Support system, method and program

A design support method comprising the steps of:

• receiving shape data indicative of at least two, mutually different shapes, finite element model data indicative of a finite element model for each of said at least two shapes, and attribute data indicative of an attribute at each node of the finite element model;
• displaying said at least two shapes on a screen;
• superimposing said at least two shapes displayed on the screen, on each other, with reference to a site designated by information received, or a predetermined site;
• calculating the attribute at an attribute calculation point set at a predetermined position on the screen, based on the attribute of said each node, with respect to each of said at least two shapes superimposed on each other;
• and
• calculating differences in the attribute between said at least two shapes, at the nodes and the attribute calculation points,
• wherein the attribute calculation points are separate from the nodes of the finite element model.

A design support program product stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium, the design support program comprising:

• a step to be executed by a computer, of receiving shape data indicative of at least two, mutually different shapes, finite element model data indicative of a finite element model for each of said at least two shapes, and attribute data indicative of an attribute at each node of the finite element model;
• a step to be executed by the computer, of displaying said at least two shapes on a screen;
• a step to be executed by the computer, of superimposing said at least two shapes displayed on the screen, on each other, with reference to a site designated by information received, or a predetermined site;
• a step to be executed by the computer, of calculating the attribute at an attribute calculation point set at a predetermined position on the screen, based on the attribute of said each node, with respect to each of said at least two shapes superimposed on each other;
• and
• a step to be executed by the computer, of calculating differences in the attribute between said at least two shapes, at the nodes and the attribute calculation points,
• wherein the attribute calculation points are separate from the nodes of the finite element model.