Tubular Object Visualization Gap Elimination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing visualization programs fail to appropriately join tubular objects generated from connected line segments in numerical analysis, resulting in gaps that do not exist in actual vessels, as they lack the means to handle non-collinear segments.
Innovation Solution
A display processing method that generates data for a faying surface region between line elements with defined radii at connection points, using data of line elements and their connection relationships, and then generates tubular object data by incorporating this surface region, ensuring smooth connection of tubular objects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If existing visualization programs are used to generate tubular objects from connected line segments, then the visualization process is simple, but gaps occur at connection points when segments are not collinear
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a faying surface region as an intermediary element between adjacent tubular objects at connection points. This faying surface acts as a mediator that fills the gap between tubular objects generated from non-collinear line segments, ensuring continuous and gap-free visualization while maintaining the simplicity of the overall process
2Productivity
If tubular objects are generated for each line segment independently, then the generation process is straightforward, but gaps appear at connection points of non-collinear segments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by generating faying surface regions at connection points before finalizing the tubular object visualization. This advance preparation ensures that when tubular objects are generated independently for each line segment, the connection points are already prepared with appropriate faying surfaces to prevent gaps, thus maintaining both efficiency and accuracy
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AI summary
A disclosed display processing method includes: first generating data of a faying surface region between a first line element, for which a greatest radius is defined, and a second line element, for which a second greatest radius is defined, at a point where end points of plural line elements are connected, by using data of plural line elements for which a radius and coordinates of both end points are defined and data representing connection relationships between line elements; and second generating, for each line object of the plural line elements, data of a tubular object that is defined based on a faying surface region generated for the line element.