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US 9,939,807 B2Granted
Systems and methods for construction abstraction
OwnerLynwood J. Walker, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A frame design and a sheathing design for a design model may be produced by the systems and methods described herein. A processor in communication with a database may receive a design model comprising building specifications. The processor may define a panel in the design model and generate the frame design and the sheathing design for the panel.
Claims56
A method comprising:
- receiving, with a processor in communication with a database, a design model comprising building specifications;
- defining, with the processor, a panel in the design model;
- generating, with the processor, a frame design and a sheathing design for the panel;
- and
- generating, with the processor, fabrication instructions for the panel the fabrication instructions being configured to cause at least one automated construction system to automatically construct the panel:
- wherein either:
- the defining of the panel comprises:
- identifying, with the processor, a structural block in the design model,
- identifying, with the processor, a largest closed surface on the structural block and a closed surface closest to a ground plane on the structural block,
- determining, with the processor, a border of the largest closed surface,
- determining, with the processor, a border of the closed surface closest to the ground plane,
- transforming, with the processor, the border of the largest closed surface and the border of the closed surface closest to the ground plane into intersecting lines that intersect at edges or vertices where the largest closed surface and the closed surface closest to the ground plane meet,
- generating, with the processor, intersecting planes at predetermined intervals from the intersecting lines,
- determining, with the processor, points of intersection between the intersecting planes and the structural block,
- splitting, with the processor, the structural block at the points of intersection between the intersecting planes and the structural block to create a plurality of split sections of the structural block,
- defining, with the processor, each split section of the structural block as a panel, and extracting, with the processor, a frame surface design and a sheathing surface design from the panel;
- or
- the generating of the frame design and the sheathing design for the panel comprises:
- receiving, with the processor, material and/or structural specifications,
- extracting, with the processor, a frame surface design and a sheathing surface design from the panel according to the material and/or structural specifications,
- extruding, with the processor, the frame surface design and the sheathing surface design according to the material and/or structural specifications,
- subtracting, with the processor, the extruded frame surface design and the extruded sheathing surface design from the panel to determine a cavity, and
- defining, with the processor, the frame surface design and the sheathing surface design as a panel comprising the frame design and the sheathing design, or
- a combination thereof.
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A system comprising:
- a database;
- and
- a processor in communication with the database, the processor constructed and arranged to:
- receive a design model comprising building specifications;
- define a panel in the design model;
- generate a frame design and a sheathing design for the panel and
- generate fabrication instructions for the panel, the fabrication instructions being configured to cause at least one automated construction system to automatically construct the panel;
- wherein either:
- the processor is constructed and arranged to define the panel by:
- identifying a structural block in the design model,
- identifying a largest closed surface on the structural block and a closed surface closest to a ground plane on the structural block,
- determining a border of the largest closed surface,
- determining a border of the closed surface closest to the ground plane,
- transforming the border of the largest closed surface and the border of the closed surface closest to the ground plane into intersecting lines that intersect at edges or vertices where the largest closed surface and the closed surface closest to the ground plane meet,
- generating intersecting planes at predetermined intervals from the intersecting lines,
- determining points of intersection between the intersecting planes and the structural block,
- splitting the structural block at the points of intersection between the intersecting planes and the structural block to create a plurality of split sections of the structural block,
- defining each split section of the structural block as a panel, and extracting a frame surface design and a sheathing surface design from the panel;
- or
- the processor is constructed and arranged to generate the frame design and the sheathing design for the panel by:
- receiving material and/or structural specifications,
- extracting a frame surface design and a sheathing surface design from the panel according to the material and/or structural specifications,
- extruding the frame surface design and the sheathing surface design according to the material and/or structural specifications,
- subtracting the extruded frame surface design and the extruded sheathing surface design from the panel to determine a cavity, and
- defining the frame surface design and the sheathing surface design as a panel comprising the frame design and the sheathing design, or
- a combination thereof.
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