US Patent Issued to Schnackel Engineers on Jan. 28 for "Storage efficient data representation of three-dimensional obstructions for routing mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,821, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Schnackel Engineers Inc. (Omaha, Neb.).

"Storage efficient data representation of three-dimensional obstructions for routing mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems" was invented by Gregory R. Schnackel (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system uses a storage efficient data representation to route mechanical, electrical, or plumbing (MEP) objects of variable cross-sectional area through a bounded three-dimensional space containing obstructions of varying size and complexity. The system uses the triangular representations of the surfaces of the space in which the systems are to b...