US 12,293,135 B2
Associativity and resolution of computer-based models and data
Benjamin Urick, Roseville, CA (US); Daniel L. Keller, Waitsfield, VT (US); and Richard H. Crawford, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to nVariate, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by nVariate, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on May 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/667,801.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/467,851, filed on May 19, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0386148 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 30/10 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 30/10 (2020.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving a first computer-aided (CAx) model of a tangible object, wherein the first CAx model is described in a first CAx model domain, wherein the first CAx model comprises a model-based definition (MBD), wherein the MBD comprises geometric data and topological data;
receiving second CAx product manufacturing information (PMI) from a second CAx model domain different from the first CAx model domain, wherein a second CAx model of the tangible object in the second CAx model domain comprises the second CAx PMI;
mapping the second CAx PMI from the second CAx model domain to the topological data of the MBD in the first CAx model domain;
constructing a system model comprising the first CAx model and further comprising the second CAx PMI mapped to the topological data of the MBD; and
storing the system model in a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium.