Patent ID: 9354946
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for coupling a CAD system to a database and planning system for interchanging data between both systems, wherein the method includes providing a first CAD-side interface operating with a first communication protocol and a second database-side interface operating with a second communication protocol, and converting the data from the first communication protocol to the second communication protocol or vice versa between the first and second interfaces, wherein an interface module is provided that comprises at least one CAD abstraction layer and a useful layer and wherein the conversion between the communication protocols is carried out in two substeps in such a manner that the data are converted from the first communication protocol in the CAD abstraction layer to a third communication protocol and are then converted from this third communication protocol to the second communication protocol in the useful layer or vice versa and wherein the CAD file together with data from the CAD system that depends on the CAD file are managed within the interface module such that their structure is read out and stored as an abstracted structure and are converted into the format of the database or planning system based on the abstracted structure.