Method and device for solid design of a system
OwnerArmand Nachef, Francois Terrierinventors
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Abstract
A method for solid design of a system comprises notably a step of construction of a solid model on the basis of solid bricks representing sub-systems of the system, of solid ties representing relationships between the sub-systems. The method furthermore comprises a step of dematerialization of the solid model into a model suitable for being interpreted by a computer. The method applies notably in the sector of the production of industrial systems that are complex due to their significant number of components, the various links between the numerous components.
Claims22
A method of designing a system, comprising:
- as a preliminary the construction of a solid model of the system, said solid model being constructed according to a solid meta-model, said solid model using solid bricks (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77) representing sub-systems of the system, solid ties representing relationships between the sub-systems of the system, the solid bricks and the solid ties being physical objects associated with a respective identifier, and further comprising, in response to a modification of the solid model, a step of converting the solid model into a design model suitable for being interpreted by a computer, on the basis of the identifiers associated with each brick and with each solid tie, said conversion step comprising the conversion of the solid model into a set of data representative of the solid model and maintained in a first data structure relating to the solid model, said data structure being associated with a second data structure relating to the design model.
A device for designing a system, further comprising:
- a computerized device,
- a construction zone for the construction of a solid model according to a solid meta-model, said solid model using solid bricks representing sub-systems of the system, solid ties representing relationships between the sub-systems of the system, the solid bricks and the solid ties being physical objects associated with a respective identifier, and
- at least one device for reading the solid model, said devices converting information describing the solid model into digital data,
- the device being able, in response to a modification of the solid model, to convert the solid model into a design model suitable for being interpreted by the computerized device, on the basis of the identifiers associated with each brick and with each solid tie that are read by the reading devices, said conversion comprising the conversion of the solid model into a set of data representative of the solid model and maintained in a first data structure relating to the solid model, said first data structure being associated with a second data structure relating to the design model.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.