COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COLLABORATIVE STRUCTURAL FRAME DEVELOPMENT

摘要

Computerized methods and systems for modeling a structural frame of a building. One or more client computers [ITEM 12] and a central server are coupled to a data communications network [ITEM 14]. The central server receives a plurality of input parameters representative of design characteristics of the building frame from users via the client computers [ITEM 12]. The central server consolidates [ITEM 16] the input parameters according to a defined hierarchy among the users to resolve conflicts between two or more of the input parameters. The central server further generates a building frame model [ITEM 18] based on the consolidated input parameters to optimize construction of an actual building frame according to the model. The model assigns load values to load bearing members [ITEM 20] of the building frame based on connections between the members.