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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2014
Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Sivarama Nalluri, Mason, OH (US);
Satyanarayana Guduru, Mason, OH (US);
Raymond Kok, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Sunil Viswanathan, Cypress, CA (US);
SIEMENS PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE INC., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
Various disclosed embodiments include a method for integrating material assignments between a computer-aided design (CAD) system and a product data management (PDM) or product lifecycle management (PLM) system, the method performed by a data processing system and comprising accessing a designed part in the CAD system, wherein the designed part includes one or more geometric entity objects. The method also comprising assigning one or more assignment objects from the PDM system to each of the one or more geometric entity objects. The method further comprising associating one or more material objects from the PDM system with the one or more assignment objects, wherein the one or more material objects identify one or more materials identified from the designed part. The method comprising generating a design object in the PDM system representing the designed part based on the one or more assignment objects and the one or more material objects.