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Method of describing a building structure

  • US 5,983,010 A
  • Filed: 05/27/1997
  • Issued: 11/09/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of describing a building structure and producing data indicative of areas of surfaces and volumes of spaces of said building structure, comprising:

  • a) selecting a core structural information template from a plurality of possible core structural information templates wherein said core structural information template includes a member of the group selected from a predefined geometric form, a predefined orientation for said geometric form, labels assigned to one or more discrete surfaces, vectors and vertices of said geometric form, or a combination thereof, and wherein said core structural information template facilitates the input of data to generate a core structure representative of the geometric form, dimensions and orientation of all or part of said building structure;

    b) specifying an orientation of said core structure;

    c) specifying dimensions of said core structure;

    d) selecting one or more addition structural information templates from a plurality of possible addition structural information templates representing addition structures wherein said addition structures are additions to said core structure or to other addition structures, wherein said addition structural information templates include a member of the group selected from a predefined geometric form, a predefined orientation for said geometric form, labels assigned to one or more discrete surfaces, vectors and vertices of said geometric form, predefined constraints on the type of structures to which said addition structures may be added, predefined constraints on the locations of said addition structures, a predefined method for specifying the location of said addition structures, or a combination thereof, and wherein said addition structural information templates facilitate the input of data to generate one of said addition structures representative of the geometric form, dimensions, orientation and relative location of some part of said building structure;

    e) specifying an orientation of each of said addition structures;

    f) specifying dimensions of each of said addition structures;

    g) specifying a location of each of said addition structures relative to said core structure or relative to others of said addition structures; and

    h) calculating data indicative of areas of surfaces and volumes of spaces of said building structure using structural information generated by steps a) to g) inclusive.

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