Facility Design and Management Systems Using Bi-Directional Cad-Des Interface

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for automatically communicating updates between a computer-aided-design (CAD) module that generates a representation of the physical structure of a facility and a discrete event simulator (DES) module that simulates processes occurring within the facility is disclosed. The method may include establishing a communication link between the CAD module and the DES module. The method may also include receiving, by a processor, an update to at least one of the representation of the physical structure of the facility generated by the CAD module or the processes simulated by the DES module, and automatically communicating, by the processor, data representing the received update between the CAD module and the DES module over the communication link

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