System for generating geometry of object associated with one of similar products, based on geometrical characteristic of this one product

A product designing system performing a plurality of designing processes including a preliminary process in which a geometry relating to one of a plurality of products having similar geometries is generated, and a subsequent process in which a geometry relating to a die set used for manufacturing said one of said plurality of products is generated on the basis of the geometry of said one product generated in said preliminary process, said die set including an upper die and a lower die whose geometries relate to each other, said product designing system comprising:

• input means for entering, in said subsequent process, at least one geometrical characteristic of at least one selected portion of said one product whose geometry is similar to corresponding portions of the other of said plurality of products;
• a memory storing data associated with a predetermined relationship between said at least one geometrical characteristic of said one product and said geometries of said upper and lower dies of said die set, which geometry is to be generated in said subsequent process;
• a designing device for generating the geometries of said upper and lower dies of said die set in said subsequent process, in relation to each other, on the basis of said at least one geometrical characteristic and according to said predetermined relationship data;
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• an output device for providing an output representative of said geometries of said upper and lower dies.

A product designing system performing a plurality of designing processes including a preliminary process in which a geometry relating to one of a plurality of products having similar geometries is generated, and a subsequent process in which a geometry relating to an object associated with said one of said plurality of products is generated on the basis of the geometry of said one product generated in said preliminary process, said product designing system comprising:

• input means for entering, in said subsequent process, at least one geometrical characteristic of at least one selected portion of said one product whose geometry is similar to corresponding portions of the other of said plurality of products, said at least one geometrical characteristic including at least one characteristic point defining at least one of a configuration, a size and a position of said at least one selected portion, each of said at least one characteristic point being defined by coordinate values in a coordinate system in which said object is defined;
• a memory storing data associated with a predetermined relationship between said at least one geometrical characteristic of said one product and said geometry relating to said object, which geometry is to be generated in said subsequent process;
• a designing device for generating the geometry relating to said object in said subsequent process, on the basis of said at least one geometrical characteristic and according to said predetermined relationship data;
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• an output device for providing an output representative of said geometry relating to said object.

A product designing system performing a plurality of designing processes including a preliminary process in which a geometry relating to one of corresponding parts of a plurality of motor vehicle bodies which parts have similar geometries is generated, and a subsequent process in which a geometry relating to a die set including an upper die and a lower die used for manufacturing by pressing said one of the corresponding parts of said plurality of motor vehicles bodies is generated on the basis of the geometry of said one part generated in said preliminary process, said product designing system comprising:

• input means for entering, in said subsequent process, at least one geometrical characteristic of at least one selected portion of said one part of the motor vehicle bodies whose geometry is similar to corresponding portions of the other of said corresponding parts of the motor vehicle bodies;
• a memory storing data associated with a predetermined relationship between said at least one geometrical characteristic of said one part and said geometry relating to said die set, which geometry is to be generated in said subsequent process;
• a designing device for generating the geometry relating to said die set in said subsequent process, on the basis of said at least one geometrical characteristic and according to said predetermined relationship data;
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• an output device for providing an output representative of said geometry relating to said die set.

A product designing system performing a plurality of designing processes including a preliminary process in which a geometry relating to one of a plurality of products having similar geometries is generated, and a subsequent process in which a geometry relating to one of a die set and a mold used for manufacturing said one of said plurality of products is generated on the basis of the geometry of said one product generated in said preliminary process, said product designing system comprising:

• input means for entering, in said subsequent process, at least one geometrical characteristic of at least one selected portion of said one product whose geometry is similar to corresponding portions of the other of said plurality of products, said at least one geometrical characteristic including at least one product characteristic point indicative of a position of each of at least one characteristic portion of said one product as said at least one selected portion;
• a memory storing data associated with a predetermined relationship between said at least one geometrical characteristic of said one product and said geometry relating to said object, which geometry is to be generated in said subsequent process;
• a designing device for generating the geometry relating to said object in said subsequent process, on the basis of said at least one geometrical characteristic and according to said predetermined relationship data, said designing device determining a reference position on the basis of the position of said each characteristic portion indicated by said at least one characteristic point, and generating a geometry of said one of said die set and said mold, on the basis of the determined reference position;
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• an output device for providing an output representative of said geometry relating to said object.

A product designing system performing a plurality of designing processes including a preliminary process in which a geometry relating to one of a plurality of products having similar geometries is generated, and a subsequent process in which a geometry relating to a manufacturing device having a predetermined relationship in shape with said one of said plurality of products is generated on the basis of the geometry of said one product generated in said preliminary process, said manufacturing device being manufactured such that said manufacturing device has the geometry generated in said subsequent process so that said one product is manufactured by using said manufacturing device manufactured, said product designing system comprising:

• input means for entering, in said subsequent process, at least one geometrical characteristic of at least one selected portion of said one product whose geometry is similar to corresponding portions of the other of said plurality of products, each of said at least one selected portion of said one product is selected as a portion of said one product which has the geometry to be generated at an initial stage of said preliminary process in which said geometry relating to said one product is generated;
• a memory storing data associated with a predetermined relationship between said at least one geometrical characteristic of said one product and said geometry relating to said manufacturing device, which geometry is to be generated in said subsequent process;
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• a designing device for generating the geometry relating to said manufacturing device in said subsequent process, on the basis of said at least one geometrical characteristic and according to said predetermined relationship data stored in said memory, said designing device initiating said subsequent process after the generation of the geometry of each of said at least one selected portion of said one product at said initial stage of said preliminary process, and before the completion of said preliminary process.