Cloud-Based Design Standards System for Prefabricated Modules
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Solution Overview
Problem
In serial production, such as in car or building manufacturing, there is a need for consistent design standards to reduce interpretation variations among large, dispersed project teams, leading to increased costs and inefficiencies in design and production.
Innovation Solution
A design standards system utilizing cloud computing with remote servers and software networks for centralized data storage and online access, allowing for the efficient application of standardized design standards across all project levels, ensuring uniformity and continuous improvement of components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If design standards are interpreted by local design teams, then adaptability to site-specific conditions is improved, but manufacturing precision and consistency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses digital prototypes and standardized design templates that can be copied and applied across multiple projects. These digital copies ensure consistent design standards while allowing localized modifications through parameter adjustments rather than reinterpretation, thereby maintaining manufacturing precision while adapting to site-specific conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows design standards to be maintained through parameter-based customization rather than reinterpretation. Local teams can adjust specific parameters within standardized frameworks to accommodate site-specific conditions, ensuring both consistency in core design principles and adaptability to local requirements.
2Manufacturing precision
If centralized control of production system is implemented, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal standardized design framework that serves multiple functions: it provides centralized control for consistency, accommodates various project types through parameter adjustments, and enables automated documentation generation. This multi-functional approach reduces the need for separate systems while maintaining manufacturing precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual interpretation and documentation processes with automated digital tools. Software automatically generates design documents, checks compliance, and manages revisions, substituting mechanical human processes with automated systems that maintain precision without proportionally increasing complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If design standards require interpretation by architects, then adaptability to specific projects is improved, but loss of information increases
Solution Approach 1:
Digital prototypes serve as authoritative copies that preserve the original design intent. These digital templates can be replicated across projects with minimal interpretation, ensuring that design intent information is maintained accurately while still allowing for project-specific adaptations through controlled parameter modifications.
Data Source
AI summary
A project architectural design plan file represents information about an architectural design plan. The project architectural design plan file is compliant with a standardized program, and within each program, includes a plurality of prefabricated building modules. The requirements for the project are dictated by the program, which is included in the project as a program standards file. The requirements for the prefabricated building modules are set out in module design files. Information about components of the prefabricated building module is embedding in links of the project architectural design plan file.