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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2009
Hitoshi Yanami, Kawasaki, JP;
Hirokazu Anai, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsuneo Nakata, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidenao Iwane, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitoshi Yanami, Kawasaki, JP;
Hirokazu Anai, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsuneo Nakata, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidenao Iwane, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A design support apparatus for determining a plurality of objective functions for modeling an object having a plurality of elements, each of the elements providing variable geometrical parameters, the design support apparatus includes a memory for storing the variable geometrical parameters and a processor for executing a process including: determining boundary information associated with specified geometrical parameters of the elements which indicate a state of contact between the elements, dividing the variable geometrical parameters into a plurality of groups on the basis of the boundary information, and determining the plurality of objective functions for each of the groups by using the variable geometrical parameters.