Computer-aided modeling

A software product comprising a program stored in a program storage medium and readable by a computer, wherein the execution of the program on a computer makes the computer implement the following steps:

• defining a set of similarity conditions based on a first object representing a real-world article modeled by using the software product, the set of similarity conditions comprising at least one similarity condition defining upon a situation being similar enough with a first situation;
• defining a set of definitions indicating explicitly or inexplicitly one or more definitions of which at least one will be applied, the definitions being defined by means of software product;
• searching for a second object fulfilling the set of similarity conditions, the second object representing another real-world article modeled by using the software product;
• applying the set of definitions, wherein if the set of definitions relates to the similar situation they are applied to the first situation and if the set of definitions relates to the first situation, they are applied to the similar situation;
• and
• removing one or more conditions from the set of similarity conditions in response to the fact that a predetermined number of second objects fulfilling the set of similarity conditions were not found.

A computer system comprising:

• a computer comprising a computer program for computer-aided modeling, the computer program causing, when executed, the computer to:
• create a first and a second object both representing real-world articles and being created by defining a set of definitions;
• define a set of similarity conditions based on the first object, the set of similarity conditions comprising at least one similarity condition defining upon a situation being similar enough with a first situation;
• define at least one definition for the first object indicating explicitly or inexplicitly one or more definitions of which at least one will be applied;
• identify, by using the set of similarity conditions, whether the first situation of the first object and a situation of the second object are similar enough;
• and
• apply a definition of the first object to the second object in response to the situations being similar enough;
• and
• remove one or more conditions from the set of similarity conditions in response to the fact that a predetermined number of second objects fulfilling the set of similarity conditions were not identified.

A method comprising:

• defining, by means of a computer program for computer-aided modeling, a set of similarity conditions comprising at least one similarity condition defining upon a situation being similar enough with a first situation, the first situation relating to a first object representing a real-world article and being modeled using the computer program for computer-aided modeling;
• searching by the computer program for computer-aided modeling from a memory for a situation fulfilling the set of similarity conditions;
• finding, by the computer, a similar situation, the similar situation relating to a second object representing another real-world article and being modeled using the computer program for computer-aided modeling;
• defining, by means of the computer program for computer-aided modeling, a set of definitions of the similar situation, the set of definitions indicating explicitly or inexplicitly at least one definition amongst definitions of the second object that relate to the similar situation;
• and
• applying by the computer program for computer-aided modeling, the set of definitions of the similar situation to create a corresponding set of definitions to the first object;
• and
• removing one or more conditions from the set of similarity conditions in response to the fact that a predetermined number of situations fulfilling the set of similarity conditions were not found.

A method comprising:

• defining, by means of a computer program for computer-aided modeling, a set of similarity conditions comprising at least one similarity condition a similarity condition defining at least one of the following:
• upon a model of a building element entity being similar enough to a model of a first building element entity, upon at least a part of a model of a building element entity being similar enough to at least a part of the model of the first building element entity, and upon a model of a building element entity being in a similar enough situation as the model of the first building element entity, each model being modeled using the computer program for computer-aided modeling;
• defining, by means of the computer program, a set of definitions that will be used, the set of definitions indicating explicitly or inexplicitly at least one definition amongst the definitions in the model of the first building element entity;
• searching, by the computer program for computer-aided modeling from a memory comprising models of building element entities modeled using the computer program for computer-aided modeling, for a model of a building element entity fulfilling the defined set of similarity conditions;
• finding, by the computer program for computer-aided modeling, a similar model of a building element entity;
• using, by the computer program for computer-aided modeling, the defined set of definitions to create a corresponding set of definitions to the similar model of the building element entity;
• and
• removing one or more conditions from the set of similarity conditions in response to the fact that a predetermined number of models of building elements fulfilling the set of similarity conditions were not found,
• wherein the models of the building element entities represent real-world building articles used in construction sites.