发明名称 AUTOMATED RE-USE OF STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
摘要 Systems, methods, and apparatus allow for easy and efficient structural design and/or reconfiguration while using existing stock components. One or more implementations allow a designer to import a stock file containing an inventory of stock components that are usable as part of a structural design. In particular, one or more implementations allow the stock components to be used in a structural design while tracking, in real-time, the availability of stock components. Furthermore, one or more implementations automatically correlate stock components with existing components of a structural design or with new components as a designer inserts them into the structural design. Additionally, one or more implementations visually distinguish between new components in the structural design and stock components in the structural design. Furthermore, one or more implementations auto-select or modify surrounding components in the structural design to match an inserted stock component.
申请公布号 US2014214368(A1) 申请公布日期 2014.07.31
申请号 US201213579261 申请日期 2012.05.18
申请人 Loberg Barrie A. 发明人 Loberg Barrie A.
分类号 G06F17/50 主分类号 G06F17/50
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. At a computer system that includes one or more processors and system memory, a method for visually modeling a new structural design, in real-time, at a structural design software application, the method comprising acts of: importing a stock file, the stock file including a plurality of existing components that are used in an existing structural design, the plurality of existing components being available for use in the new structural design; identifying each of the plurality of existing components that are in the stock file; receiving user input that specifies a new design element of the new structural design; automatically identifying that one or more of the plurality of existing components corresponds with one or more components of the new design element; associating the automatically identified one or more of the plurality of existing components with the new structural design; and visually distinguishing between any existing components that are associated with the new structural design and any new components that are associated with the new structural design.
地址 Millarville CA