Method of generating a computer readable model

A data processing system comprising

• means for generating a computer readable model of a geometrical object constructed from a plurality of interconnected construction elements, wherein each construction element has a number of connection elements for connecting the construction element with another construction element;
• means for encoding a first and a second one of the plurality of construction elements as corresponding first and second data structures, each representing the connection elements of the corresponding construction element, and each of the connection elements having associated with it one of a plurality of predetermined connection types;
• means for determining a first connection element of the first construction element and a second connection element of the second construction element located in a predetermined proximity of each other;
• and
• means for retrieving connectivity information of the corresponding connection types of the first and second connection element indicative of whether the first and second connection elements provide a connection between the first and the second construction element.

A computer program product comprising program code means stored on a computer readable medium for generating a computer readable model of a geometrical object constructed from a plurality of interconnectable construction elements, wherein each construction element has a number of connection elements for connecting the construction element with another construction element-comprising

• encoding a first and a second one of the plurality of construction elements as corresponding first and second data structures, each representing the connection elements of the corresponding construction element, and each of the connection elements having associated with it one of a plurality of predetermined connection types;
• determining a first connection element of the first construction element and a second connection element of the second construction element located in a predetermined proximity of each other;
• and
• retrieving connectivity information of the corresponding connection types of the first and second connection elements indicative of whether the first and second connection elements provide a connection between the first and the second construction element.