Building Model Navigation for Nonparametric Global Editing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Building analysis software often produces complex results that require significant interpretation by users, making it difficult to achieve timely and integrated holistic design, especially in diverse and complex sustainable building designs, which often necessitates multiple skilled individuals and is not performed effectively.
Innovation Solution
An integrated analysis and design environment with modules such as a design advisor, workflow navigator, intelligent room groups, model merge, and smart templates that actively manage user navigation and data interpretation, providing automated analysis, report generation, and data reuse to enhance productivity and reduce user error.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If building analysis software is used to analyze complex sustainable building designs, then analysis capability is improved, but user interpretation burden increases and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an integrated analysis and design environment that acts as an intermediary between building analysis software and users. This environment automatically interprets complex analysis results, merges models from multiple sources, and presents simplified information to users, thereby maintaining high analysis capability while eliminating the interpretation burden and improving productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically performing data interpretation, model merging, and result synthesis without requiring user expertise. The software autonomously processes complex sustainable building design analyses and generates actionable insights, allowing users to obtain results without needing to understand the underlying complex calculations.
2Reliability
If multiple skilled individuals are involved in sustainable building design, then design quality is improved, but coordination complexity increases and time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple building models and data sources from different skilled individuals into a single integrated model within the analysis and design environment. This consolidation automatically synchronizes changes and maintains data consistency, preserving design quality while eliminating the time-consuming coordination and communication overhead that would otherwise be required.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated environment serves as a universal platform that handles multiple functions including model merging, data interpretation, analysis coordination, and result synthesis. This multi-functional system replaces the need for multiple specialized tools and coordination processes, maintaining comprehensive design quality while reducing overall coordination time.
3Productivity
If automated analysis and data interpretation are implemented, then productivity is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex automated analysis system into distinct functional modules including model merging, data interpretation, analysis execution, and result presentation. Each module handles a specific aspect of the process, making the overall system complexity manageable while maintaining high productivity through automation. The modular structure allows independent development and maintenance of each function.
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AI summary
A system and method of navigating modeling of a building, including: receiving nonparametric user input building design data, organizing the nonparametric user input building design data, and globally editing the non-parametric data element in multiple objects within a building design.