ANALYZING HARDWARE DESIGNS BASED ON COMPONENT RE-USE
First Claim
1. A method for analyzing a design of a hardware device, the method comprising:
- obtaining a computer-aided design assembly depicting the design; and
automatically creating a bill of materials based on the computer-aided design assembly, wherein the bill of materials lists in a hierarchical manner a plurality of components making up the design.
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Abstract
Analyzing a design of a hardware device includes obtaining a computer-aided design assembly depicting the design and automatically creating a bill of materials based on the computer-aided design assembly, wherein the bill of materials lists in a hierarchical manner a plurality of components making up the design. In another embodiment, analyzing a design of a hardware device includes automatically creating a bill of materials based on a computer-aided design assembly depicting the design and automatically updating the bill of materials to include business and technical information retrieved from a database, wherein the automatically updating results in an updated bill of materials.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for analyzing a design of a hardware device, the method comprising:
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obtaining a computer-aided design assembly depicting the design; and automatically creating a bill of materials based on the computer-aided design assembly, wherein the bill of materials lists in a hierarchical manner a plurality of components making up the design. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for analyzing a design of a hardware device, the method comprising:
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automatically creating a bill of materials based on a computer-aided design assembly depicting the design; and automatically updating the bill of materials to include business and technical information retrieved from a database, wherein the automatically updating results in an updated bill of materials.
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20. A method for analyzing a design of a hardware device, the method comprising:
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obtaining a computer-aided design assembly depicting the design; automatically creating a bill of materials based on the computer-aided design assembly; retrieving business and technical information from a database, wherein the business and technical information relates to the plurality of components; analyzing an inclusion of a given one of the plurality of components in the design; automatically confirming the inclusion of the given one of the plurality of components in the design, when the business and technical information indicates that the given one of the plurality of components is an optimal choice for inclusion in the design; automatically rejecting the inclusion of the given one of the plurality of components in the design, when the business and technical information indicates that the given one of the plurality of components is not an optimal choice for inclusion in the design; and automatically updating the bill of materials to indicate the automatically confirming or the automatically rejecting.
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