Apparatus for automatically designing jig
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsSunao Goto, Masaru Kawano
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Abstract
The present invention discloses an apparatus and a method for automatically designing a jig comprising at least one part. In this apparatus and method, the kind of a jig and the kind of a workpiece to be worked on are first specified, a basic linkage mode which basically shows a linkage between the parts of the specified jig is then searched for, and structural models of the parts forming the jig are successively generated by using at a starting point data with respect to a position of the workpiece to be worked on by the jig on the basis of the basic linkage model searched for.
Claims8
An automatic jig design apparatus for automatically designing a jig comprising at least oen part, said apparatus comprising:
- linkage model generating means for generating a basic linkage model which basically shows the linkage between said at least one part;
- input means for inputting data concerning a working position of a workpiece to be worked on by said jig;
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- structural model generating means for starting with the inputted data via the input means and successively generating structural models of said at least one part formign said jig in accordance with said basic linkage model.
A method of automatically designing a jig comprising at least one part, said method comprising steps of:
- specifying a type of jig and a type of workpiece to be worked on thereby;
- searching for a basic linkage model which basically shows a linkage between said at least one part of the jig specified by using as keys said type of said jig and said type of said workpiece;
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- successively generating structural models of said at least one part forming said jig by using data with respect to a working position of said workpiece to be worked on by said jig in accordance with said basic linkage model searched for.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.