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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2000
Ari Rappoport, Jerusalem, IL;
Proficiency Ltd., Jerusalem, IL;
Abstract
Computer implemented exchange of data between two distinct computer aided design systems is provided. According to one embodiment, the invention is a computer system for exchanging computer aided design data. In this embodiment, the system includes: a source technical system comprising a source computer aided design data model; a knowledge base comprising a plurality of match data records, the match data records having a source operation region, corresponding to the source technical system, and a target operation region; and an executable computer program. According to one embodiment, the executable computer program is configured to retrieve information corresponding to a feature from the source computer aided design data model; query the plurality of match data records based on the retrieved information; and return information corresponding to a particular match data record in the plurality of match data records, the information representing one or more operations for creating an equivalent feature in a distinct computer aided design model to the feature from the source computer aided design data model. Computer implemented methods for pattern matching are also disclosed.