Smart Plan Portal for Automated Building Design Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Building information modeling (BIM) using computer-aided design (CAD) software is a time-consuming and costly process, requiring users to design every aspect of a building, including structural and equipment components, often on-site and without efficient integration of predesigned elements.
Innovation Solution
A smart plan portal integrated with CAD software provides a library of predesigned elements that automatically integrate with each other, allowing users to select and place elements on a geometric grid for building design, generating structural and equipment components, and producing digital identifiers for each component, enabling streamlined building design and automated generation of bills of materials and machine control files.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If predesigned elements are used from a library, then design time is reduced, but integration complexity with adjacent elements increases
Solution Approach 1:
The placed element automatically integrates with adjacent elements through self-service mechanisms. The system autonomously performs integration tasks by detecting adjacent elements and establishing connections without requiring manual configuration, thereby reducing design time while managing integration complexity automatically.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback mechanisms to monitor the placement of predesigned elements and automatically adjusts integrations based on the detected configuration. This feedback loop ensures that elements are properly integrated with adjacent components while maintaining efficiency in the design process.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual design of structural and equipment components is performed, then customization is improved, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
Structural and equipment components are designed in advance as predesigned elements in a library. These pre-configured components can be directly selected and placed in the building design, eliminating the need for manual design during the main design process. This preliminary action maintains customization capabilities while significantly improving design productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The building design is segmented into independent predesigned elements (structural components, equipment components, architectural elements) that can be separately designed, stored in a library, and then assembled. This segmentation allows customization of individual components while improving overall design productivity through modular assembly.
3Manufacturing precision
If detailed design of every building aspect is performed, then design precision is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
Detailed design work is performed in advance on predesigned elements, which are then stored in a library with all necessary specifications and configurations. During the actual building design process, these pre-detailed elements are selected and placed, maintaining design precision while reducing the time required for detailed design work.
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AI summary
A smart plan portal that is used in conjunction with a computer aided design (CAD) software application module. The smart plan portal provides a library of predesigned elements that are presented for selection and placement for building design. Each placed element automatically integrates with adjacent elements and the overall building design. Based on the building design using the library of elements, structural components and equipment components are generated. Each component is associated with a digital identifier that is used to identify a number of attributes for the associated component.