公开(公告)号：US10552572B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-04

申请号：US15080420

申请日：2016-03-24

Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.

Inventor： Xiaoming Fei ,  Jianwen Huang ,  Lei Hua ,  Yimeng He ,  Weihua Zhong ,  Lijun Zhang ,  Zeyi Xia ,  Matthew Carl Anderson

IPC: G06F17/50

Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product provide the ability to design a drainage pipe solution. A profile of a surface segment (that includes a surface slope) is acquired. A first pipe size and a first pipe slope or calculated based on a proper velocity. A second pipe size and a second pipe slope are calculated based on the surface slope. A first pipe covering and a second pipe covering for the first pipe size and the second pipe size, for the surface segment is computed. A lower of the first pipe covering and the second pipe covering is selected as the drainage pipe solution.

公开(公告)号：US10546048B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-28

申请号：US14946353

申请日：2015-11-19

Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.

Inventor： Jay Allan Behr

IPC: G06F17/24 ,  H04L12/58 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0482

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product provide the ability to dynamically collaborate on a design drawing. The design drawing consisting of three-dimensional (3D) data is acquired and displayed in a viewing area. An entity of the design drawing is graphically selected. A text comment is entered. The text comment and an association between the text comment and the selected entity are added to a design drawing file for the design drawing.

公开(公告)号：US10518475B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-31

申请号：US15718683

申请日：2017-09-28

Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.

Inventor： James Sherwood Page

IPC: G05B15/02 ,  G06F17/50 ,  B29C70/30 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B29C70/06 ,  B29C64/20 ,  B29C64/386 ,  B29C64/112 ,  B29C64/106 ,  B29C64/165 ,  B29C64/393

Abstract: A controller of an additive manufacturing system including an extruder nozzle is programmed to: cause the extruder nozzle to deposit one or more first material segments with at least one first locking portion having a first shape; and cause the extruder nozzle to deposit one or more second material segments with at least one second locking portion having a second shape; wherein the second shape of the at least one second locking portion engages with the first shape of the at least one first locking portion, whereby the at least one second locking portion forms an interlock with the at least one first locking portion.

公开(公告)号：US20190337161A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-07

申请号：US16513548

申请日：2019-07-16

Applicant: AUTODESK, INC.

Inventor： Evan ATHERTON ,  David THOMASSON ,  Heather KERRICK ,  Maurice CONTI

IPC: B25J13/08 ,  H04N5/225

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for determining a location of an object that is being manipulated or processed by a robot. The technique includes capturing a digital image of the object while the object is disposed by the robot within an imaging space, wherein the digital image includes a direct view of the object and a reflected view of the object, detecting a visible feature of the object in the direct view and the visible feature of the object in the reflected view, and computing a first location of the visible feature in a first direction based on a position of the visible feature in the direct view. The technique further includes computing a second location of the visible feature in a second direction based on a position of the visible feature in the reflected view and causing the robot to move the object to a processing station based at least in part on the first location and the second location.

公开(公告)号：US10467807B1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-05

申请号：US16186136

申请日：2018-11-09

Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey T. Strater ,  Suguru Furuta ,  Kevin John Schneider ,  Brian M. Frank ,  Michael Andrew Smell ,  Jean Alison Flower ,  Nandakumar Santhanam

IPC: G06T17/30 ,  G06T17/20 ,  G06F17/50 ,  G06T19/20 ,  B33Y10/00

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for facilitating editing of generative design geometry of physical structures, include a method including: receiving editable smooth surface(s), e.g., a T-Spline, constructed from a mesh obtained using a generative design process; instantiating a parametric feature recipe to connect the editable smooth surface(s) with input solid(s), wherein the parametric feature recipe includes an operation sequence that (i) converts the editable smooth surface(s) into boundary representation format and (ii) combines the boundary representation formatted smooth surface(s) with the input solid(s) to produce a watertight three dimensional model of an object; modifying the editable smooth surface(s) in response to input, while preventing disconnection of the editable smooth surface(s) from the input solid(s); updating a visualization thereof in a user interface; and performing the operation sequence of the parametric feature recipe to produce the watertight three dimensional model of the object.

公开(公告)号：US20190325086A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-24

申请号：US16358633

申请日：2019-03-19

Applicant: AUTODESK, INC.

Inventor： Tovi Grossman ,  Erin BRADNER ,  George FITZMAURICE ,  Ali Baradaran HASHEMI ,  Michael GLUECK ,  Justin Frank MATEJKA

IPC: G06F17/50 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0481

Abstract: A design application is configured to visualize and explore large-scale generative design datasets. The design explorer includes a graphical user interface (GUI) engine that generates a design explorer, a composite explorer, and a tradeoff explorer. The design explorer displays a visualization of a multitude of design options included in a design space. The design explorer allows a user to filter the design space based on input parameters that influence a generative design process as well as various design characteristics associated with the different design options. The composite explorer displays a fully interactive composite of multiple different design options. The composite explorer exposes various tools that allow the user to filter the design space via interactions with the composite. The tradeoff explorer displays a tradeoff space based on different rankings of design options. The different rankings potentially correspond to competing design characteristics specified by different designers.

公开(公告)号：US10453255B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-22

申请号：US13740097

申请日：2013-01-11

Applicant: AUTODESK, INC.

Inventor： Johnathan Bachrach ,  Saul Griffith

IPC: G06T19/00

Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is a pop-up engine that generates a pop-up card from a sliced 3D graphics model. In operation, a pop-up engine processes a sliced 3D model to identify locations where each slice of the 3D model is to attach to the pop-up card or to other slices of the 3D model. The pop-up engine traverses the boundary of each slice and, at intervals along the boundary, projects a ray toward the upper portion of the card. If the ray intersects a neighboring slice, then the slice attaches to the neighboring slice at that location. If, however, the ray does not intersect a neighboring slice, then the slice attaches to the upper portion of the card at that location. The pop-up engine then modifies the slice to include a hinge portion that connects the slice to either a neighboring slice or the upper portion at that location.

公开(公告)号：US10452788B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-22

申请号：US14841627

申请日：2015-08-31

Applicant: AUTODESK, INC.

Inventor： Ryan Michael Schmidt ,  Tyson Brochu

IPC: G06F17/50

Abstract: A single model engine for receiving and processing a 3D surface model representing the surface of a 3D object, the 3D surface model comprising at least two distinct surface regions associated with at least two different materials. The single model engine automatically produce a set of interior sheets inside the 3D surface model, the set of interior sheets defining interior boundaries and interior volumes of the different materials for the 3D object. The single model engine combines the 3D surface model with the set of interior sheets to produce a single unified model that represents the surface and interior volumes of the 3D object that comprise a single solid object having at least two different materials. At print time, the single model engine performs an export technique to produce an exportable form of the single unified model that can be received and printed by a 3D printer.

公开(公告)号：US10452052B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-22

申请号：US15649530

申请日：2017-07-13

Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.

Inventor： Nathan David Rogers ,  Paul Wilkinson ,  Joseph George Lambourne

IPC: G05B19/4097

Abstract: Systems and method relating to machining parts include a CNC system, and a computer including a processor and a computer-readable medium, wherein the computer-readable medium encodes instructions including receiving, at the computer program, output data from a CNC machine that receives instructions of a Numerical Control (NC) program at a computer of the CNC machine, the instructions causing the CNC machine to i) manufacture a part, and ii) output the output data, parsing, by the computer program, the output data before completion of the manufacturing of the part by the CNC machine in accordance with the instructions of the NC program, selecting, by the computer program and based on one or more predetermined parameters, a set of data from the parsed output data; and providing, by the computer program to a remote system, the set of data for processing to facilitate machining using the CNC machine.

公开(公告)号：US10383314B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-20

申请号：US15212039

申请日：2016-07-15

Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.

Inventor： Negar Arabani ,  Mark Thomas Davis ,  James Awe ,  Patricia Anne Vrobel ,  Douglas Look

IPC: A62B35/00 ,  A01K29/00 ,  A01K27/00 ,  A01K11/00 ,  H04N7/18 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/08

Abstract: A method includes providing a wearable device compatible with and worn by an animal, the wearable device including a processing engine, a plurality of sensors, and a communication interface to a remotely located base station. The method includes monitoring an environment around the wearable device as the animal traverses a space and collecting information based on data generated by the plurality of sensors. The method also includes analyzing the data generated by the plurality of sensors and inferring activities associated with a human in proximity to the animal, wherein inferring activities includes determining a current location of the human based on data generated by one or more of the sensors, and determining activities of the human over a period of time based on data generated by the one or more sensors.