Brigham Young University

Charles Greg Jensen

Kelly Eric Bowman

Joshua Coburn

Robert Freeman

Daniel Staves

Walter Edward Red

Ammon Hepworth

Bryce Parker DeFigueiredo

Dan Staves

Logan Hill

M Scott Christensen

Kevin Tew

Jon Tsai

A computer-implemented method for sharing CAx data includes receiving CAx data in a first CAx format from a first client, storing the CAx data in a plurality of alternate formats, receiving a request for the CAx data from a second client, providing the CAx data to the second client using at least one alternate format of the plurality of alternate formats responsive to receiving the request for the CAx data from the second client. An apparatus and system corresponding to the above method is also disclosed herein.

Data sharing in CAx applications

A computer-implemented method for an interoperable hierarchical model for conducting multiuser CAx OPERATIONS may include (1) storing a model of an engineering object in a plurality of data nodes that are interconnected with a plurality of dependency references that specify one or more parent nodes for each non-root node of the plurality of data nodes, the plurality of data nodes and the plurality of dependency references corresponding to a directed acyclic graph, (2) indicating an operational order for each data node that has a common parent, and (3) executing in the indicated operational order a CAx-related function for each data node. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.

Interoperable hierarchical model for conducting multiuser CAx operations

A computer-implemented method for multi-user CAx editing of a model of a design object may include (1) identifying one or more geometric elements referenced in response to creating a feature within the model of the design object, (2) receiving a feature operation that references the geometric elements referenced in response to creating the feature, (3) in response to receiving the feature operation, identifying a geometric element referenced by the feature operation, and (4) generating a unique persistent label for the geometric element. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed herein.

Multi-user CAx editing of a model of a design object

A computer-implemented method for providing CAx data may include (1) storing a model of an engineering object as a group of nodes including one or more feature nodes, (2) associating a corresponding transaction history with each feature node, the transaction history indicating one or more states for a feature over time, and (3) determining a state of a selected feature node at a selected point in time by accessing the corresponding transaction history of the selected feature node. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for providing CAx data

A method, executed by at least one processor, may include storing, within a set of memory locations within a storage medium, data for a feature of an engineering object in a first client format and a collaborative server format that is different than the first client format, the first client format corresponding to a first CAx application operable by a first user, the collaborative server format corresponding to a collaborative server. The method may also include updating the data for the feature in both the first client format and the collaborative server format in response to receiving an update to the feature from, or detecting an update to the feature by, the first CAx application or the collaborative server. A corresponding system and computer readable medium are also disclosed herein.

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