Method and system for locating a centerline in wall frames for building load calculation and wall formation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025200234-A1
Application number	US-202318541555-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 15, 2023
Priority date	Nov 26, 2019
Publication date	Jun 19, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention is a

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer method for calculating the centerline of a wall segment, comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, an architectural drawing of floor plans of a building, wherein the floor plan includes interior and exterior walls with finishing materials; identifying, by one or more processors, features of the floor plan, wherein the features are physical aspects of wall segments; calculating, by one or more processors, the true width of the wall segments wherein the true width is that of framing members; calculating, by one or more processors, a centerline of the wall segments based on the true width; performing, by one or more processors, a load analysis, wherein a strength requirement for each wall segment is determined based on the building; generating, by one or more processors, a layout of framing members for each of the wall segments based on the load analysis and the centerline of the wall segments; generating, by one or more processors, layers of the framing member layout and the centerline layout of the floor plan.

2 . The computer method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying of the features of the floor plan, further comprising, removing, by one or more processors, features which are not associated with the wall segments.

3 . The computer method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying of the features of the floor plan, further comprising, tracing, by one or more processors, each feature of the floor plan to determine if the feature is associated with a wall segment.

4 . The computer method of claim 1 , further comprising, identifying, by one or more processors, apertures of the wall segments.

5 . The computer method of claim 1 , further comprising, processing, by on or more processors, the layers, so that the layers are correctly aligned based on the floor plans.

6 . The computer method of claim 1 , further comprising, providing, by one or more processors, options to allow the activation and deactivation of various layers through a user interface.

7 . The computer method of claim 7 , further comprising, generating, by one or more processors, a 3D model of the framing members.

8 . A computer program product for generating a framing member layout,
the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to: program instructions to receive a set of floor plans that comprise a building model; program instructions to identify features of the floor plan, wherein the features are the wall segments and apertures; program instructions to isolate the wall segments of the floor plans, wherein a wall segment layer is created; program instructions to calculate a true width of the wall segments, wherein the true width is that of framing members; program instructions to calculate a centerline of the true width of the wall segments; program instructions to generate a layer of the centerline; program instructions to perform a load analysis on the floor plans while taking into consideration the building model to determine structural requirements for each wall segment; program instructions to generate a framing member layout based on the structural requirements of the wall segments; and program instructions to generate a layer of the framing member layout.

9 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the identifying of the features of the floor plan, further comprising, program instructions to remove the features which are not associated with the walls and apertures.

10 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein framing member layout identifies interface between wall segments.

11 . The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising, program instructions to identify the apertures, so that the apertures and the walls as distinguishable.

12 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the calculation of the true width of the walls, further comprising, program instructions to identify the thickness of material beyond the true width of the wall segment and exclude the material beyond the true width of the wall segment in the calculation.

13 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein material properties are acquired for the load analysis.

14 . The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising, program instructions to format the centerline layer from a first software language to a second software language.

15 . A system comprising:
a CPU, a computer readable memory and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium associated with a computing device; program instructions to receive a set of floor plans, wherein the set of floor plans comprise a building; program instructions to identify wall segments of each of the set of floor plans and determine finishing materials which are part of the wall segment thickness; program instructions to calculate a true width of the wall segments, wherein the true width is of the framing members excluding the finishing materials; program instructions to generate a layer, wherein the layer is of a centerline of the true width of the wall segments; program instructions to perform a load analysis on the building, wherein a strength requirement for each wall segment is calculated; and program instructions to generate a layout of framing members for each wall segment.

16 . The system of claim 15 , further comprising, program instructions to determine a junction type between interfacing wall segments.

17 . The system of claim 15 , further comprising, program instructions to create a layer, wherein the layer is of the layout of the framing members for all of the wall segments.

18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the layout of the framing members taking into account the junction type between interfacing wall segments.

19 . The system of claim 15 , further comprising, program instructions to generate a 3 D model of the floor plans including the framing members.

20 . The system of claim 15 , further comprising, program instructions to identify apertures for the determination of the wall segments.

Assignees

• Consulting Eng Corp

Inventors

• Jalla Maharaj

Classifications

• G06F30/12

  characterised by design entry means specially adapted for CAD, e.g. graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for CAD · CPC title

• 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