Computational geometry system, interrupt interface, and method

A computational geometry system, comprising:

• a client/server environment;
• a client having an interrupt interface;
• a server communicating with the client via the environment and having processing circuitry and an operation manager configured to compare source geometric data in a source geometric model with target geometric data in a target geometric model, and operative to identify discrepancies in the geometric data between the source geometric model and the target geometric model;
• wherein the interrupt interface is operative to notify a user of the presence of an identified discrepancy in response to comparing the geometric data or encountering a problem in creating the target geometric model.

An interrupt interface, comprising:

• a server having a database configured to store input data of a source model, processing circuitry configured to convert the input data of the source model into corresponding output data of a target model, and a source and target model comparator configured to compare the input data with the corresponding output data and identify geometric discrepancies between the input data and the output data;
• at least one client having a user interface and communicating with the server;
• and
• a production controller having common interface production control software configured to serially interrupt a user via the user interface at one of the clients when at least one geometric discrepancy or creation problem has been identified.

A method for creating a target geometric model from a source geometric model, comprising:

• providing a server and a client of a computational geometry system having a user interface;
• extracting source geometric data from the source geometric model file;
• storing the extracted source geometric data in a metafile format;
• using a target CAD system, generating a target geometric model having target geometric data;
• detecting at least one of a) a discrepancy between the models and b) a problem in generating the target geometric model while generating the target geometric model;
• and
• generating an interrupt at the user interface responsive to detecting the at least one of a discrepancy between the models and a problem in generating the target geometric model.