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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2019
Esko Software Bvba, Ghent, BE;
Richard C. Deroo, Reading, MA (US);
Didier M. Blanvilain, Vannes, FR;
Jason Pride, Chicopee, MA (US);
Inessa Vengerik, Worcester, MA (US);
Heidi Roskuski, Chicopee, MA (US);
James Feole, Northampton, MA (US);
Llewelyn Evans, Wilbraham, MA (US);
ESKO SOFTWARE BV, Ghent, BE;
Abstract
A method for performing a design rule check of a computer aided design (CAD) file corresponding to a geometry of a tool for use in a process for making an article from a starting material. Design rules defined to avoid a geometry of the tool documented as causing an inefficiency in a non-printing or non-platemaking operation of the process are stored in a computer. A design rule checking (DRC) module of the computer processes the CAD file relative to the stored design rules, identifies violations, automatically suggests design changes responsive to each violation, receives a user input responsive to suggested design changes, and modifies the CAD file in response to the user input. Non-transitory computer readable media containing code for implementing the method and related CAD systems are also described.