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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2003
Yifan Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Paul J. Stewart, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Anne Marsan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yifan Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Paul J. Stewart, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Anne Marsan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for interactively generating a family of mesh models is provided for use in engineering analysis. The system includes a user computer system having a memory, a processor, a user input device and a display device. The system also includes a remotely located computer system having a processor, a memory, and a data storage means and in communication with the user computer system. The system further includes a computer-generated geometric mesh base model stored in the data storage means, a computer-generated mesh feature stored in the data storage means, and a new mesh model including the base mesh model with a mesh feature that is stored in the data storage means. The method includes the steps of selecting a base model from a model library maintained in the data storage means. The method also includes the steps of creating a mesh feature that is defined by a modifiable set of parameters and saving the mesh feature in a mesh feature library maintained in the data storage means. The method further includes the steps of establishing a feature matrix by the user containing instructions for selectively applying the mesh feature to the base mesh model and using the feature matrix to selectively apply the mesh feature to the base model to generate a new mesh model that is available for further analysis.