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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2007
Jianbing Huang, Shoreview, MN (US);
Michael B. Carter, Ames, IA (US);
Andreas Johannsen, Ames, IA (US);
Brett Harper, Ames, IA (US);
Jeremy Bennett, Ames, IA (US);
Jianbing Huang, Shoreview, MN (US);
Michael B. Carter, Ames, IA (US);
Andreas Johannsen, Ames, IA (US);
Brett Harper, Ames, IA (US);
Jeremy Bennett, Ames, IA (US);
Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program for producing a visualization format from CAD data comprising producing a BREP model for visualization, wherein said BREP model has a topology component and a geometry component; removing a plurality of redundant control points from said geometry component; normalizing a plurality of knot vectors and a plurality of weight components from said geometry component; recognizing an analytic geometry from said geometry component; recognizing a plurality of equivalents from said geometry component; and converting said analytic geometry to said light model representation, and appropriate means and computer-readable instructions.