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Computer-implemented method for determining exploded paths of an exploded view of an assembly of three-dimensional modeled objects

  • US 10,346,005 B2
  • Filed: 07/15/2014
  • Issued: 07/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for producing an illustration based on an assembly of three-dimensional modeled objects by determining exploded paths of an exploded view of the assembly of three-dimensional modeled objects, the method comprising:

  • displaying, in a main frame of a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer aided design (CAD) system, an exploded view of the assembly in a three-dimensional scene;

    automatically computing different exploded paths, each exploded path comprising at least one exploded line, the at least one exploded line of each exploded path based on at least one geometrical criterion, the geometrical criterion including at least a preferred direction of parts of a representation of one of the computed exploded paths of the assembly, each exploded path including a plurality of exploded lines linking objects of the assembly, each of said exploded paths corresponding to a respective order for mounting or dismounting said objects of the assembly;

    simultaneously displaying a second frame of the GUI and the main frame of the GUI, the second frame displaying a list of thumbnails, each thumbnail of the list displaying the exploded view of the assembly and one of the automatically computed exploded paths;

    automatically preselecting, within the GUI, a default thumbnail, of the list of thumbnails, having a best value of the geometrical criterion;

    enabling a user to select, within the GUI, one thumbnail among the list of thumbnails; and

    producing the illustration displaying the exploded path of the selected thumbnail in the main frame of the GUI.

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