Patent ID: 7523022
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for recording data for use in creating measured drawings of a building, site, or structure, comprising the steps of: acquiring, either automatically by a portable data recording device or as user input into the portable data recording device, a sequence of data describing the components of a building, site, or structure, including any of the levels, spaces, or objects contained therein, wherein for a particular component the data describing the particular component includes at least a partial placement, orientation, or dimension information that relates the particular component to a previously acquired component in the sequence; automatically determining a remaining placement, orientation or dimension information for the particular component; and storing the data describing the components into the portable data recording device as a plurality of hierarchically linked data entries, so that the data can be subsequently retrieved and parsed to create a measured drawing of the building, site, or structure.