摘要 |
An automated method (300) and system (200) generates a specification or construction of a building (1700) based upon a floor plan (100), and using modular elements (10, 60, 94, 96) selected from a predetermined set of modular lement types. Computer-readable input data representative of a user-generated loor plan (100) is received (302), which is made up of modular elements rranged in accordance with a regular grid (134). The input data is processed (304) to produce computer-readable specification data which includes a pecification for construction of a building from the modular elements, in ccordance with the floor plan (100). At least one output file is generated (306), hich includes information for use in construction of a building in accordance with he building specification data. The invention enables the design of modular uilding structures, which can be deployed relatively rapidly and cheaply, by sers having no particular skills in building design and/or structural engineering. he system and method are therefore particularly useful for meeting building eployment requirements in remote areas, and in circumstances such as military perations or response to natural disasters.
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