Automated clash detection using two-dimensional drawings

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is provisioned with program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing platform to:

• obtain a set of two-dimensional (2D) drawings for a construction project;
• from the set of 2D drawings, identify a subset of 2D drawings that are associated with a given location of the construction project;
• identify a first 2D drawing and a second 2D drawing from the subset of 2D drawings for inclusion in an automated clash detection analysis;
• based on comparing a first set of key points for the first 2D drawing and a second set of key points for the second 2D drawing, align the first and second 2D drawings and thereby produce an overlay of the first and second 2D drawings;
• analyze the first 2D drawing to (i) identify a first set of distinct objects depicted in the first 2D drawing and (ii) semantically classify the first set of distinct objects in accordance with a predefined group of object classes;
• analyze the second 2D drawing to (i) identify a second set of distinct objects depicted in the second 2D drawing and (ii) semantically classify the second set of distinct objects in accordance with the predefined group of object classes;
• perform an evaluation of the first set of distinct objects as compared to the second set of distinct objects;
• and
• based on the evaluation, identify an object clash representing a design conflict between a first distinct object in the first set of distinct objects that is assigned to a first object class and a second distinct object in the second set of distinct objects that is assigned to a second object class.

A method carried out by a computing platform, the method comprising:

• obtaining a set of two-dimensional (2D) drawings for a construction project;
• from the set of 2D drawings, identifying a subset of 2D drawings that are associated with a given location of the construction project;
• identifying a first 2D drawing and a second 2D drawing from the subset of 2D drawings for inclusion in an automated clash detection analysis;
• based on comparing a first set of key points for the first 2D drawing and a second set of key points for the second 2D drawing, aligning the first and second 2D drawings and thereby producing an overlay of the first and second 2D drawings;
• analyzing the first 2D drawing to (i) identify a first set of distinct objects depicted in the first 2D drawing and (ii) semantically classify the first set of distinct objects in accordance with a predefined group of object classes;
• analyzing the second 2D drawing to (i) identify a second set of distinct objects depicted in the second 2D drawing and (ii) semantically classify the second set of distinct objects in accordance with the predefined group of object classes;
• performing an evaluation of the first set of distinct objects as compared to the second set of distinct objects;
• and
• based on the evaluation, identifying an object clash representing a design conflict between a first distinct object in the first set of distinct objects that is assigned to a first object class and a second distinct object in the second set of distinct objects that is assigned to a second object class.