Structure Placement Using Prior Design Location Identification and Feedback

• US 20150205910A1
• Filed: 04/11/2013
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: Lindgren, Lawrence Stimson, Baublitz, Len M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,679,102 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/13 Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/15 Vehicle, aircraft or watercraft design

Abstract

A system and method for placing a structure in a design for an interior of an aircraft. An initial placement for the structure is received by a processor unit. A suggested placement for the structure is identified by the processor unit from a number of structure placement engineering designs in an engineering design database for the aircraft using the initial placement. The suggested placement for the structure is displayed by the processor unit.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

an engineering design database comprising a number of structure placement engineering designs;

a user interface configured to receive an initial placement for a structure in a design and to display a suggested placement for the structure; and

a suggested placement identifier configured to identify the suggested placement for the structure from the number of structure placement engineering designs using the initial placement.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the initial placement comprises a location for the structure;

the suggested placement identifier is configured to identify the number of structure placement engineering designs with a similar location to the location; and

the suggested placement comprises a suggested location for the structure.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein:

the initial placement comprises the location in an area of the design; and

the suggested placement identifier is configured to identify the number of structure placement engineering designs for the area.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the suggested placement identifier is configured to identify the number of structure placement engineering designs for a similar structure to the structure; and

the suggested placement comprises a suggested substitute structure for the structure.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein:

the structure is defined by a type of the structure; and

the suggested placement identifier is configured to identify the number of structure placement engineering designs for the type of the structure.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a value identifier configured to identify a value for the suggested placement for the structure; and

wherein the user interface is configured to display a value indicator indicating the value for the suggested placement for the structure.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the structure is in the design for an interior of an aircraft and is selected from a lavatory, a galley, a closet, a bar unit, seats, a wall, a divider, and a partition.

8. A method for placing a structure in a design, comprising:

receiving, by a processor unit, an initial placement for the structure comprising a location for the structure in the design;

identifying, by the processor unit, a number of structure placement engineering designs in an engineering design database for a similar structure to the structure and with a similar location to the location; and

displaying, by the processor unit, a suggested placement for the structure comprising a suggested location for the structure and a suggested substitute structure for the structure corresponding to the number of structure placement engineering designs.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein:

the initial placement comprises the location in an area of the design for an interior of an aircraft; and

identifying the number of structure placement engineering designs with the similar location to the location comprises identifying the number of structure placement engineering designs for the area.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein:

the structure is defined by a type of the structure; and

identifying the number of structure placement engineering designs for the similar structure to the structure comprises identifying the number of structure placement engineering designs for the type of the structure.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

identifying a value for the suggested placement for the structure; and

displaying a value indicator indicating the value for the suggested placement for the structure.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the structure is in the design for an interior of an aircraft.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the structure is selected from a lavatory, a galley, a closet, a bar unit, seats, a wall, a divider, and a partition.

14. A method for placing a structure in a design for an interior of an aircraft, comprising:

receiving, by a processor unit, an initial placement for the structure;

identifying, by the processor unit, a suggested placement for the structure from a number of structure placement engineering designs in an engineering design database for the aircraft using the initial placement; and

displaying, by the processor unit, the suggested placement for the structure.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein:

the initial placement comprises a location for the structure;

identifying the suggested placement for the structure comprises identifying the number of structure placement engineering designs with a similar location to the location; and

displaying the suggested placement for the structure comprises displaying a suggested location for the structure.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein:

the initial placement comprises the location in an area of the design for the interior of the aircraft; and

identifying the suggested placement for the structure comprises identifying the number of structure placement engineering designs for the area.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein:

identifying the suggested placement for the structure comprises identifying the number of structure placement engineering designs for a similar structure to the structure; and

displaying the suggested placement for the structure comprises displaying a suggested substitute structure for the structure.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the structure is defined by a type of the structure; and

identifying the suggested placement for the structure comprises identifying the number of structure placement engineering designs for the type of the structure.

19. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

identifying a value for the suggested placement for the structure; and

displaying a value indicator indicating the value for the suggested placement for the structure.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the structure is selected from a lavatory, a galley, a closet, a bar unit, seats, a wall, a divider, and a partition.