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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2018
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);
Abhishek Trivedi, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Mehdi Nourbakhsh, Richmond, CA (US);
Michael Bergin, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Francesco Iorio, Toronto, CA;
AUTODESK, INC., San Rafael, CA (US);
Abstract
A design engine consolidates portions of a mechanical assembly design to reduce the number of components included in the design. The design engine analyzes the design to determine various criteria associated with the assembly. Then, the design engine identifies a group of components within the design to be consolidated. The design engine determines a volumetric region where the group of components resides and then subdivides the volumetric region. The design engine then initiates a generative design process based on the determined criteria to create geometry within each subdivision of the volumetric region. The newly generated geometry includes fewer components than the initial group of components. The design engine then replaces the group of components with the newly generated geometry, thereby consolidating the group and reducing the total number of components included in the design.