System and method for component scattering
AssigneeSiemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.
InventorsAshwani Kumar, Adrian Fraser, Philip O. Williams
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program for component scattering, comprising calculating a bounding box for each of a plurality of parts; calculating a centroid corresponding to each of said bounding boxes; placing a first part having a bounding box and a centroid at said start position, and; placing said plurality of parts in a pre-determined direction from said first part; whereby in a single operation said plurality of parts are logically added to an assembly view in a pre-determined manner, and appropriate means and computer-readable instructions.
Claims9
A computer-implemented method for component scattering, comprising:
- calculating a bounding box for each of a plurality of parts by a computer;
- calculating, by the computer, a centroid corresponding to each of said bounding boxes;
- placing a first part having a bounding box and a centroid at a start position by the computer, and;
- placing, by the computer, said plurality of parts in a pre-determined direction from said first part,
- whereby in a single operation said plurality of parts are logically added to an assembly view in a pre-determined manner.
A non-transitory computer-program product tangibly embodied in a machine readable medium to perform a method for component scattering, comprising instructions operable to cause a computer to:
- calculate a bounding box for each of a plurality of parts;
- calculate a centroid corresponding to each of said bounding boxes;
- place a first part having a bounding box and a centroid at a start position;
- and
- place said plurality of parts in a pre-determined direction from said first part,
- whereby in a single operation said plurality of parts are logically added to an assembly view in a pre-determined manner.
A data processing system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- an accessible memory, the data processing system configured to implement a method for component scattering by:
- calculating a bounding box for each of a plurality of parts;
- calculating a centroid corresponding to each of said bounding boxes;
- placing a first part having a bounding box and a centroid at a start position;
- and
- placing said plurality of parts in a pre-determined direction from said first part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.