Solidworks Corporation

Dassault Systemes Solidworks Corporation

Kirk Haller

Mark G Gibson

Iddo Hanniel

David J Corcoran

Heung-Wing Li

Parapura Thazathil Rajkumar

Gary Amadon

Robert D Noftle

A computer-implemented method and system for rendering a computer-aided design model includes constructing a boundary representation data structure of the model comprising topological data for a face, constructing a data structure representing a parameter space of the face, and decomposing the parameter space into cells, where each cell indicates the presence of the face in the cell. The cells are encoded in a texture construct that is transmitted to a graphics processing unit where further processing renders the face on a computer monitor.

Direct rendering of CAD models on the GPU

Construction of a model using a computer aided design system includes constructing a feature in a three dimensional model based on data input by a user. Following construction of the feature, a part configured to compatibly couple with the feature is automatically identified based on design attributes of the feature. The part can be selected from a parts library that includes data representing parts and their geometric characteristics. The part also may be automatically generated based on a part model in a parts library. The part generation can include querying a database storing the part library to retrieve a part model, and then generating an instance of the part model based on design attributes of the feature so as to ensure coupling compatibility with the feature.

Automated connections of computer-aided design components

Automatically generating components of an object modeled in a three-dimensional modeling space by a computer aided design system includes positioning a plane in the three-dimensional modeling space to (i) logically subdivide the modeling space into a first division that includes an existing component and a second division in which a reproduction of the existing component is to be located and (ii) to define a reference geometry for creation of the reproduction of the existing component. A number of geometrically transformed components are computed by applying a series of different transformations to the existing component such that each transformed component has a different orientation. A reproduction of the existing component is constructed such that the existing component and the reproduction are symmetrical to each other with respect to the plane.

Automated mirroring of components

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Kirk Haller