Automated 3D Cable Tray and Support Design in Nuclear Galleries
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing three-dimensional design of electrical cable trays and supports in nuclear power plant galleries is manual, inefficient, prone to errors, and lacks reusability, complicating the design process and affecting quality due to human errors and varying gallery slopes.
Innovation Solution
A three-dimensional automatic design method that includes determining cable tray layout, obtaining gallery civil engineering data, generating cable tray routing, and automatically creating three-dimensional models of cable trays and supports based on preset naming rules, using a PDMS modeling platform.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual three-dimensional modeling is used for electrical cable trays and supports, then design flexibility and control are maintained, but design efficiency is low and the process is cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service automation where the software automatically generates three-dimensional models of cable trays and supports by extracting data from civil engineering models and applying preset design rules, eliminating the need for manual modeling operations while maintaining design quality
Solution Approach 2:
The invention performs preliminary actions by pre-defining design rules, naming conventions, and modeling parameters before the actual design process. The system prepares templates and constraints in advance, allowing automatic generation of models without requiring designers to make repeated manual decisions
2Reliability
If manual modeling is used, then design adjustments can be made flexibly, but human errors increase and quality consistency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where design rules and constraints are continuously applied and validated during automatic model generation. The software checks compliance with design standards and provides feedback loops to ensure quality consistency while maintaining operational simplicity through automated validation
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses copying by creating standardized templates and reusable model elements that can be automatically replicated. Once a correct model is established, it serves as a template that can be copied and adapted to multiple scenarios, ensuring consistency and reducing human error while maintaining flexibility for adjustments
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional design methods are used, then each project can be customized, but reusability is low and workload superposition occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves universality by creating a multi-functional automated design platform that can handle different project types, cable tray configurations, and support structures through a single unified system. The preset design rules and templates can be applied across multiple projects, enabling reusability while maintaining project-specific adaptability through parameter customization
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a three-dimensional automatic design method, and apparatus for cable trays and supports in a gallery, and a medium and a device. The method comprises the following steps: S20, determining cable tray layout design information of gallery cross-section. S30, obtaining gallery civil engineering model data, and automatically generating and displaying a cable tray routing based on the gallery civil engineering model data and the cable tray layout design information of gallery cross-section. And S40, automatically generating a three-dimensional model of electrical cable tray of the gallery according to the cable tray layout design information of gallery cross-section and the cable tray routing. And S50, automatically generating a three-dimensional model of electrical support of the gallery based on the cable tray layout design information of gallery cross-section and the three-dimensional model of electrical cable tray. S60: Automatically naming and storing the three-dimensional model of electrical cable tray and the three-dimensional model of electrical support according to a first preset naming rule. The three-dimensional design method can greatly improve the three-dimensional design efficiency of the gallery cable tray and the support, reduce human errors and improve the design quality.