Method and system for optimizing shipping methodology for 1-directional roof trusses

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11893315-B2
Application number	US-202016824670-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2020
Priority date	Nov 7, 2019
Publication date	Feb 6, 2024
Grant date	Feb 6, 2024

Abstract

The present invention is a system, comprising: isolate at least one roof truss from a building model; process a first set of data associated with the characteristics of the roof truss members, wherein the characteristics are related to the profile and length; process a second set of data associated with the assembly of the roof truss; create an assembly process of the roof truss, wherein an assembly and disassembly of the roof truss is performed to determine at least one assembly process based on the order of connecting the roof truss members from a construction perspective; formulate a package of the roof truss, wherein the package is organized based on assembly process; adjust the orientation of the members within the package based on the shipping vessel limitations and the other bundles of the model which are contained within the shipping vessel; and generate a graphical representation of the package.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer method, comprising:
extracting, by at least one processor, at least one roof truss from a building model;
analyzing, by at least one processor, a first set of data associated with positioning of each of roof truss members;
modeling, by at least one processor, a manipulated assembly of the roof truss based on a set of limitations, wherein the set of limitations are based on a shipping vessel;
simulating, by at least one processor, converting the roof truss from an original assembly to the manipulated assembly;
formulating, by at least one processor, a bundle of the roof truss, wherein the bundle is organized based on the manipulated assembly;
adjusting, by at least one processor, an orientation of at least one of the members of the bundle based on shipping vessel limitations and other bundles within the shipping vessel;
generating, by at least one processor, a graphical representation of the manipulated roof truss assembly and the roof truss, wherein the graphical representation includes a procedure for the manipulated assembly process and the assembly process.

2. The computer method of claim 1 , further comprising, simulating, by at least one processor, the assembly process of the roof truss.

3. The computer method of claim 2 , further comprising, analyzing, by at least one processor, a third set of data acquired from a simulation and the package to determine if the package is organized based on an assembly method template.

4. The computer method of claim 3 , wherein the formulation of the package, further comprising, comparing, by at least one processor, the simulation to a second simulation based on a second assembly method template.

5. The computer method of claim 1 , further comprising, generating, by at least one processor, a model of the package.

6. The computer method of claim 1 , further comprising, translating, by at least one processor, the members within the package based on a limitation set forth by the shipping vessel.

7. The computer method of claim 1 , further comprising, adjusting, by at least one processor, an orientation of the members within the package based on a member profile comparison, wherein the comparison determines similarities between the member profiles.

8. A computer program product for organizing a package for shipping, comprising:
one or more computer non-transitory readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer non-transitory readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to analyze a building model, wherein a set of roof truss assemblies are isolated, and wherein each roof truss assembly is comprised of a set of members and the interface between the members is analyzed;
program instructions to manipulate the set of roof truss assemblies into bundles;
program instructions to analyze the bundles relative to a set of shipping vessel limitations;
program instructions to process a transformation from an original assembly to the bundle;
program instructions to formulate an assembly process of each of the set of roof truss assemblies;
program instructions to simulate the assembly process of the set of roof truss assemblies, based on a disassembly of each of the set of roof truss assemblies; and
program instructions to generate a graphical representation of the package.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising, program instructions to process a third set of data acquired from a simulation and the package of the panel to determine if the package is organized based on an assembly method template.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the formulation of the package, further comprising, program instructions to compare the simulation to a second simulation based on a second assembly method template.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising, program instructions to generate a model of the package.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising, program instructions to translate the members within the package based on a limitation set forth by the shipping vessel.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising, program instructions to adjust the orientation of the members within the package based on a member profile comparison, wherein the comparison determines similarities between the member profiles.

14. A system, comprising:
a processor configured to:
isolate a roof truss from a building model, wherein the roof truss is in an assembled form; process a first set of data associated with the coordinates of the roof truss; process a second set of data associated with a set of members which formulate the roof truss; formulate a package of the roof truss from the assembled form based on a set of limitations of a shipping vessel; derive an assembly process of the roof truss using the second set of data, wherein the assembly process is the conversion of the roof truss from the package to the assembled form; simulate the assembly process of the roof truss; process a third set of data acquired from the simulation and the package to determine if the package is organized based on an assembly method template; and generate a graphical representation of the package.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the formulation of the package, further comprising, compare the simulation to a second simulation based on a second assembly method template.

16. The system of claim 14 , further comprising, generate a model of the package.

17. The system of claim 14 , further comprising, translate the members within the package based on a limitation set forth by the shipping vessel.

Assignees

• Consulting Eng Corp

Inventors

• Jalla Maharaj

Classifications

• G06F30/13 Primary

  Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads · CPC title

• G06T19/20

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

• G06F2111/02

  CAD in a network environment, e.g. collaborative CAD or distributed simulation · CPC title

• G06F2119/18

  Manufacturability analysis or optimisation for manufacturability · CPC title

• G06T2219/2004

  Aligning objects, relative positioning of parts · CPC title