Issue |
Mécanique & Industries
Volume 11, Number 2, Mars-Avril 2010
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Page(s) | 85 - 92 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/meca/2010020 | |
Published online | 15 September 2010 |
Automatic modification retrieval between CAD parts
Recherche des différences entre des modèles CAO solides
1
ERICCA, Département de Génie Mécanique UQTR, Trois Rivières,
Canada, G9A
5H7
2
LGM, ENIM, Monastir, Tunisia
a Corresponding author:
francois@uqtr.ca
Received:
30
June
2009
Accepted:
11
March
2010
Several research works have been focused on integrating FEA (finite-elements analysis) with CAD (Computer Aided Design) over the last decade. In spite of the improvements brought by this integration, research work remains to be done in order to better integrate all the operations led during the design process. Until now, the communication between CAD modules remains static. The design process involves several modifications of an initial design solution. Consequently, there is a need for more flexible communications between CAD modules through the design cycle. Some approaches have been developed in order to reduce the design process length when using FEA, and to automate the transfer of part’s data from one step of the process to the next one. Automatic re-meshing is one of these approaches and it is based on automatically updating the part’s mesh around modifications zones, in the case of a minor change in the part’s design, without the need to re-mesh the entire part. The purpose of this paper is presenting a new tool, aiming at the improvement of automatic re-meshing procedures. It basically consists in automatically identifying and locating modifications between two CAD parts (typically an initial design and a modified design). A major benefit of the approach presented here is that it is completely independent of the description frame, which is made possible with the use of vector-based geometric representations.
Résumé
Plusieurs travaux ont été effectués à propos de l’intégration MEF (méthode des éléments-finis) – CAO depuis une décennie. Bien que le processus se soit amélioré, il reste du travail à faire pour intégrer l’ensemble des modules de la CAO. Jusqu’à maintenant, les systèmes de CAO présentent des communications statiques entre leurs modules. Le processus itératif de conception nécessite une communication plus flexible afin d’être plus efficace. Pour réduire le temps de conception lors d’une étude éléments-finis, plusieurs approches ont permis d’optimiser la phase de maillage en n’effectuant, en cas de changement mineur de design, qu’un remaillage autour des modifications de design sans devoir remailler le domaine au complet. L’objectif de cet article est de présenter un nouvel outil, permettant d’identifier et de localiser des modifications entre deux modèles de pièces (une solution initiale de conception et une solution modifiée). Cet outil utilise une formulation vectorielle de la géométrie, ce qui lui permet d’opérer une comparaison complètement indépendante du repère.
Key words: Geometric comparison / BREP / vectorial space / remesh / NURBS
Mots clés : Comparaison de géométrie / BREP / vectorisation / remaillage / NURBS
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