3D Scanner Virtual Production Facility Reproduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for reproducing production processes in virtual environments face challenges in accurately generating three-dimensional data for complex production facilities, which require significant time and effort due to their spatial configuration and multiple components, making it difficult to simulate interactions between production facilities and workpieces effectively.
Innovation Solution
A method involving the use of a 3D scanner to generate three-dimensional data for an actual production facility, allowing it to be spatially oriented and adjusted to a workpiece, either by scanning the facility directly or using an optical projection of the workpiece, enabling the creation of a virtual environment with accurate representations of both the facility and workpiece.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If three-dimensional data for production facility is manually created in virtual environment, then spatial configuration can be adjusted to workpiece, but significant time and effort are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the copying principle by using a 3D scanner to create an exact digital replica of the physical production facility. Instead of manually modeling the facility in the virtual environment, the scanner captures the actual spatial arrangement and transfers it directly to the virtual environment, preserving geometric accuracy while eliminating time-consuming manual creation processes
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of creating 3D models with an automated scanning system. The 3D scanner uses optical or other measurement technologies to automatically capture spatial data, substituting human effort and manual modeling operations with an automated measurement system that directly generates accurate three-dimensional data
2Measurement precision
If production facility is assembled in real terms before scanning, then accurate spatial configuration is captured, but physical assembly time is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing the physical assembly of the production facility before the scanning process. This ensures that the facility is in its final, operational configuration with all components properly positioned and secured, allowing the subsequent scan to capture the accurate spatial arrangement that will be used for simulation and virtual testing
3Productivity
If virtual simulation is performed without accurate three-dimensional data, then simulation speed increases, but collision detection accuracy decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent ensures that the virtual environment contains an accurate copy of the physical production facility through 3D scanning. This digital replica preserves the precise spatial relationships, dimensions, and geometries of all components, enabling the simulation to accurately detect potential collisions while maintaining computational efficiency through optimized virtual model structures
Data Source
AI summary
A method for reproducing a production process in a virtual environment, has a production facility and a workpiece virtually interacting with each other during the production process. The virtual environment, for the workpiece, is generated out of previously computed three-dimensional data. Scanning an actual production facility is scanned with a scanner. The virtual environment for the actually existing production facility is generated out of three-dimensional data acquired by the scanner.