Digital design and maintenance system and method
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1. A web-based plant document retrieval system, comprising:
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a hierarchy of components within a plant of a coal processing factory;
a database of documents and information related to the plant of the coal processing factory structured in accordance with said hierarchy;
a processor software application enters relevant information to identity function of each component into the database in an appropriate hierarchical location;
the processor software application creates a visual representation of the plant of the coal processing factory;
the processor software application creates a software tree whose nodes are corresponding to the hierarchy of components and sub-components of the plant of the coal processing factory;
the processor software application links nodes of the software tree and the visual representation to database stored entity information via Uniform Resource Locator (URL) strings created, where the linking maintains interrelationships between the components of the plant of the coal processing factory;
the processor software application dynamically creates a browser viewable web page for said URL strings by identifying a logical order for a browser viewable web page from information in the URL strings, the logical order defines relation of the browser viewable web page to other browser viewable web pages and a page generating function that interrelates data to a visual model using a plant identifier (ID), model identifier (ID), circuit identifier (ID), and unit identifier (ID);
the processor software application interrelates the web pages to one another in a manner corresponding to spatial relationship of the components and sub-components of the plant of the coal processing factory;
a digital visual model of the plant of the coal processing factory created using a digital photograph, where nodes of the software tree are assigned to plants within the model; and
the processor software application links nodes of the software tree to the web pages containing identify and functional information relative to the nodes.
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Abstract
A web-based plant maintenance system and method for organizing, retrieving, and displaying information relevant to plant maintenance which utilizes a database and a software application. Information relevant to plant maintenance is stored in the database. The software application utilizes the information to create a hierarchy of pages capable of being viewed in a web-browser. An end user can then access the appropriate page by navigating through the hierarchy, or by associating the web pages with design entities in a computer-aided drafting model.
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1. A web-based plant document retrieval system, comprising:
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a processor; a hierarchy of components within a plant of a coal processing factory; a database of documents and information related to the plant of the coal processing factory structured in accordance with said hierarchy; a processor software application enters relevant information to identity function of each component into the database in an appropriate hierarchical location; the processor software application creates a visual representation of the plant of the coal processing factory; the processor software application creates a software tree whose nodes are corresponding to the hierarchy of components and sub-components of the plant of the coal processing factory; the processor software application links nodes of the software tree and the visual representation to database stored entity information via Uniform Resource Locator (URL) strings created, where the linking maintains interrelationships between the components of the plant of the coal processing factory; the processor software application dynamically creates a browser viewable web page for said URL strings by identifying a logical order for a browser viewable web page from information in the URL strings, the logical order defines relation of the browser viewable web page to other browser viewable web pages and a page generating function that interrelates data to a visual model using a plant identifier (ID), model identifier (ID), circuit identifier (ID), and unit identifier (ID); the processor software application interrelates the web pages to one another in a manner corresponding to spatial relationship of the components and sub-components of the plant of the coal processing factory; a digital visual model of the plant of the coal processing factory created using a digital photograph, where nodes of the software tree are assigned to plants within the model; and the processor software application links nodes of the software tree to the web pages containing identify and functional information relative to the nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for creating a web-based plant document retrieval system, comprising steps of:
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defining a hierarchy of components within a plant of a coal processing factory;
creating a database of documents and information related to the plant of the coal processing factory;structuring the database in accordance with the defined hierarchy; entering relevant information to identity function of each component into the database in an appropriate hierarchical location; creating a visual representation of the plant of the coal processing factory; creating a software tree whose nodes are corresponding to the hierarchy of components and sub-components of the plant of the coal processing factory; linking nodes of the software tree and the visual representation to the database stored entity information via Uniform Resource Locator (URL) strings created by a software application, where the linking maintains interrelationships between the components of the plant of the coal processing factory; dynamically creating a browser viewable web page for said URL strings by identifying a logical order for the browser viewable web page from information in the URL strings, the logical order defines relation of the browser viewable web page to other browser viewable web pages and a page generating function that interrelates data to a visual model using a plant identifier (ID), model identifier (ID), circuit identifier (ID), and unit identifier (ID); interrelating the web pages to one another in a manner corresponding to spatial relationship of the components and sub-components of the plant of the coal processing factory; creating a digital visual model of the plant of the coal processing factory using a computer-aided design software application or digital photograph; assigning nodes of the software tree to plants within the model; and linking nodes of the software tree to the web pages containing identity and functional information relative to said nodes. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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