Centralized Construction Detail Indexing in BIM Workflows
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current BIM software lacks a centralized system for hosting, indexing, searching, and distributing construction details, leading to inefficiencies such as manual searching across multiple sites, lack of organization, and outdated information.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for automatically hosting, indexing, searching, and distributing construction details within XD modeling program workflows, utilizing product component attributes, indexes, and various links to create electronic pathways for locating and selecting construction details.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If construction details are stored on multiple separate sites maintained by different suppliers, then the availability of construction details is improved, but the time and effort required to search and locate details increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple scattered construction detail sources into a single centralized repository that can be accessed by all users. The system merges data from multiple suppliers and sources into one unified database, eliminating the need to search multiple separate sites while maintaining comprehensive availability of construction details.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a centralized server as an intermediary between users and construction detail sources. This mediator consolidates access to multiple detail repositories and provides a unified search interface, reducing the time users spend navigating multiple sites while maintaining access to all available details.
2Device complexity
If construction details are manually organized without a centralized system, then the complexity of the system is reduced, but the organization and accessibility of information deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the construction detail management system into distinct functional modules: a centralized repository for storage, an indexing system for organization, a search engine for retrieval, and user interfaces for access. This segmentation allows the system to maintain low overall complexity while providing sophisticated organization and accessibility features through specialized components.
3Device complexity
If construction detail information is not updated systematically, then the simplicity of maintenance is improved, but the accuracy and currency of information deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the centralized system automatically detects when construction detail information becomes outdated or obsolete. The system monitors updates from suppliers and sources, compares them against the stored database, and automatically updates the repository to maintain current and accurate information without requiring manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables the construction detail repository to update itself automatically through systematic processes. The system autonomously retrieves updates from connected sources, validates the information, and integrates changes without requiring manual maintenance, thereby maintaining high information accuracy while keeping maintenance simple.
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AI summary
A method and system for automatically hosting, indexing, searching and distributing of construction details in modeling program workflows. Product component attributes, one or more indexes and plural different kinds of links are created to allow construction details to be organized, located and searched. The component attributes, one or more indexes and plural different kinds links allow a first, electronic one-to-many, general-to-specific, choice pathway and a second electronic many-to-one, specific-to-general, choice pathway to locate, view, download and distribute construction details from a web-site or directly within a three-dimensional (3D) or other dimensional modeling program. The one or more indexes and plural different kinds of links also include links from the components in a construction detail to actual physical product information such as product sheets.