehabilitation itself will also be managed with the help of another technology developed in Israel by BIM. The software enables the management of the tasks in the building, maintaining safety rules, meeting the standards and proper management of the personnel and the site's construction resources in order to safely promote the durability of the building and the roof, even under conditions of soil movements and later maintenance of the building. According to Winter, in contrast to printed architectural plans, we create a smart three-dimensional model that contains information about the quantities of concrete, aluminum or glass that will be needed. The computerized system is also capable of estimating weight, resistance to shocks and even expected traffic loads, thus helping to design the structure for many years ahead, with the vicissitudes of time and changes in the environment and climate.
The Paris municipality intends to use the imaging technology in the preparations for the Paris Olympics. The Eiffel Tower and the adjacent gardens will undergo a comprehensive 3D mapping that will serve as a basis for the renewal of the area. The general public will be able to follow the plans to travel in the "future Paris" using 3D glasses. The simulation and audience participation as large as possible in the design and decision stages make it possible to gain insight and improve the programs.
Autodesk has about 100 different software products. Autodesk's planning center in Tel Aviv employs 140 people, and was established and expanded following the acquisition of five Israeli start-ups.