Method of editing assembly
AssigneeAmada Company, Limited
InventorsMasanobu Ishii, Dmitry Leshchiner, Tony Weber
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Abstract
A method of editing an assembly with CAD includes selecting, through navigation, a first element of a first part among parts displayed on a CAD screen, the parts being made of sheet metal and being assembled into the assembly, the navigation automatically selecting an element of a part under a cursor as the cursor is moved on the CAD screen, dragging the first part including the first element with the cursor in one of horizontal and perpendicular directions relative to the first element, selecting, through navigation, a second element of a second part among the parts displayed on the CAD screen, and attaching the first element of the first part to the second element of the second part.
Claims58
A method of editing an assembly with CAD, comprising:
- reading parts data defining parts that are made of sheet metal and are assembled into the assembly;
- reading attachment data defining attachment relationships among the parts;
- reading edit data defining edit states of the parts;
- reading assembling data defining an assembling sequence of the parts;
- and
- assembling the parts into the assembly according to the parts data, attachment data, edit data, and assembling data.
A method of editing an assembly with CAD, comprising:
- saving parts data defining parts that are made of sheet metal and are assembled into the assembly;
- saving attachment data defining attachment relationships among the parts;
- saving edit data defining edit states of the parts;
- and
- saving assembling data defining an assembling sequence of the parts.
A method of editing an assembly with CAD, comprising:
- selecting, through navigation, a first element of a first part among parts displayed on a CAD screen, the parts being made of sheet metal and being assembled into the assembly, the navigation automatically selecting an element of a part under a cursor as the cursor is moved on the CAD screen;
- and
- dragging the first part including the first element with the cursor in one of horizontal and perpendicular directions relative to the first element.
A method of editing an assembly with CAD, comprising:
- selecting a first part in which a connection hole is formed among parts that are made of sheet metal and are assembled into the assembly;
- selecting a first face from the first part and setting a type of the connection hole to be formed in the first face;
- setting a location of the connection hole on the first face;
- and
- finding a second face of a second part corresponding to the first face.
A computer readable medium containing software of editing an assembly with CAD, wherein the software comprising:
- reading parts data defining parts that are made of sheet metal and are assembled into the assembly;
- reading attachment data defining attachment relationships among the parts;
- reading edit data defining edit states of the parts;
- reading assembling data defining an assembling sequence of the parts;
- and
- assembling the parts into the assembly according to the parts data, attachment data, edit data, and assembling data.
A computer readable medium containing software of editing an assembly with CAD, wherein the software comprising:
- saving parts data defining parts that are made of sheet metal and are assembled into the assembly;
- saving attachment data defining attachment relationships among the parts;
- saving edit data defining edit states of the parts;
- and
- saving assembling data defining an assembling sequence of the parts.
A computer readable medium containing software of editing an assembly with CAD, wherein the software comprising:
- selecting, through navigation, a first element of a first part among parts displayed on a CAD screen, the parts being made of sheet metal and being assembled into the assembly, the navigation automatically selecting an element of a part under a cursor as the cursor is moved on the CAD screen;
- and
- dragging the first part including the first element with the cursor in one of horizontal and perpendicular directions relative to the first element.
A computer readable medium containing software of editing an assembly with CAD, wherein the software comprising:
- selecting a first part in which a connection hole is formed among parts that are made of sheet metal and are assembled into the assembly;
- selecting a first face from the first part and setting a type of the connection hole to be formed in the first face;
- setting a location of the connection hole on the first face;
- and
- finding a second face of a second part corresponding to the first face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.