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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2009
Sikandar Saifullah, Issaquah, WA (US);
Katrin Eleanor Grunawalt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William Fredrick Glasgow Mccord, Atlanta, GA (US);
Sikandar Saifullah, Issaquah, WA (US);
Katrin Eleanor Grunawalt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William Fredrick Glasgow McCord, Atlanta, GA (US);
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to integrate multiple engineering design systems in a computer aided design (CAD) system. A design generator is displayed and used to create an engineering design that has different worksheets. Each worksheet represents a different aspect of the design, has local design objects that represent functional aspects of a component that are independent from the component's physical representation, and relation objects that models constraints for properties of the design objects. The objects are organized into a functional layout document (FLD) that is stored in a data center/database that is shared by the worksheets. The FLD is then used to design an engineering design/model.