Deformable Cable Route Design with Automatic Passing Direction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cable route design systems often fail to accurately determine the passing direction of deformable linear structures, leading to routes that may pass through the interior of components, causing design inaccuracies and operational issues.
Innovation Solution
The system generates and manages passing point information based on designated components in a virtual space, determining the normal of the component's plane as the passing direction for starting points and reversing it for ending points, ensuring the route avoids internal components and improves user operability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the passing direction is automatically set based on the positions of passing points before and after the passing point, then the route design process is simplified, but the cable route may pass through the inside of components causing design inaccuracies
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically determining the passing direction at each passing point before generating the cable route. The passing direction is calculated based on the positions of passing points before and after the current passing point, and this pre-determined direction is stored as passing point information. This preliminary setup ensures that when the Bezier curve is generated, the cable route will not pass through the inside of components, thus resolving the contradiction between simplified operation and route accuracy.
2Productivity
If the cable route is designed without considering component interiors, then the design process is faster, but the cable may be forcibly curved or interfere with other components
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by using the positions of passing points before and after the current passing point to determine the passing direction. This feedback mechanism ensures that the cable route is automatically adjusted to avoid component interiors and other obstacles. The passing direction information is fed back into the route generation process, allowing the system to automatically correct potential interference issues without requiring manual intervention, thus maintaining both high productivity and reliable cable installation quality.
3Manufacturing precision
If manual setting of passing direction is required, then the cable route accuracy is improved, but the operability and automation level of the system deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies self-service by automatically determining the passing direction at each passing point without requiring manual input from the user. The system uses the positions of passing points before and after the current passing point to calculate the passing direction, stores this information, and uses it to generate the cable route. This self-service mechanism maintains high cable route accuracy while preserving full automation and excellent operability, resolving the contradiction between precision and automation extent.
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AI summary
A design support system generates a passing point through which a deformable linear structure in a virtual space according to the instruction of a user via an input device in the edition process and when generating a passing point of type, based on a component such as part or the like in the virtual space by the edition process, automatically generates and manages passing point information including the passing direction of the passing point to be generated, on the basis of the designated component as the reference. A route through which the linear structure should pass is generated using the passing point information of each passing point.