System and method for drawing and manufacturing bent pipes
First Claim
1. A method of using a bent-tube object in a drawing file, comprising:
- entering a bent-tube object in a drawing file with other types of drawing objects; and
using said bent-tube object to generate bender driver data.
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Abstract
Novel systems and methods of using a bent-tube object in a drawing file include entering a custom bent-tube object in a drawing file, and using the bent tube object to generate bender driver data. In a particular method, the step of entering the custom bent-tube object in the drawing file includes entering a multi-segmented line, and generating the custom bent-tube object based at least in part on the lengths of and angles between the segments of the multi-segmented line. In a more particular method, the step of entering the custom bent-tube object further includes selecting a tube type (e.g., a particular diameter, material, etc.), and the step of generating the custom bent-tube object further includes retrieving bent-tube object data from an object data file based at least in part on the tube type.
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39 Claims
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1. A method of using a bent-tube object in a drawing file, comprising:
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entering a bent-tube object in a drawing file with other types of drawing objects; and using said bent-tube object to generate bender driver data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 37, 38)
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21. A system for using a bent-tube object in a drawing file, said system comprising:
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an object manager responsive to input from a user and operative to generate a bent-tube object; and a drawing engine responsive to said object manager and operative to enter said bent-tube object in a drawing file including other types of drawing objects; and an extraction module operative to generate bender driver data from said bent tube object. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 39)
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31. A system for using a bent-tube object in a drawing file, said system comprising:
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a drawing file including a plurality of bent-tube objects and objects of another type; and means for generating bender driver data from a selected one of said bent-tube objects. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure comprising:
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a first field containing data representing a graphical image of a bent tube; a second field containing data representing a type of tube to be bent to form said bent tube; and a third field containing data for driving a tube bender to bend said bent tube. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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