System and method for industrial plant design collaboration
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsYanyan Wu, Michael Poole, Cherine Foutch, Daniel Kessler, William Masters
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Abstract
A system includes a collaborative design system that includes a processor configured to display an industrial plant layout on a display. The processor is also configured to overlay the industrial plant layout onto a geographic image. Further, the processor is configured to receive one or more inputs from a plurality of remote users. In addition, the processor is configured to manipulate the layout with respect to the geographic image based on the one or more inputs. Moreover, the processor is configured to create an industrial plant design based on the industrial plant layout and the geographic image.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a collaborative design system comprising a processor, the processor configured to:
- display an industrial plant layout on a display;
- overlay the industrial plant layout onto a geographic image;
- receive one or more inputs from a plurality of remote users, wherein the one or more inputs comprise graphical user interface (GUI) inputs;
- manipulate the industrial plant layout with respect to the geographic image based on the one or more inputs;
- show the manipulation of the industrial plant layout to the plurality of remote users as a user of the plurality of remote users manipulates the industrial plant layout via a GUI input;
- execute a constraint model to derive if a design constraint has been infringed based on the industrial plant layout manipulation, wherein the design constraint comprises a distance between a gas turbine system component and a steam turbine system component;
- and
- create an industrial plant design based on the industrial plant layout and the geographic image.
A method, comprising:
- displaying, via a processor, an industrial plant layout on a display;
- overlaying, via the processor, the industrial plant layout onto a geographic image;
- receiving, via the processor, one or more inputs from a plurality of remote users, wherein the one or more inputs comprise graphical user interface (GUI) inputs;
- manipulating, via the processor, the industrial plant layout with respect to the geographic image based on the one or more inputs;
- showing the manipulation of the industrial plant layout to the plurality of remote users as a user of the plurality of remote users manipulates the industrial plant layout via a GUI input;
- executing a constraint model to derive if a design constraint has been infringed based on the industrial plant layout manipulation, wherein the design constraint comprises a distance between a gas turbine system component and a steam turbine system component;
- and
- creating, via the processor, an industrial plant design based on the industrial plant layout and the geographic image.
A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising machine-readable instructions configured to:
- display an industrial plant layout on a display;
- overlay the industrial plant layout onto a geographic image;
- receive one or more inputs from a plurality of remote users, wherein the one or more inputs comprise graphical user interface (GUI) inputs;
- manipulate the industrial plant layout with respect to the geographic image based on the one or more inputs;
- show the manipulation of the industrial plant layout to the plurality of remote users as a user of the plurality of remote users manipulates the industrial plant layout via a GUI input;
- execute a constraint model to derive if a design constraint has been infringed based on the industrial plant layout manipulation, wherein the design constraint comprises a distance between a gas turbine system component and a steam turbine system component;
- and
- create an industrial plant design based on the industrial plant layout and the geographic image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.