Drawing standards management and quality control

• US 20080316206A1
• Filed: 06/22/2007
• Published: 12/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brett Binkley, Jerry Jaynes
• Original Assignee: Brett Binkley, Jerry Jaynes
• Inventors: Binkley, Brett, Jaynes, Jerry
• Application Number:
  US11/821,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20080316206A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/420
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2111/02 CAD in a network environment, e.g. collaborative CAD or distributed simulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

The computer implemented business method for marketing a CADD standards management system of the present invention comprises providing a CADD user with a centralized distributive control system for managing, controlling and updating CADD standards from a single source, permitting interactive input from a client, enabling data analysis of information included with the standards, and marketing the products of that system.

Claims

1. In a computer aided drafting and design environment, a system of managing and updating CADD standards from a single source comprising:

(a) A centralized network standards distributive control system, said system comprising a first computer in data communication with a network, the user interface application of the present invention, a single source compilation of CADD standards coupled to said user interface application, and a standards control entity;

(b) A network;

(c) CADD drawing production system comprising a second computer in data communication with said network, a CADD software application, and a CADD drawing coupled to said CADD application requiring input of said standards from said compilation; and

(d) Said centralized network distributive control system coupled to said CADD drawing production system.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said user interface application comprises a plurality of additional command functions.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said user interface application comprises automatic input and update of said standards.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said compilation of CADD standards comprises embedded data.

5. A CADD drawing of the system of claim 1.

6. A method of CADD standards quality control comprising:

(a) Providing a single source compilation of said CADD standards in a user interface application of the present invention on a first computer, said first computer in data communication with a network;

(b) Accessing said network;

(c) Accessing a second computer in data communication with said network, said second computer comprising a CADD application, and a drawing comprising said CADD standards;

(d) Communicating said user interface application located on said first computer with said CADD application located on said second computer;

(e) Placing said single source compilation of CADD standards on said first computer in data communication with said CADD application drawing on said second computer;

(f) Comparing said standards in said drawing with said standards in said single source standards compilation;

(g) Recognizing standards resident in said drawing that vary from said respective standards in said compilation;

(h) Transferring a standard from said single source compilation of CADD standards on said first computer to said design drawing on said second computer;

(i) Updating said drawing.

7. A CADD drawing by the method of claim 6.

8. A computer implemented method of business for marketing and providing interactive, single source CADD drawing standards management and quality control to a client via a network, the steps comprising:

(a) providing an on-line centralized network standards distributive control system, said system comprising a first computer in data communication with a network, the user interface application of the present invention, a single source compilation of client CADD standards information coupled to said user interface application, and management of said standards information by a standards control entity;

(b) providing said client with access to data communication with said system, said client accessing said system via a CADD application operable on a second computer, said CADD application comprising a drawing;

(c) accepting command inputs by said client to access said system and retrieve said standard information from said system compilation;

(d) said client selecting standards information on said system related to said drawing resident in said CADD application on said second computer;

(e) transmitting said information over said network from said system to said second computer;

(f) displaying said transmitted standard information on said second computer;

(g) said client importing said displayed information into said CADD application drawing;

(h) said client completing said drawing.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein said client interacts with said system to update said standards information in said drawing from said compilation of standards information.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein said standards information is customized to the requirements of said client.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein said standards information is manually updated by said standards control entity.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein said standards control entity is said client.

13. The method of claim 8 wherein said system provides automatic input and update of said standards information in said drawing.

14. The method of claim 8 wherein said compilation of standards information comprises embedded data.

15. The method of claim 8 wherein said compilation of standards information comprises scalable data.

16. The method of claim 8 wherein said compilation of standards information comprises embedded data analyzed into sub-sets of said embedded data.

17. The method of claim 8 wherein said compilation of standards information comprises a feature table

18. The method of claim 8 wherein said compilation of standards information comprises embedded data comprising price or cost information of an object in said drawing.

19. The method of claim 8 wherein said compilation of standards information comprises embedded data supporting bid tabulation analysis.

20. The method of claim 8 wherein said compilation of standards information comprises embedded data supporting asset identification analysis.

21. The method of claim 8 wherein said compilation of standards information comprises embedded data supporting asset valuation analysis.

22. The method of claim 8 wherein said compilation of standards information comprises embedded data supporting a loan valuation analysis.