Building Framing Templates for Custom BOM and Pre-Assembly Planning
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Solution Overview
Problem
The construction industry faces challenges in reducing design time and cost due to manual processes in estimating construction materials and costs, with existing automated systems failing to accommodate customization and providing quick results only for site designs and materials.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that generates building component specifications, designs structure templates based on type, receives plot information, identifies restrictions, and manipulates templates to create a final design, producing a bill of materials and calculating construction timelines, while selecting suppliers and optimizing shipping methods.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual operation is used to check construction materials and calculate costs, then customization and accuracy can be achieved, but the process takes a long time and is inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical operations with an automated computer-based system that uses optical scanning to capture building drawings and algorithmic processing to extract construction material quantities and costs. This substitution maintains measurement precision while dramatically improving productivity by eliminating manual checking and calculation processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically analyzing building drawings, identifying construction materials, calculating quantities, and generating cost estimates without requiring manual intervention. The automated processing allows the system to serve itself in performing tasks that traditionally required human operators, thereby increasing efficiency while maintaining accuracy.
2Productivity
If automated systems are used to calculate construction materials and costs, then productivity is improved, but customization capability is lost and results are limited to site designs and materials
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamics by allowing flexible configuration of processing parameters and adaptation to different building types, materials, and design requirements. The automated system can dynamically adjust its analysis based on the specific characteristics of each building project, maintaining both high productivity and customization capability through programmable flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables parameter changes by allowing users to modify various construction parameters, material specifications, and cost calculation factors to suit different building requirements. The automated processing can accommodate changes in building design, material selection, and construction methods while maintaining speed and accuracy, thereby achieving both productivity and adaptability.
3Measurement precision
If detailed analysis of each construction material and process is performed manually, then accurate cost estimation is achieved, but the construction period is extended
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual analysis operations with automated computer-based processing that rapidly scans building drawings, identifies construction materials, and calculates costs. This substitution maintains the detailed analysis required for accurate cost estimation while reducing the time required from days or weeks to minutes or hours, thereby minimizing loss of time without sacrificing measurement precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-processing and pre-analyzing building drawings to extract all necessary construction material information and cost data before the actual construction planning begins. This preliminary automated analysis provides accurate cost estimates quickly, allowing construction projects to proceed without time delays while maintaining estimation accuracy.
4Productivity
If multiple operators are used to perform manual analysis, then productivity is improved, but the process remains time-consuming and costly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces multiple human operators with a single automated computer-based system that performs construction material analysis. This substitution eliminates the need for multiple operators while dramatically reducing the time required for analysis. The automated system processes building drawings and calculates construction costs faster and more efficiently than any number of manual operators could achieve, thereby improving productivity while minimizing time loss.
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AI summary
The present invention is a method for developing a structure design comprising: generating, a catalog of building components; designing, a set of templates for a structure; identifying, a set of restrictions associated with a plot; receiving, a request for a specific type of structure to be constructed on the plot of land; providing, the set of templates of the type of structure, wherein the set of templates are distinct versions of the structure type and receiving a selection of one of the templates; receiving, a set of alterations to the template, wherein a final design is constructed; analyzing, the final design to identify each building component; producing, a pre-assembly plan for the final design; generating, a bill of materials for the final design, wherein the bill of materials accesses the catalog of building components; analyzing, the building components within the bill of materials.