Method for creating accurate, updateable vertical ramps that fall on ramp geometry in transition areas of laminated composite parts
US9626460B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 24, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods for product data management and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving one or more layer boundaries of one or more plies of a composite part. The method includes creating a topological definition from the layer boundaries, the topological definition includes one or more vertices and half-edges. The method includes identifying one or more vertical ramp sections of one or more vertical ramps from the topological definition that form one or more discontinuities in the topological definition. The method includes adding one or more additional vertices and half-edges to the topological definition based on the layer boundaries and the vertical ramp sections. The method includes creating one or more faces in the topological definition along the vertical ramp based on the additional vertices and half-edges to resolve the discontinuities. The method includes transmitting the topological definition with the faces.
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