System for permanently retaining multi dimensional CAD part information in the form of a tag within a part file
AssigneeDell USA, L.P.
InventorsR. Steven Mills, Ty R. Schmitt
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Abstract
A representation of a three dimensional part is provided with a three dimensional part summary information tag. Thus advantageously allowing part summary information to be easily accessible and visible to users who access the part data file.
Claims25
A method for retaining part information for a part having a part geometry, the part geometry being stored within a geometry data file of a part data file, the method comprising the steps of
- accessing the geometry data filed of the part data file,
- generating a part information tag, the part information tag having a part information tag geometry, the generating step including:
- generating a plate having a depth which is small when compared to the part geometry of the part;
- coupling the part information tag to the part geometry;
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- saving the part geometry and the part information tag within the part data file.
A system for retaining part information for a part, the part corresponding to a part data file, the system comprising
- a non-volatile memory, the non-volatile memory being readable by a computer system,
- a geometry data field stored on the non-volatile memory in said part data file, the geometry data field storing multidimensional part information, and
- an informational data field stored on the non-volatile memory in said part data file, the information data field being multi-dimensional, the information data field being coupled to the geometry data field.
A method of presenting part information to a user of a computer system, the computer system including a processor, memory coupled to the processor, and a screen coupled to the processor and the memory, the method comprising the steps of:
- presenting on the screen a screen presentation of a part having a part geometry corresponding to a geometry data field,
- presenting on the screen a part information tag corresponding to an informational data field, the information data field being coupled to the geometry data field, the geometry data field and the information data field being stored within a part data file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.