Design Parameter Management Across Heterogeneous CAD Systems
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional CAD system management is inflexible, leading to prolonged design completion times due to the unification of design parameters across different systems, which are originally designed for distinct purposes, and lacks the ability to manage shared and non-shared design relationships effectively.
Innovation Solution
A virtual system concept is introduced to manage design parameters, allowing for shared and non-shared parameters to be handled independently, with a setup mechanism for virtual sharing, registration, history management, finite difference management, and notification across different CAD systems, enabling flexible management and early completion of designs regardless of shared relationships.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If design parameters from different CAD systems are unified under a centralized management system, then system architecture cost is reduced and maintenance is simplified, but system flexibility is lost and design completion time is prolonged
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments design parameters into two distinct categories: shared parameters and non-shared parameters. Shared parameters are managed centrally across multiple CAD systems, while non-shared parameters are managed independently by each system. This segmentation allows the system to maintain centralized management benefits for common parameters while preserving independence and flexibility for system-specific parameters, thereby resolving the contradiction between system simplicity and flexibility.
2Ease of repair
If all design parameters are managed under an integrated centralized system, then system maintenance is simplified, but design completion time is prolonged due to dependency on shared parameters
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting parameters into shared and non-shared categories, the system enables independent management of non-shared parameters that do not require coordination with other systems. This allows design work on non-shared parameters to proceed without waiting for shared parameter resolutions, thereby reducing overall design completion time while maintaining simplified centralized management for shared parameters.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary classification of parameters into shared and non-shared categories before the design process begins. This preliminary action enables the design system to anticipate which parameters can be worked on independently and which require coordination, allowing designers to proceed with non-shared parameters immediately without waiting for centralized system approvals or updates.
3Ease of operation
If design parameters are unified across different CAD systems, then centralized management is achieved, but the ability to handle system-specific design requirements is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the parameter management scope into shared parameters that benefit from centralized management and non-shared parameters that require system-specific independence. This segmentation allows each CAD system to maintain full control over its unique parameters while participating in centralized management for common parameters, thereby preserving both ease of centralized operation and system-specific adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies different management qualities to different parameters: centralized management quality for shared parameters and decentralized/independent management quality for non-shared parameters. This local quality approach ensures that each parameter receives the appropriate management style based on its nature and usage requirements, maintaining both centralized efficiency and local flexibility.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for managing design parameters in a plurality of different CAD systems flexible for the plurality of different CAD systems having essentially different design purposes. In a method for managing design parameters being used in a plurality of different CAD systems, respectively, in order to prevent prolongation of the completion time of the entire design of a product, arbitrary design parameters in the design parameters being used in the plurality of different CAD systems, respectively, are brought into a virtually shared state among the plurality of different CAD systems. Design parameters in the virtually shared state and design parameters not in the virtually shared state are managed independently.