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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1995
Chie Kobayashi, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Ichiro Nishigaki, Ishioka, JP;
Yoshifumi Yamashita, Yokohama, JP;
Hiromitsu Moriyama, Yokohama, JP;
Hiromi Aoyama, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Keiko Hoshino, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Onodera, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shape model as an object to be analyzed and division information used to produce a finite element mesh are entered, and a recognition model is produced by allocating each edge line segmented by structural points of the shape model to any one coordinate axial direction in an orthogonal coordinate system. A mapping model is produced in which an orthogonal lattice is produced on a surface and the inside of an approximated shape model, and is displayed on a screen. The mapping model is modified by a system user in an interactive operation. A finite element mesh is generated from lattice points of the modified mapping model. The data input by the system user is processed in an input/output data processing unit, and shape model data of the object to be analyzed is produced in a shape model producing unit. Based on the division information input by the system user, a finite element mesh is generated on the shape model by a finite element mesh producing unit. The line segment allocation directions of the recognition model are displayed in a recognition model producing unit, so that an allocation direction can be modified in a recognition model modifying unit by the system user in a interactive mode. The finite element model data produced from the optimized recognition model is registered into a database.