Method and system for optimizing shipping methodology for 3-directional floor joists

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11715169-B2
Application number	US-202016832745-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2020
Priority date	Jan 14, 2020
Publication date	Aug 1, 2023
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023

Abstract

A system comprising; analyzing a building model, wherein a set of floor joists are isolated from other assemblies; processing a first set of data associated with the coordinates of the floor joists; processing a second set of data associated with the assembly of the floor joists; creating a set of data associated with the assembly of the floor joist and the coordinates of a set of floor joist members; formulating an assembly of the floor joist, wherein the assembly is a predetermined organization of the floor joists based on the first set of data and the second set of data; calculating the assembly based on a set of limitations, wherein the limitations are based on the shipping vessel; manipulating the assembly, wherein the manipulated assembly is within the limitations of the shipping vessel; and generating a graphical representation of the manipulated assembly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer method, comprising:
analyzing, by at least one processor, a building model, wherein a set of floor joists are isolated from other assemblies;
processing, by at least one processor, a first set of data associated with coordinates of each of the floor joists;
processing, by at least one processor, a second set of data associated with an assembly of each of the floor joists;
creating, by at least one processor, a set of data associated with the assembly each of the floor joists and coordinates of a set of floor joist members;
formulating, by at least one processor, the assembly of each of the floor joists;
manipulating, by at least one processor, the assembly of each of the floor joists, wherein a manipulated assembly of each of the floor joists is within the set of limitations of a shipping vessel;
generating, by at least one processor, a graphical representation of the manipulated assembly of each of the floor joists, wherein the graphical representation includes a procedure for an assembly process of the manipulated assembly of each of the floor joists and each of the floor joists; and
calculating, by at least one processor, the positioning of a set of reinforcement members.

2. The computer method of claim 1 , further comprising, simulating, by at least one processor, an assembly process of each of the floor joists, based on a disassembly of the assembly of the floor joist, wherein the assembly process is generated.

3. The computer method of claim 2 , further comprising, processing, by at least one processor, the manipulated assembly to identify additional material to reinforce the manipulated assembly for transportation.

4. The computer method of claim 3 , further comprising, generating, by at least one processor, a set of reinforcement members to integrate into the manipulated assembly.

5. The computer method of claim 4 , wherein the positioning of the set of reinforcement members aligns with the fastening locations of the interacting members.

6. The computer method of claim 1 , wherein the formulation of the assembly of each of the floor joists further comprises comparing, by at least one processor, the simulation to a second simulation based on a second assembly method template and determining a preferred manipulated assembly based on the assembly process and the comparison of the simulations.

7. A computer program product for generating an assembly of a set of floor joists for shipping, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer non-transitory readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to analyze a building model, wherein a set of floor joists are isolated from other assemblies;
program instructions to process a first set of data associated with coordinates of each of the floor joists;
program instructions to process a second set of data associated with the assembly of each of the floor joists;
program instructions to create a set of data associated with the assembly of each of the floor joists and the coordinates of a set of floor joist members;
program instructions to generate an assembly process of each of the floor joists, wherein the assembly process of each of the floor joists is a predetermined organization of the members of each of the floor joists based on the first set of data and the second set of data,
wherein the generation of the assembly process of each of the floor joists further comprises program instructions to compare a simulation to a second simulation based on a second assembly method template and to determine a preferred manipulated assembly of each of the floor joists based on the assembly process and the comparison of the simulations;
program instructions to calculate the assembly of each of the floor joists based on a set of limitations, wherein the set of limitations are based on a shipping vessel;
program instructions to manipulate the assembly of each of the floor joists, wherein a manipulated assembly of each of the floor joists is within the set of limitations of the shipping vessel; and
program instructions to generate a graphical representation of the manipulated assembly of each of the floor joists, wherein the graphical representation includes a procedure for the assembly of the manipulated assembly and each of the floor joists.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 , further comprising, program instructions to simulate an assembly process of each of the floor joists based on a disassembly of the assembly of each of the floor joists, wherein the assembly process is generated.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising, program instructions to process the manipulated assembly to identify additional material to reinforce the manipulated assembly for transportation.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising, program instructions to generate a set of reinforcement members to integrate into the manipulated assembly.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 , further comprising, program instructions to calculate the positioning of the set of reinforcement members.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the positioning of the set of reinforcement members aligns with the fastening locations of an interacting floor joist.

13. A system for generating an assembly of a set of floor joists for shipping, the system comprising:
one or more processors, one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
analyzing a building model, wherein a set of floor joists are isolated from other assemblies;
processing a first set of data associated with the coordinates of each of the floor joists;
processing a second set of data associated with the coordinates of each of the floor joists;
creating a set of data associated with the assembly of each of the floor joists and the coordinates of a set of floor joist members;
processing an assembly of each of the floor joists, wherein the assembly of each of the floor joists is a predetermined organization of the the floor joist members based on the first set of data and the second set of data;
calculating the assembly of each of the floor joists based on a set of limitations, wherein the set of limitations are based on a shipping vessel;
manipulating the assembly of each of the floor joists, wherein a manipulated assembly of each of the floor joists is within the set of limitations of the shipping vessel;
processing the manipulated assembly of each of the floor joists, wherein a manipulated assembly of each of the floor joists is within the set of limitations of the shipping vessel;
processing the manipulated assembly of each of the floor joists to identify additional material to reinforce the manipulated assembly of each of the floor joists for transportation;
generating a set of reinforcement members to integrate into the manipulated assembly of each of the floor joists;
calculating positioning of the set of reinforcement members, wherein the positioning of the set of reinforcement members aligns with fastening locations of an interacting floor joist; and
generating a graphical representation of the manipulated assembly, wherein the graphical representation includes a procedure for the assembly of the manipulated assembly of each of the floor joists and each of the floor joists.

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Assignees

• Consulting Eng Corp

Inventors

• Jalla Maharaj

Classifications

• G06Q50/28 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06Q10/06315

  Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis · CPC title

• G06T19/20

  Editing of three-dimensional [3D] images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts · CPC title

• G06T2210/04

  Architectural design, interior design · CPC title

• G06T2219/2008

  Assembling, disassembling · CPC title