Estimating method and apparatus and estimating program of wire harness and recording medium thereof

An estimating program of a wire harness enabling a computer to execute an estimating method of the wire harness for estimating a wiring property of said wire harness by an finite element method and estimating the analysis result on a screen of a display unit, said wire harness having a constrained base end and a distal end having a connector constrained to a connector base, said estimating method of the wire harness, comprising the steps of:

• displaying, on said screen, a virtual three-dimensional shape image of the wire harness including the connector, using CAD data formed for designing the three-dimensional wiring shape and a condition setting screen for setting one part of analysis conditions, which is not included in said CAD data, of the property, the shape, a constraining position, and a constraining direction of the wire harness by input operation;
• recognizing, as a coordinate value of the constraining position, the position on the moving destination of said connector, designated on said virtual three-dimensional shape image;
• analyzing the wiring shape of said wire harness and the reactive force upon grasping said connector by the finite element method under the analysis condition necessary for estimation included in the CAD data, the analysis condition set on said condition setting screen, and the constraining position prescribed by said coordinate value;
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• displaying, on the screen, the virtual three-dimensional shape image of the analyzed wiring shape including said connector and the analyzed reactive force.

An estimating apparatus of a wire harness for estimating a wiring property of said wire harness by an finite element method and estimating the analysis result on a screen of a display unit, said wire harness having a constrained base end and a distal end having a connector constrained to a connector base, said estimating apparatus of the wire harness, comprising:

• analyzing means for the wiring shape of said wire harness using CAD data formed for designing the three-dimensional wiring shape and the reactive force upon grasping said connector by the finite element method under analysis conditions of the property, shape, constraining position, and constraining direction of said wire harness;
• display control means for displaying, on a screen, a virtual three-dimensional shape image of said wiring shape including said connector as the analysis result, a condition setting screen for setting the analysis condition by an input operating unit, and an analysis result output screen of said reactive force;
• coordinate value recognizing means for recognizing, as a coordinate value, the position on the moving destination of an instructing position on said virtual three-dimensional shape image instructed by said input operating unit;
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• analysis-condition setting means for setting said analysis condition for estimation to be inputted to said analyzing means under the analysis condition included in said CAD data, the analysis condition set on said condition setting screen, and the constraining position prescribed by said coordinate value.

An estimating program of a wire harness enabling a computer to operate so as to compose an estimating apparatus of a wire harness for estimating a wiring property of said wire harness by an finite element method and estimating the analysis result on a screen of a display unit, said wire harness having a constrained base end and a distal end having a connector constrained to a connector base, said estimating program of the wire harness, comprising:

• analyzing means for the wiring shape of said wire harness using CAD data formed for designing the three-dimensional wiring shape and the reactive force upon grasping said connector by the finite element method under analysis conditions of the property, shape, constraining position, and constraining direction of said wire harness;
• display control means for displaying, on a screen, a virtual three-dimensional shape image of said wiring shape including said connector as the analysis result, a condition setting screen for setting the analysis condition by an input operating unit, and an analysis result output screen of said reactive force;
• coordinate value recognizing means for recognizing, as a coordinate value, the position on the moving destination of an instructing position on said virtual three-dimensional shape image instructed by said input operating unit;
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• analysis-condition setting means for setting said analysis condition for estimation to be inputted to said analyzing means under the analysis condition included in said CAD data, the analysis condition set on said condition setting screen, and the constraining position prescribed by said coordinate value.