Method and an apparatus for automatically generating a target simulation model for a defined simulation object

A computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a suitable computer, cause the computer to perform steps of:

• providing artefacts of the object originated during an engineering process, wherein the artefacts describing the structure, the behavior and the physics of elements of the simulation object, and wherein the artefacts comprise mechatronics simulation tags representing implicit indirect available engineering information regarding the simulation object;
• storing the artefacts in a data base;
• extracting out of the artefacts the information needed for generating the target simulation model based on a defined objective;
• mapping the elements of the simulation object needed for generating the target simulation model based on the defined objective into the elements of the target simulation model;
• and
• assembling the extracted information and the mapped elements to generate the target simulation model for the defined object.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium comprising instructions which can be loaded into the internal memory of a digital computer and which when executed by a computer perform the steps of

• providing artefacts of the object originated during an engineering process, wherein the artefacts describing the structure, the behavior and the physics of elements of the simulation object, and wherein the artefacts comprise mechatronics simulation tags representing implicit indirect available engineering information regarding the simulation object;
• storing the artefacts in a data base;
• extracting out of the artefacts the information needed for generating the target simulation model based on a defined objective;
• mapping the elements of the simulation object needed for generating the target simulation model based on the defined objective into the elements of the target simulation model;
• and
• assembling the extracted information and the mapped elements to generate the target simulation model for the defined object.

An apparatus for automatically generating a target simulation model for a defined object, the apparatus comprising:

• a creating unit for providing artefacts of the object in a data base,
• wherein the artefacts are designed during an engineering process, and
• wherein the artefacts describing the structure, the behavior and the physics of elements of the simulation object, and wherein the artefacts comprise mechatronics simulation tags representing implicit indirect available engineering information regarding the target simulation model;
• an extracting unit for extracting out of the artefacts the information needed for generating the target simulation model based on a defined objective;
• a mapping unit for mapping the elements of the simulation object needed for generating the target simulation model based on the defined objective of the target simulation model into the elements of the target simulation model;
• and
• an assembling unit for assembling the extracted information and the mapped elements to generate the target simulation model for the defined object.