Importation and representation of part families and dynamic part catalog generation
US9639655B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2113/14
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a definition of a version of a part family comprising a plurality of parts, each part having a same shape and a different respective size, wherein the definition includes a set of parameter values for each part of the part family; storing the definition along with other versions of the part family in either a parametric or parametric-independent format; receiving a request for the part family for a particular computer-aided design system; converting a latest version to a different format that is compatible with the particular computer-aided design system; and providing the converted part family in response to the request.
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