SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELEMENT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN 3D QUADRILATERAL-DOMINANT SURFACE MESHES

    公开(公告)号:US20210103685A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-08

    申请号:US16336641

    申请日:2016-10-31

    IPC分类号: G06F30/12 G06F30/23

    摘要: A system and method is provided for element quality improvement in three-dimensional (3D) quadrilateral-dominant surface meshes. The system may include a processor configured to collapse a first plurality of edges of a plurality of quadrilateral elements that form a surface mesh of a 3D model, which edges have lengths that are shorter than a predetermined fraction of a minimum element edge length (MEL). Further, the processor may also move nodes connected to at least some of a second plurality of edges of the plurality of quadrilateral elements so as to have lengths that are at least the MEL. Also, the processor may adjust included angles and the warp of elements to be within predetermined limits. Further, the processor may collapse in the mesh all remaining edges of the plurality of quadrilateral elements that are shorter than the MEL to produce a modified surface mesh in which all quadrilaterals in the modified mesh have edge lengths that are at least the MEL.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE DOMAIN REDUCTION FOR THERMO-STRUCTURAL SIMULATION OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS

    公开(公告)号:US20210103268A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-08

    申请号:US16471353

    申请日:2017-01-26

    IPC分类号: G05B19/4099 G06F30/20

    摘要: A system and method are provided for adaptive domain reduction for thermo-structural simulation of an additive manufacturing process. The system may include a processor configured to carry out a simulation of a part being additively produced according to a set of tool paths. The simulation may include determining an original mesh of the part; determining an order of the elements of the original mesh to deposit; and simulating an incremental deposit of each of the elements of the original mesh for a material in the order that the elements are determined to be deposited. For each incremental deposit of an additional respective element the processor may determine thermal characteristics and structural deformation characteristics of the deposited elements. After the deposit of several layers have been simulated, subsequent simulation of elements may be carried out based on a respective modified version of the original mesh in which at least some of the layers of the original mesh previously simulated to be deposited under a current layer are retained and at least some are omitted.

    Navigating and authoring configured product lifecycle data

    公开(公告)号:US10409922B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US14535844

    申请日:2014-11-07

    IPC分类号: G06F17/50

    摘要: Methods for product data management and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. The systems and methods include receiving a request for expanded details about an architecture element of a model from an application client, parsing the request to identify the expanded details of the architecture element, identifying a structure and configuration details of the model, configuring the model according to the structure and configuration details, traversing the model to collect the expanded details for the architecture element, packaging the expanded details into an application format for the client, and returning the expanded details.

    Apparatus and method for additive manufacturing

    公开(公告)号:US10307957B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-04

    申请号:US14643539

    申请日:2015-03-10

    摘要: A component of a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system may be configured to cause a processor to generate instructions that specify how a 3D-printer additively builds an article on a build plate via depositing material from a deposition head. The 3D printer is configured to cause the deposition head to rotate in order to selectively change, an angle of a deposition axis at which the deposition head outputs material. The generated instructions specify how the deposition head is operated by the 3D printer to build the article on the build plate such that material deposited along a side wall surface of the article is provided by the deposition head having its deposition axis orientated at an angle determined based at least in part on an angular orientation of the side wall surface.

    Modifying constrained and unconstrained curve networks

    公开(公告)号:US10140389B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-27

    申请号:US14889515

    申请日:2013-05-28

    IPC分类号: G06F17/50

    摘要: Methods for modifying geometric models and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving a geometric model, the geometric model including a plurality of curves. The method includes receiving a selection of one or more curves of the plurality of curves, finding at least one other curve of the plurality of curves that is related to the selected curve, and finding relationships between the selected curve and the other curve(s), including adding the selected curve, the other curve(s), and the relationships to a selected curve set. The method includes pre-processing the selected curve set, including de-activating a set of constraints for the geometric model. The method includes receiving a modification of the selected curve and modifying the selected curve set to produce a modified geometric model and modified selected curve set. The method includes post-processing the modified selected curve set, including re-activating and applying constraints for the geometric model.

    Determining boolean region participants for a notional context given arbitrary bodies

    公开(公告)号:US10102331B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-16

    申请号:US13564000

    申请日:2012-08-01

    摘要: Product Data Management (PDM) systems and methods. A method includes receiving a target body and a tool body, and evaluating a body type of the target body and a body type of the tool body. The method includes evaluating interactions between the target body and the tool body, and applying comparison criteria to determine spatial relation and relative convexity of an intersection between the target body and the tool body. The method includes identifying tool face regions of the tool body based on the evaluations and the determined spatial relation and relative convexity of the intersection. The method includes adding the tool face regions to the target body to produce a modified target body.

    Systems and methods for stateless management of object properties

    公开(公告)号:US10091064B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-02

    申请号:US13916093

    申请日:2013-06-12

    IPC分类号: G06F15/173 H04L12/24

    摘要: Methods for stateless management of object properties and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes executing a presenter module that manages interactions with a user via a view module, and identifying a required object property for the presenter module. The method includes registering the required object property, by the presenter module, in a policy manager module as a property policy. The method includes building a request for a service based on the property policy, sending the request to the service, and receiving a response to the request from the service.