Avoiding Interference Among Subsystems in Architectural Design: A Computer Supported Constraint Based Approach

9313186 Gross本项目开发了一种计算机辅助设计方法，用于建筑设计中各子系统的布置。通过嵌入装配规则和空间布局规则的CAD程序，各子系统设计人员可以订阅该布局方法。项目开发和测试基于约束技术的交互式布局程序，这些约束技术可以被编程为管理和执行不同的布局规则集。一系列的设计实验测试和评估了布局方法和支持它的程序。设计师团队使用该程序设计了一系列日益复杂的布局，以住宅木结构建筑为例。评估包括与参与者的面谈以及由具有子系统布局经验的外部顾问进行的评审。该方法的目标是通过最小化不同子系统（供水、供电和通风的管道、管道和电线）设计者之间的空间干扰冲突来支持协同设计。该方法将子系统的放置限制在预先分配的空间区域，将干扰冲突限制在可预测的位置，这些位置可以通过预先确定的修复来解决。它支持协作设计，允许设计团队的成员独立并行地工作，知道他们各自的设计可以很容易地集成在一起。

9313186 Gross The project develops a computer aided design method for laying out subsystems in building designs. By using a CAD program with embedded assembly rules and spatial layout rules, each subsystem designer can subscribe to this layout method. The project develops and tests and interactive layout program based on constraint techniques that can be programmed to manage and enforce different sets of layout rules. A series of design experiments test and evaluate the layout method and the program that supports it. A team of designers use the program to design a series of increasingly complex layouts using residential wood frame buildings as an example. evaluation includes interviews with the participants and reviews by external consultants with experience in subsystem layout. The objective of the method is to support cooperative design by minimizing spatial interference conflicts among the designers of different subsystems the pipes, ducts and wires that supply water, electricity, and ventilation. The method restricts the placement of subsystems into preallocated spatial zones, restricting interference conflicts to predictable locations that can be resolved with predetermined fixes. It supports cooperative design by allowing members of a design team to work independently and in parallel knowing that their respective designs can easily be integrated.