Method and system for dynamically updating geometric models
US6665569B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 12, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer implemented method for dynamically updating a geometric model uses a data structure in which selected constituent elements of the model are associated to form a logical element with dynamically linked pointers to the selected constituent elements. One or more procedures reference the logical element as an input parameter. This indirect referencing of the constituent elements enables the procedure to accommodate fundamental changes to the selected constituent elements without requiring a designer to change the input parameter list of the procedure.
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