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US 8,009,164 B2Granted
Free style deformation
AssigneeHonda Research Institute Europe GmbH
InventorsBernhard Sendhoff, Markus Olhofer, Stefan Menzel
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Abstract
A method for modifying an object design using a computer comprises the steps of: selecting a first sub-design of the object design comprising a first free form deformation geometry and a first free deformation control volume that is variable and adaptive; choosing a second sub-design comprising a second free form deformation geometry; and replacing the first geometry with the second geometry.
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A method of modifying a representation of an object on a computer, the method comprising:
- encoding the object into a representation of the object;
- applying a modular free form deformation control volume to the object representation;
- selecting, at the computer, a first sub-control volume of the modular free form deformation control volume of the object, the first sub-control volume comprising a first free form deformation geometry;
- choosing a second sub-control volume comprising a second free form deformation geometry;
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- replacing the first sub-control volume with the second sub-control volume in the modular free form deformation control volume to modify the representation of the object by using the free form deformation geometry of the second sub-control volume instead of the free form deformation geometry of the first sub-control volume.
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A method of optimizing an object design on a computer, the method comprising:
- encoding the object into a representation of the object;
- applying a modular free form deformation control volume to the object representation;
- selecting, at the computer, a first sub-control volume of the modular free form deformation control volume of the object, the first sub-control volume comprising a first free form deformation geometry;
- choosing a second sub-control volume comprising a second free form deformation geometry;
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- replacing the first sub-control volume with the second sub-control volume in the modular free form deformation control volume by using the free form deformation geometry of the second sub-control volume instead of the free form deformation geometry of the first sub-control volume.
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