摘要:
A method, a computer program product and to a data processing installation are provided for investigation of how a technical system which is composed of components can be broken down. Design models of this system and of its components are predetermined. Rays which originate from selected foot points on the surface of the design model are calculated for each component design model. The process determines how many rays which start at the foot point and run in the direction of the predetermined direction vectors meet the design model of at least one other component. Each component is weighted as a function of these numbers. The result is determined that the component with the highest weighting can be removed from the system.