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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Msc.software Corporation, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
David Vandermere Wallerstein, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
MSC.SOFTWARE CORPORATION, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5018 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods are described herein for controlling stiffness associated with a connector connecting two or more components of a model, including, but not limited to, receiving user input of a scaling factor and adjusting the stiffness associated with the connector by adjusting a bending moment of inertia of a patch of one of the two or more components based on the scaling factor. The connector contacts the one of the two or more components at the patch.