BIM modelling with flexibility attributes
AssigneeLuxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (List)
InventorsSylvain Kubicki, Elie Daher
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a method of digitally modeling in two, three or more dimensions an infrastructure (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4), comprising using digital two, three, four, five or more dimensional objects; and attributing at least one flexibility attribute (8.2, 8.3) to at least one of the objects (4, 6, 10). Several digital two, three or more dimensions infrastructure models (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4) are merged and managed by automatically detecting (14) potential conflict(s) between objects (6, 10) of the models (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4) and by automatically searching (16) for at least one possible solution to each of the at least one conflict, based on the flexibility attribute(s) (8.2, 8.3) of the objects (6, 10) related to the conflict.
Claims18
A method of computationally digitally modeling in two, three, or more dimensions an infrastructure, comprising:
- computationally using digital two- or three-dimensional objects and computationally attributing at least one flexibility attribute to at least one of the objects;
- wherein each of the flexibility attributes comprises at least one flexibility tolerance relating to a corresponding object;
- wherein each of the flexibility attributes is designed for being used in an automated conflict resolution of the corresponding object with another digital two- or three-dimensional object when computationally merging said infrastructure model with another infrastructure model;
- wherein each of the tolerance(s) is a flexibility parameter taken from a following list:
- position, dimension, cost, time for change, state of progress, state of storage, and any combination thereof,
- related to said object;
- wherein each of the at least one flexibility attribute comprises a numerical value computed on a basis of corresponding flexibility parameters, said computation resulting in averaging said parameters;
- said method comprising following steps:
- (a) importing and aggregating the models with the at least one flexibility attribute;
- (b) automatically detecting potential conflict(s) between objects of the models;
- (c) automatically searching for at least one possible solution to each of the at least one conflict, based on the flexibility attribute(s) of the objects related to the conflict.
A method for computationally merging and managing several digital two, three, or more dimensional infrastructure models;
- wherein at least one of the models is generated using digital two- or three-dimensional objects and attributing at least one flexibility attribute to at least one of the objects, wherein each of the flexibility attributes comprises at least one flexibility tolerance relating to a corresponding object;
- wherein each of the tolerance(s) is a flexibility parameter taken from a following list:
- position, dimension, cost, time for change, state of progress, state of storage, and any combination thereof;
- related to said object;
- wherein each of the at least one flexibility attribute comprises a numerical value computed on a basis of corresponding flexibility parameters, said computation resulting in averaging said parameters;
- said method comprising following steps:
- (a) importing and aggregating the models with the at least one flexibility attribute;
- (b) automatically detecting potential conflict(s) between objects of the models;
- (c) automatically searching for at least one possible solution to each of the at least one conflict, based on the flexibility attribute(s) of the objects related to the conflict.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program having instructions that are executable by a computer, the instructions configuring said computer to perform steps of merging and managing several digital two, three, or more dimensional infrastructure models;
- wherein at least one of the models is generated using digital two- or three-dimensional objects and attributing at least one flexibility attribute to at least one of the objects, wherein each of the flexibility attributes comprises at least one flexibility tolerance relating to a corresponding object;
- wherein each of the tolerance(s) is a flexibility parameter taken from a following list:
- position, dimension, cost, time for change, state of progress, state of storage, and any combination thereof,
- related to said object;
- wherein each of the at least one flexibility attribute comprises a numerical value computed on a basis of corresponding flexibility parameters, said computation resulting in averaging said parameters;
- said method comprising following steps:
- (a) importing and aggregating the models with the at least one flexibility attribute;
- (b) automatically detecting potential conflict(s) between objects of the models;
- (c) automatically searching for at least one possible solution to each of the at least one conflict, based on the flexibility attribute(s) of the objects related to the conflict.
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