Data sharing in CAx applications
AssigneeBrigham Young University
InventorsKelly Eric Bowman, Charles Greg Jensen, Joshua Coburn, Dan Staves, M. Scott Christensen, Bryce DeFigueiredo, Robert Freeman
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for sharing CAx data includes receiving CAx data in a first CAx format from a first client, storing the CAx data in a plurality of alternate formats, receiving a request for the CAx data from a second client, providing the CAx data to the second client using at least one alternate format of the plurality of alternate formats responsive to receiving the request for the CAx data from the second client. An apparatus and system corresponding to the above method is also disclosed herein.
Claims12
A method for sharing CAx data between CAx clients, the method comprising:
- receiving CAx data in a first CAx format from a first CAx client;
- converting the CAx data to each of a plurality of alternate CAx formats responsive to receiving the CAx data and previous to receiving a request for the CAx data in any of the plurality of alternate CAx formats;
- storing the CAx data in each of the plurality of alternate CAx formats responsive to converting the CAx data to each of the plurality of alternate CAx formats;
- subsequent to storing the CAx data in each of the plurality of alternate CAx formats, receiving a request for the CAx data in an alternate CAx format of the plurality of alternate CAx formats from a second CAx client;
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- providing the CAx data to the second CAx client using the alternate CAx format responsive to receiving the request for the CAx data from the second CAx client.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.