Method and system of using standardized structural components
A method and system disclosed herein provides generating an architectural diagram describing an architectural layout of a building, wherein one or more walls of the building are designated as standardized structural walls, automatically positioning each of the standardized structural walls to a geometric grid, and mapping (or “placing”), using a computer, one or more of a plurality of standardized structural components, including standardized panels, standardized columns, and standardized trusses to coordinates of the geometric grid.
1. A method comprising:
generating an architectural diagram describing an architectural layout of a building, wherein one or more walls of the building are designated as standardized structural walls;
automatically positioning, using a computer, each of the standardized structural walls to a geometric grid by aligning the each of the standardized structural walls along grid lines of the geometric grid and along grid line intersections of the geometric grid; and
mapping, one or more of a plurality of standardized structural components to coordinates of the geometric grid, wherein mapping one or more of a plurality of standardized structural components further comprises solving a plurality of mapping solutions for the each of the one or more standardized structural walls and selectin one of the plurality of mapping solutions for the each of the one or more standardized structural walls based on a predetermined criterion wherein the predetermined criterion is minimization of the number of structural columns supporting the each of the plurality of standardized structural walls.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of standardized structural components comprises standardized panels, standardized columns, and standardized trusses.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein mapping one or more of a plurality of standardized structural components further comprises solving a plurality of mapping solutions for the each of the one or more standardized structural walls by analyzing the grid lines based on a structural performance criterion, determining position and direction of standardized trusses, and determining a layout of standardized panels based on location of openings in the one or more standardized structural walls.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the solving a plurality of mapping solutions for each of the plurality of walls further comprises analyzing the each of the plurality of standardized structural walls in a standardized increment.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a standardized structural component list including unique identification for each of the plurality of standardized structural components for the each of the plurality of standardized structural walls.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a plurality of identification codes; and
uniquely associating one or more of the plurality of identification codes with each of the one or more of the plurality of the standardized structural components.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising generating a plurality of resource identifiers and associating each of the plurality of identification codes with one of the plurality of resource identifiers.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising attaching an identification tag including the identification code to one or more of the plurality of standardized structural components.
9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising associating each of the plurality of identification codes with a location code, wherein the location code identifies a location of one of the standardized structural components within the building.
10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising associating a status of the one or more of the standardized structural components with the identification code associated with the one or more of the standardized structural components.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically generating (1) a three-dimensional model of the building, the three-dimensional model identifying the one or more of a plurality of standardized structural components within the building and (2) shop drawings and specifications for the building.
12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising automatically generating a bill of material using the three-dimensional model of the building, the bill of material comprising the quantities of at least one of stud elements, track elements, connecting plates, column elements, and connectors.
13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
automatically generating a macro file comprising track element specifications and stud element specifications;
transferring the macro file to a light gauge roll forming machine; and
communicating with the light gauge roll forming machine using the macro file to control positioning of at least one of punches, dimples and lengths of at least one of the track elements and the stud elements.
14. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing computer executable instructions for performing a computer process on a computing system, the computer process comprising:
generating an architectural diagram describing an architectural layout of a building, wherein one or more walls of the building are designated as standardized structural walls;
automatically positioning, using a computer, each of the standardized structural walls to a geometric grid by aligning the each of the standardized structural walls along grid lines of the geometric grid and along grid line intersections of the geometric grid;
solving a plurality of mapping solutions for the each of the one or more standardized structural walls;
selecting one of the plurality of mapping solutions for the each of the one or more standardized structural walls based on a predetermined criterion, wherein the predetermined criterion is minimization of the number of structural columns supporting the each of the plurality of standardized structural walls; and
mapping, one or more of a plurality of standardized structural components to coordinates of the geometric grid based on the selected mapping solution.
15. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of standardized structural components comprises standardized panels, standardized columns, and standardized trusses.
16. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 14 , wherein the solving a plurality of mapping solutions for each of the plurality of walls further comprises analyzing the each of the plurality of standardized structural walls in predetermined increments.
17. A system, comprising:
a design module configured to generate an architectural diagram describing an architectural layout of a building, wherein the design module is configured to allow designating one or more walls of the building as standardized structural walls;
a geometric grid module configured to generate a geometric grid having grid lines and grid intersections and to position, one or more of the standardized structural walls to the geometric grid by aligning the each of the standardized structural walls along the grid lines and along the grid line intersections;
a mapping solution module comprising one or more computerized instructions stored on a computer memory, the mapping solution module configured to map, using a processor, one or more of a plurality of standardized structural components to the grid lines and the grid line intersections; and
an output module configured to:
automatically generating a macro file comprising track element specifications and stud element specifications for the standardized structural components;
transferring the macro file to a light gauge roll forming machine; and
communicating with the light gauge roll forming machine using the macro file to control positioning of at least one of punches, dimples and lengths of at least one of the track elements and the stud elements.
18. The system of claim 17 , further comprising:
an identification code generation module configured to generate a plurality of identification codes and uniquely associate one or more of the plurality of identification codes with one or more of the plurality of the standardized structural components and generate a plurality of resource identifiers and associate each of the plurality of identification codes with a location code, wherein the location code identifies a location of one of the standardized structural components within the building; and
an identification code scanning device configured to scan the identification codes associated with one of the plurality of standardized structural components, receive an input from a user associated with the one of the plurality of standardized structural components, and updating information associated with resource identifiers associated with the scanned identification code.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the information associated with the resource identifiers is an installation status of the one of the plurality of standardized structural components.