INTEGRATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING DIMENSIONED MODELING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A computer implemented system operative to store construction project information originating from multiple sources and to apply rules about the construction project so that it can provide integrated and dimensioned construction project information, comprising:
- physical computer storage that stores;
a first computer representation of information about a design of a construction project;
a second computer representation of objects and assemblies of objects included in the design;
a third computer representation of information about basic objects, such that said information about basic objects is sufficient to source or manufacture those basic objects;
a fourth computer representation of information relating the basic objects to the objects and assemblies of objects;
a computer representation of rules for aggregating the information about the basic objects, objects, and object assemblies; and
a fifth computer representation of information about the implementation of the design, anda computer system comprising computer hardware and software configured to apply the rules to generate or update a sixth computer representation of derived information about the design and the construction project based on the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth computer representations.
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Abstract
The disclosed inventions and embodiments relate to the propagation of information among workflow applications used by a design project such as a construction design project and the creation and use of dimensioned and animated models for such projects. The workflow applications may be extended to enable participation in the information sharing or the system may provide functionality external to the tools that facilitates the participation of the tools. Information from various sources, including the workflow applications and third party sources, can be represented and modeled in an animation system. Sometimes the propagation is enabled in part by a store of information that also enabled reuse and reporting. Information used and generated by the various workflow applications is kept consistent among the different workflow applications and among the different representations of that information.
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1. A computer implemented system operative to store construction project information originating from multiple sources and to apply rules about the construction project so that it can provide integrated and dimensioned construction project information, comprising:
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physical computer storage that stores; a first computer representation of information about a design of a construction project; a second computer representation of objects and assemblies of objects included in the design; a third computer representation of information about basic objects, such that said information about basic objects is sufficient to source or manufacture those basic objects; a fourth computer representation of information relating the basic objects to the objects and assemblies of objects; a computer representation of rules for aggregating the information about the basic objects, objects, and object assemblies; and a fifth computer representation of information about the implementation of the design, and a computer system comprising computer hardware and software configured to apply the rules to generate or update a sixth computer representation of derived information about the design and the construction project based on the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth computer representations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer implemented process comprising:
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storing a first computer representation of a design of a construction project; storing a second computer representation of objects and assemblies of objects included in the design of the construction project; storing a third computer representation of information about basic objects, such that said information about basic objects is sufficient to source or manufacture those basic objects; storing a fourth computer representation of information relating the basic objects to the objects and assemblies of objects; storing a computer representation of rules for aggregating the information about the basic objects, objects, and object assemblies; storing a fifth computer representation of information about the implementation of the construction project; and applying the aggregation rules to generate or update a sixth computer representation of derived information about the project based on the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth computer representations; wherein the process is performed by a computerized system that comprises computer hardware and software modules configured to perform the process; whereby the process stores construction project information from diverse sources and applies rules about the construction project to consistently update the information and enrich it beyond what any one of the sources could do alone. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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