Automated prefabricated wall frame assembly

A method for updating a three-dimensional model of a building comprising:

• providing a processor;
• receiving the three-dimensional model of the building;
• receiving, in relation to the three-dimensional model of the building, an indication from a user for a two-dimensional path for a wall;
• retrieving parameters for the wall from a database, wherein the parameters include one or more of:
• wall thickness, wall height, wall materials, and insulation type;
• determining a subset of prefabricated wall elements from a prefabricated component library, wherein the subset of prefabricated wall elements is compatible with a first part of the two-dimensional path and the parameters for the wall;
• selecting a prefabricated wall element from the subset of prefabricated wall elements;
• determining a second part of the two-dimensional path is not constructed using the subset of prefabricated wall elements;
• thereafter, generating a new prefabricated wall element compatible with the second part of the two-dimensional path and the parameters for the wall;
• preparing, using the parameters for the wall and the two-dimensional path for the wall, a model for the prefabricated wall element and the new prefabricated wall element for use in construction of the wall;
• preparing, using the processor, a three-dimensional model of the wall using the two-dimensional path, the parameters for the wall and the model for the prefabricated wall element and the new prefabricated wall element;
• adding the three-dimensional model of the wall to the three-dimensional model of the building;
• and
• fabricating the prefabricated wall element and the new prefabricated wall element to form a building structure.