Patent ID: 11892817
Assignee: DESPREZ, LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for matching a computer-aided design (CAD) model with at least one supplier, the system comprising:
a computing device configured to:
receive, from a user, a computer-aided design (CAD) file representative of a structure to be fabricated;
receive, using a graphical user interface (GUI), a plurality of user inputted preferences for manufacture of the structure to be fabricated, wherein the plurality of user inputted preferences includes at least a lead time and at least a quantity to be manufactured;
receive an attribute data associated with a plurality of suppliers;
determine a plurality of manufacturing requirements associated with the CAD model, wherein determining the plurality of manufacturing requirements includes:
causing an interrogator operating on the computer system to parse a software model of the structure to be manufactured, wherein parsing the software model comprises:
identifying a discrete shape from the software model as a function of computer assisted design (CAD) commands associated with the software model;
wherein identifying the discrete shape comprises calculating, from a plurality of points on the software model, a position of a point of the plurality of points in a three-dimensional space;

determining a manufacturing requirement for the product to be manufactured as a function of the identified shape, wherein the manufacturing requirement comprises CAD data and user data, the manufacturing requirement further comprising a number of manufacturing process steps;
and
determining a second manufacturing requirement from the plurality of user-inputted preferences, wherein the second manufacturing requirement includes a pricing requirement;

compare the attribute data to the first manufacturing requirement associated with the CAD model and the pricing requirement associated with the CAD model;
determine a best supplier of the plurality of suppliers as a function of the comparison of the attribute data to the first manufacturing requirement and the comparison of the attribute data to the pricing requirement; and
populate at least a portion of the GUI with information related to the selected supplier according to the user inputted preferences.