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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2004
Paul C. Hollingshead, Florissant, MO (US);
Bruce A. Wilson, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Paul C. Hollingshead, Florissant, MO (US);
Bruce A. Wilson, O'Fallon, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
One aspect is a method which determines a float remaining figure (for example, a float remaining circle) for a manufactured pattern of features. In some embodiments, the size and relative location of two or more float remaining figures, each for a different part (each part typically designed in accordance with a different pattern of features), are compared and optionally also transformed to provide a quantifiable measure of whether the two parts fit (or can be modified to fit) and if so how well the parts fit. Other aspects are systems programmed to perform any embodiment of the method, and computer readable media which store code for implementing any embodiment of the method.