CAD Document Auditing for Reliable Space Data Import
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Solution Overview
Problem
Computer-aided design (CAD) documents often contain issues such as unclosed polylines, missing or duplicate space codes, and overlapping boundaries, which inhibit the importation of data into space management programs, leading to inaccurate representation and user experience.
Innovation Solution
An audit program automatically identifies and corrects issues like unclosed polylines, missing space codes, and duplicate space codes by applying a rule set to CAD documents before import into a space management program, providing notifications and user inputs for resolution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If automatic audit and correction is implemented, then import accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing audit and correction operations on CAD documents before the import process. The system proactively identifies and resolves issues such as unclosed polylines, missing space codes, and duplicate codes in advance, preventing import failures rather than reacting to them during the import process itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary audit program that acts as a mediator between the CAD document creation process and the space management program import process. This intermediary layer validates and corrects data without requiring changes to either the CAD software or the space management program, resolving the complexity issue by isolating the validation logic in a separate component.
2Manufacturing precision
If manual correction of CAD issues is performed, then data quality is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by enabling the system to automatically detect and correct its own data quality issues. The audit program autonomously identifies problems such as unclosed polylines and missing space codes, and applies corrections without requiring manual intervention, thereby maintaining high data quality while eliminating the time cost of manual correction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual correction process with an automated computational system. Instead of users manually reviewing and fixing CAD document issues, the system uses algorithmic validation rules and automated correction mechanisms to detect and resolve data quality problems, substituting human effort with automated processing.
3Reliability
If comprehensive rule validation is applied, then reliability of import is improved, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing comprehensive validation checks before the actual import process. The audit program executes validation rules against the CAD document structure and data in advance, ensuring all necessary conditions are met before import begins, thereby guaranteeing import reliability without delaying the actual import operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies the skipping principle by enabling the system to quickly validate and correct common issues using predefined rules and patterns. For routine validation checks and standard correction scenarios, the system rushes through the validation process efficiently using optimized algorithms, maintaining high import speed while still ensuring reliability for complex cases.
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AI summary
Systems and techniques for auditing computer-aided design documents are described. A described technique includes receiving a computer-aided design document for import to a space management program; determining whether the computer-aided design document violates a rule set, wherein the rule set is configured to detect issues that inhibit importation of data from the computer-aided design document to the space management program; selectively modifying the computer-aided design document by resolving a violation of the rule set; and providing the modified computer-aided design document to the space management program.