Interface member wiring design support apparatus, wiring design method, wiring design support method, and computer-readable storage medium

An interface member wiring design support apparatus comprising an arithmetic control unit for calculating an interface member wiring shape on the basis of a plurality of input fixing positions and a modulus of deformation of an interface member so as to satisfy the fixing positions, and informing the calculated shape,

• wherein said arithmetic control unit, when calculating a wiring shape of a target interface member, calculates forces acting at the plurality of fixing positions due to the interface member, and informs information associated with the calculated forces.

An interface member wiring design support apparatus comprising an arithmetic control unit for calculating a wiring shape of an interface member on the basis of a plurality of input fixing positions, fixing directions at the fixing positions, and a modulus of deformation of the interface member so as to satisfy the fixing positions,

• wherein said arithmetic control unit includes a man-machine interface capable of designating whether the target interface member can rotate in a normal direction at least at one fixing position of the target interface member, and
• when at least one fixing position is designated by said man-machine interface as a position at which the interface member can rotate, said arithmetic control unit calculates a shape of the interface member, and calculates a force that causes the interface member to rotate in the normal direction at the designated fixing position.

An interface member wiring design support apparatus comprising an arithmetic control unit for calculating an interface member wiring shape satisfying at least three fixing positions on the basis of the fixing positions, fixing directions at the fixing positions, and a modulus of deformation of the interface member and informing the calculated shape,

• wherein when the target interface member includes a branch point, said arithmetic control unit calculates an interface member shape including the branch point, and a dynamically balancing position at which the branch point is to be located owing to the shape.

An interface member wiring design support method of calculating an interface member wiring shape on the basis of a plurality of fixing positions and a modulus of deformation of an interface member so as to satisfy the fixing positions, comprising

• a step of calculating flexural rigidity E of a target interface member by a predetermined bi-quadratic function associated with a curvature ρ of the interface member on the basis of an input interface member diameter φ, and calculating a wiring shape of the interface member by using the calculated flexural rigidity E.

An interface member wiring design support method of calculating a wiring shape of an interface member on the basis of a plurality of fixing positions and a modulus of deformation of the interface member so as to satisfy the fixing positions, comprising

• a step of calculating, when calculating a wiring shape of a target interface member, forces acting at the plurality of fixing positions due to the interface member;
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• a step of informing information associated with the calculated forces.

An interface member wiring design support method of calculating a wiring shape of an interface member on the basis of a plurality of input fixing positions, fixing directions at the fixing positions, and a modulus of deformation of the interface member so as to satisfy the fixing positions, comprising:

• a designation step of designating whether the target interface member can rotate in a normal direction at least at one fixing position of the target interface member;
• and
• a calculating step of, when at least one fixing position is designated in said designation step as a position at which the interface member can rotate, calculating a shape of the interface member, and calculating a force that causes the interface member to rotate in the normal direction at the designated fixing position.

An interface member wiring design support method of calculating an interface member wiring shape satisfying at least three fixing positions on the basis of the fixing positions, fixing directions at the fixing positions, and a modulus of deformation of the interface member, and informing the calculated shape, comprising

• an arithmetic step of, when the target interface member includes a branch point, calculating an interface member shape including the branch point, and a dynamically balancing position at which the branch point is to be located owing to the shape.