PUNCH REPRESENTATION FOR PUNCH GEOMETRY

• US 20090005899A1
• Filed: 06/29/2007
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
• Inventors: Hochenauer, Gerald, Bussey, Matthew James, Hindman, Seth A.
• Application Number:
  US11/771,852
• Publication Number:
  US 20090005899A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/183
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2113/24 Sheet material
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]

Abstract

The present disclosure includes, among other things, systems, methods and program products for representing punch geometry and associated manufacturing information.

Claims

1. A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

associating a two-dimensional punch representation with a three-dimensional punch geometry, the punch geometry being a graphical representation of one or more modifications to a sheet of material;

accepting input to view the associated punch representation; and

automatically replacing the punch geometry with the punch representation in a graphical representation of the sheet.

2. The program product of claim 1 where the modifications reflect one or more cuts or punches to the sheet.

3. The program product of claim 1, further comprising:

associating manufacturing information with the punch representation where the manufacturing information can be used to manufacture the associated punch geometry from the sheet.

4. The program product of claim 3 where the manufacturing information includes one or more of:

center location, tool identification, punch direction, punch depth, or angular orientation.

5. The program product of claim 3, further comprising:

extracting manufacturing information associated with the punch representation.

6. The program product of claim 1, further comprising:

projecting the punch geometry to automatically create the punch representation.

7. The program product of claim 1, further comprising:

accepting a two-dimensional drawing as the punch representation.

8. The program product of claim 1, further comprising:

parametrically associating the punch representation with the punch geometry so that a change to the punch geometry'"'"'s shape automatically causes a change to the punch representation'"'"'s shape.

9. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

associating a two-dimensional punch representation with a three-dimensional punch geometry, the punch geometry being a graphical representation of one or more modifications to a sheet of material;

accepting input to view the associated punch representation; and

automatically replacing the punch geometry with the punch representation in a graphical representation of the sheet.

10. The method of claim 9 where the modifications reflect one or more cuts or punches to the sheet.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

associating manufacturing information with the punch representation where the manufacturing information can be used to manufacture the associated punch geometry from the sheet.

12. The program product of claim 11 where the manufacturing information includes one or more of:

center location, tool identification, punch direction, punch depth, or angular orientation.

13. The program product of claim 11, further comprising:

extracting manufacturing information associated with the punch representation.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

projecting the punch geometry to automatically create the punch representation.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

accepting a two-dimensional drawing as the punch representation.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

parametrically associating the punch representation with the punch geometry so that a change to the punch geometry'"'"'s shape automatically causes a change to the punch representation'"'"'s shape.

17. A system comprising a display device and processor electronics configured to perform operations comprising:

associating a two-dimensional punch representation with a three-dimensional punch geometry, the punch geometry being a graphical representation of one or more modifications to a sheet of material;

accepting input to view the associated punch representation; and

automatically replacing the punch geometry with the punch representation in a graphical representation of the sheet.

18. The system of claim 17 where the modifications reflect one or more cuts or punches to the sheet.

19. The system of claim 17 where the processor electronics are configured to perform operations comprising:

associating manufacturing information with the punch representation where the manufacturing information can be used to manufacture the associated punch geometry from the sheet.

20. The system of claim 19 where the manufacturing information includes one or more of:

center location, tool identification, punch direction, punch depth, or angular orientation.

21. The system of claim 17 where the processor electronics are configured to perform operations comprising:

parametrically associating the punch representation with the punch geometry so that a change to the punch geometry'"'"'s shape automatically causes a change to the punch representation'"'"'s shape.