Patent ID: 11907618
Assignee: ALLIED BIM, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method executed on at least one computing device to facilitate operation of one or more fabrication machines using digitally stored part or assembly information of a three-dimensional (3D) modeling application, the method comprising:
establishing, by a fabrication tools application associated with the 3D modeling application running on a first computing device, and via a fabrication center connector websocket, data communication with a fabrication center application running on a second computing device;
receiving, by the fabrication center application and from the fabrication tools application, and via the fabrication center connector websocket, data representative of a 3D model of a to-be-fabricated part or assembly modeled in the 3D modeling application;
generating, by the fabrication center application, and based at least in part on the data representative of the 3D model of the to-be-fabricated part or assembly, data representative of at least one enhanced cut (or bend or threading) list usable by a machine control application for the one or more fabrication machines to fabricate the to-be-fabricated part or assembly;
establishing, by the fabrication center application, and via the fabrication center connector websocket, data communication with a fabrication desktop application associated with the machine control application running on at least a third computing device and configured to control operation of the one or more fabrication machines, wherein the fabrication desktop application enables synchronization of cut (or bend or threading) lists and assignment of fabrication work for one or more parts or assemblies to workstations for an efficient design-to-fabrication process; and
transmitting, by the fabrication center application, and via the fabrication center connector websocket, the data representative of the at least one enhanced cut (or bend or threading) list to the at least a third computing device to enable use by the machine control application of the at least one enhanced cut (or bend or threading) list for fabrication of the to-be-fabricated part or assembly by the one or more fabrication machines.