Method and system for converting engineering data into 3D modeling data
Assignee1914 Holding Company
InventorsBrian W. Trotta, Christopher C. Wills, Juan A. Uribe
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Abstract
A system and method for converting data generated in an computer engineering design software component to an alternate format usable by a variety of alternate software components is provided. Engineering data from a project having a plurality of objects is provided. Objects are selected from the project for conversion and transportation to one of the alternate software components. The selected objects are converted to an alternate format, transported to the alternate software component and regenerated by the alternate software component in its own environment.
Claims22
A method of using engineering data from a computer aided design software component to generate technically accurate 3D models in connection with a 3D modeling software component, the method comprising:
- obtaining engineering data in an electronic format from the computer aided design software component, wherein the engineering data defines a plurality of objects;
- selecting one or more of the plurality of objects defined by the engineering data;
- converting the engineering data associated with the selected objects to corresponding mathematical data;
- transporting the corresponding mathematical data to the 3D modeling software component, wherein transporting the mathematical data includes the computer aided design software component creating a connection between the computer aided design software component and the 3D modeling software component;
- converting the transported mathematical data to corresponding 3D modeling data, wherein the corresponding 3D modeling data is readable by the 3D modeling software component;
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- generating objects from the corresponding 3D modeling data in the 3D modeling software component.
A method of preparing engineering data for electronic transport to a desired software component, the method comprising:
- obtaining engineering data from a computer aided design software component, the engineering data being in a first electronic format and defining a plurality of objects;
- selecting one or more of the objects defined by the engineering data, wherein the objects are selected via scanning the data for predetermined criteria;
- converting the data associated with the selected objects to a second electronic format;
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- sending the converted data to the desired software component.
A computer system for generating technically accurate 3D models from engineering data, the system comprising:
- a selection component that permits the selection of portions of the engineering data for conversion, wherein the selection component includes a scanner that scans the engineering data for predetermined criteria;
- a first conversion component that converts the selected portions of the engineering data into corresponding portions of mathematical data;
- a second conversion component that converts the corresponding portions of mathematical data into corresponding portions of 3D modeling data;
- and a 3D model generator for generating a technically accurate 3D model from the corresponding portions of 3D modeling data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.