Donald Powell - Auburn WA, US Shaun Allahyari - Mercer Island WA, US Gian Aneja - Sammamish WA, US Mike Hsu - Sammamish WA, US
International Classification:
G06T017/00
US Classification:
345/420000
Abstract:
A system and method for automatically and rapidly generating a finite element model of a component are provided. A two-dimensional diagram of points and lines that represent geometry of a component is input. A first input file is created from the two-dimensional diagram. The first input file defines geometrical structure of the component. A second input file is created that defines properties and materials of the component. The properties and materials are defined responsive to the geometrical structure of the component, and are defined according to a predetermined set of properties and materials rules for the component. Without any surfaces being generated to define geometrical structure of the component, a finite element model of the component is generated from the defined geometrical structure of the component and the defined properties and materials of the component.