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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Applicant:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Furuya, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiro Otsuka, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Yamaguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Ueda, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiro Nitta, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5009 (2013.01); G06F 2217/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A design support method includes: executing by a computer operations of: moving, in an arbitrary direction, a first particle that is placed at a position in an internal space of a three-dimensional model of a design target and has a diameter of a size; recording a movement trace of the first particle; and calculating a volume of a first spatial region formed by the recorded movement trace.