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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2003
Applicants:
Makoto Onodera, Tsuchiura, JP;
Yoshimitsu Hiro, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Makoto Onodera, Tsuchiura, JP;
Yoshimitsu Hiro, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G06G 7/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An analytical shell-model producing apparatus for converting a three-dimensional model into internal surfaces, wherein an internal surface is used to represent each three-dimensional element of the three-dimensional model. Each internal surface comprises a bounded plane and an associated width attribute, wherein the bounded plane is located internal to the three-dimensional element which it represents, and wherein the associated width attribute represents the width of the three-dimensional element in a direction normal to the bounded plane.