Attribute-Based 2D Document Hierarchy for Capital Projects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Large-scale capital projects face inefficiencies due to the lack of coordination between 2D documents generated by 3D design programs, leading to lost relationships between components across multiple documents, which hampers project management and increases costs.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that utilize attribute-based rules to logically connect 2D documents, maintaining a hierarchy that dynamically changes based on attribute updates, allowing users to easily access and update relevant documents, thereby maintaining consistent data across the project.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If 3D design programs generate 2D documents for capital projects, then documentation coverage is improved, but coordination between documents deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple 2D documents into a unified hierarchical structure where documents are logically connected through parent-child relationships. This allows the system to maintain comprehensive documentation coverage while ensuring coordination between documents through the hierarchy, resolving the contradiction between quantity of documentation and coordination quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the documentation system into a hierarchical structure with multiple levels (e.g., system level, component level, detail level). This segmentation allows each 2D document to focus on specific aspects while maintaining coordination through the hierarchical relationships, solving the contradiction between comprehensive coverage and document coordination.
2Ease of manufacture
If 2D documents are generated without hierarchical organization, then document generation simplicity is improved, but information retrieval efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary organization of documents into a hierarchical structure during the document generation phase. This preliminary action establishes the relationships between documents before they are needed for information retrieval, allowing simple generation while enabling efficient retrieval through the pre-established hierarchy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a hierarchical dimension to the document organization, transforming flat document generation into a multi-level structured system. This dimensional change maintains generation simplicity while dramatically improving information retrieval efficiency through the organized hierarchy.
3Adaptability or versatility
If attribute-based rules are applied dynamically, then adaptability of document hierarchy is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses attribute-based rules that dynamically change the hierarchy structure based on document attributes. By applying parameter changes to the hierarchical organization, the system achieves adaptability while managing complexity through rule-based automation rather than manual reconfiguration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a self-service system where the hierarchy automatically adjusts itself based on attribute changes in documents. The system monitors and responds to attribute modifications, dynamically reorganizing the hierarchy without external intervention, which improves adaptability while containing complexity through automated behavior.
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AI summary
An apparatus and/or method of managing a large capital project obtains access to 2D capital project documents (“2D documents”) produced using project data generated by a 3D design program. The documents are logically related through a hierarchy that is defined by a plurality of attribute based rules. Next, the method and/or apparatus access a given 2D document. Like others, the given 2D document has a specific given attribute and is in a given hierarchical level. The method and/or apparatus then applies at least one of the attribute based rules to the given attribute of the given 2D document, and determines, as a function of applying that attribute based rule, which different 2D document in the plurality of 2D documents in another hierarchical level to access. The method and/or apparatus accordingly accesses the different 2D document as a function of the application of the noted attribute based rule to given attribute.