Abstract: A system and method for automatically and rapidly generating an integrated data model of a manufactured product are provided. An input file containing parameters for the manufactured product comprising, for example, dimensions of the finished product, dictates the dimensions of the resulting integrated data model. A rules database constrains modeling to integrate the engineered properties of the resulting model. The properties and materials are defined responsive to the parameters set forth in the input file, and selected according to a predetermined set of properties and materials rules for each component of each system comprised within the product. Successive iterations of the modeling process with informed changes to the input file or rules should yield better approximations of the finished product, thereby allowing immediate and incremental improvements by all engineering disciplines.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically and rapidly generating an integrated data model of a manufactured product are provided. An input file containing parameters for the manufactured product comprising, for example, dimensions of the finished product, dictates the dimensions of the resulting integrated data model. A rules database constrains modeling to integrate the engineered properties of the resulting model. The properties and materials are defined responsive to the parameters set forth in the input file, and selected according to a predetermined set of properties and materials rules for each component of each system comprised within the product. Successive iterations of the modeling process with informed changes to the input file or rules should yield better approximations of the finished product, thereby allowing immediate and incremental improvements by all engineering disciplines.

Abstract: A hair comb sized similar to a credit card and structured to meet the flexure requirements of being housed in a wallet or credit card holder is disclosed. The comb is formed of a thin, relatively rigid, but slightly flexible, rectangular sheet of plastic having teeth located along one edge. The length of the teeth near the ends of the comb decreases, while the tips of the teeth are maintained in alignment. Changing the length of the end teeth in this manner, plus the inclusion of relatively wider teeth and fairing areas between the teeth to significantly increase the strength of the teeth, reduces the possibility of teeth breakage. The faces of the side of the hair comb, opposite to the side from which the teeth project, includes opposed tactilely textured depressions that assist a user in removing the comb from a wallet or credit card holder.