Abstract: The disclosure notably relates to a computer-implemented method for designing, with a CAD system, a 3D modeled object representing a mechanical part. The method includes obtaining a B-rep representing the mechanical part. The B-Rep has faces and edges. The method further includes obtaining a first set of faces and a feature type. The feature type is either a depression feature type or a protrusion feature type. The method further comprises, automatically by the CAD system, recognizing a second set of faces within the first set of faces. The second set of faces represents a feature of the provided feature type. This constitutes an improved method for designing a mechanical part.

Abstract: Interactive systems and methods are provided for designing and constructing fences or other structures supported by posts, including methods which enable users to design custom fence panels and be presented with dynamic visual representations of such custom fence panels.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for evaluating computational fluid dynamic simulation results. The method includes, based on a set of initial conditions, performing a first baseline run and a second baseline run of a simulated area or volume containing a vehicle body shape, and then performing a change run of the simulated area or volume containing a modified vehicle body shape, and performing the following actions within the simulated area or volume: plotting an iso line of the first baseline run and a corresponding iso line of the second baseline run, plotting an iso line of the change run that corresponds to the iso line of the two baseline runs, and comparing whether the iso line of the change run falls between the iso lines of the two basline runs. If not, then the modification to the vehicle body shape may be considered significant.

Abstract: A method and system provide the ability to design a terrain surface. A triangular surface mesh representative of an existing surface is obtained. One or more constraints to control the triangular surface mesh are specified. Drainage for the triangular surface mesh is automatically determined based on the constraints. The triangular surface mesh is optimized based on the drainage and one or more design options. The optimizing modifies the triangular surface mesh to define drainage flow for the drainage.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program retrieves an assembly and inspection plan for a product. The assembly and inspection plan includes a three-dimensional (3D) model of the product to be assembled. The program further creates an inspection task for an inspection operation in the assembly and inspection plan for the product. The program also associates the 3D model with the inspection task for the inspection operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of generating and modifying a virtual model of a set of teeth, where the method provides that a restoration can be inserted into a physical model of the set of teeth manufactured from the virtual model of the set of teeth. A method of and a system for generating a virtual model of a set of teeth for manufacturing a physical model of the set of teeth, and to a physical model of a set of teeth.

Abstract: A method for generating an online landscape design for a property includes first entering an address for a property and then importing satellite view data of the property and a street where the property is located from global mapping databases. Next, calculating property size, topography and house size from the satellite view data using a calculator engine. Next, performing scene segmentations and analyzing existing conditions via a landscape design engine, then applying custom vision classifiers for specific landscape elements via the landscape design engine, and then analyzing foliage conditions from the satellite view data. Next, determining property landscape improvements via a scoring engine and then determining materials lists, and calculating quantities, and costs for fulfilling the property landscape improvements via the calculator engine.

Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods relate to generating and optimizing an architectural design. According to embodiments, a method can include receiving metadata of digital communications and collaboration between members of an organization. The method can also include generating a target network model indicating a work style of the members of the organization; a level of interaction between the members of the organization; a spatial clustering of the members; or a number, a size, and an allocation of rooms with a specialized purpose. The method can further include selecting at least one criterion for the architectural design, where the criterion can include: cost, wellness, community, work style, choice, privacy, or vibrancy. The method can further include determining criteria scores for one or more architectural design prototypes. Moreover, the method can include selecting the architectural design based on the criterion scores.

Abstract: A method and system provide the ability to propagate object connections. A three-dimensional (3D) model (that has 3D object components) is acquired. Two or more of the 3D object components are selected as input elements. A connection between the input elements is defined and selected. Data is autonomously collected from the selected connection. The data includes a number of the input elements, a section type of the input elements, and a relative geometrical position between the input elements. A rule autonomously created based on the data. The 3D model is autonomously searched based on the rule to identify other instances of other 3D object components that are consistent with the data. The connection is then autonomously propagated to the identified other 3D object components.

Abstract: A design and testing simulation scales an industrial simulation across multiple different processing nodes, and generates a unified view of the distributed industrial simulation based on simulation and graphics data collected from the multiple processing nodes. The system can allow the user to designate different portions of the a digital model of an automation system to be executed on respective different distributed processing nodes, such that each portion of the model is executed on its designated node and the nodes exchange data as necessary to simulate the aggregate automation system as a whole. In order to visualize this aggregated simulation, the design and testing system unifies the distributed portions of the model into a unified three-dimensional presentation at a single node, and this unified view is animated based on data received from the nodes on which the distributed simulation is executed.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design of physical structures using generative design processes, where the three dimensional (3D) models of the physical structures are produced in accordance with a design criterion that limits a minimum thickness of the generatively designed 3D models, include: obtaining a design space for an object to be manufactured and one or more design criteria including a thickness constraint; iteratively modifying a generatively designed 3D shape of the modeled object in the design space in accordance with the one or more design criteria, including measuring a current thickness for the 3D shape using an overall relationship of a volume of the 3D shape with respect to a surface area of the 3D shape; and providing the generatively designed model for use in manufacturing the physical structure using one or more computer-controlled manufacturing systems.

Abstract: A virtual stent placement apparatus, a virtual stent placement method, and a virtual stent placement program for preventing a stent from blocking a branch of a blood vessel in a case in which the stent is virtually placed in the blood vessel extracted from a medical image are disclosed.

Abstract: A method relates to generating and selecting in-flow control device design simulations.

Abstract: Accordingly, there are disclosed herein geologic modeling methods and systems employing reference-based inversion of seismic image volumes. An illustrative method embodiment includes: (a) obtaining a measured seismic image volume; (b) determining a reference seismic image volume based on a reference model; (c) deriving a synthesized seismic image volume from a geologic model; (d) detecting at least one geologic model region where the synthesized seismic image volume and the measured seismic image volume are mismatched; (e) finding a reference model region where the reference seismic image volume best matches the measured seismic image volume; (f) replacing content of the at least one geologic model region with content of the reference model region to obtain an improved geologic model; and (g) outputting the improved geologic model.

Abstract: Digital design of an area is provided by obtaining input parameters for designing the area, comparing the input parameters to a design profile for the user, in which the design profile indicates user preferences regarding design elements, identifying design element(s) to be included in digital design(s) for the area based on correlating the input parameters with design element(s) from the design profile, generating the digital design(s), each of which incorporates at least one of the identified design elements, and displaying a digital design for potential selection to guide designing the area.

Abstract: Identifying pathways that are significantly impacted in a given condition is a crucial step in the understanding of the underlying biological phenomena. All approaches currently available for this purpose calculate a p-value that aims to quantify the significance of the involvement of each pathway in the given phenotype. These p-values were previously thought to be independent. Here, we show that this is not the case, and that pathways can affect each other's p-values through a “crosstalk” phenomenon that affects all major categories of existing methods. We describe a novel technique able to detect, quantify, and correct crosstalk effects, as well as identify novel independent functional modules. We assessed this technique on data from four real experiments coming from three phenotypes involving two species.

Abstract: A system and a method are described for laying out components in a vehicle workspace. The method may comprise: receiving, as input, a plurality of components for a vehicle workspace; determining an optimization of a routing of a plurality of connections, each of which connect to at least one of the plurality of components; and providing an output indicative of the routing within the vehicle workspace.

Abstract: Method and system for brace designing. The method comprises the following steps: S1) fixing a subject requiring a brace; S2) acquiring skeletal image information of the subject; S3) determining an adjustment solution for implementing an adjustment with respect to the subject and a target state that is to be achieved ultimately; S4) adjusting the subject to alter the skeletal structure of the subject; S5) acquiring adjusted skeletal image information of the subject; S6) determining whether the skeleton of the subject has been adjusted to the target state; if yes, then terminating adjustment and entering step S7; if not, then returning to step S4; S7) acquiring the body surface three-dimensional shape of the subject having achieved the target state and recording information of the force applied by an adjusting head to the subject for use in manufacturing a corresponding brace; thus allowing the highly efficient designing of a brace.

Abstract: A contact problem for characterizing physical contact between two or more bodies is solved by receiving a level-set description of a geometry in a Cartesian grid comprising a plurality of cells. The geometry includes a boundary. Thereafter, the boundary is triangularized for each cell intersecting the boundary to result in a plurality of triangles. A surfacic Gauss integration rule is generated on each triangle using an interpolation of volumetric coordinates. Subsequently, a target point is computed for each Gauss point that corresponds to a projection of such Gauss point on a target surface. The computed target points are then used to integrate contact on the triangles. The problem can then be solved to compute a displacement field respecting contact conditions. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of acquiring real-time parameter data from a pipeline, selecting relevant real-time parameters from the real-time parameter data, executing a plurality of equations using the selected real-time parameters as an in input, generating a model configured to simulate the pipeline in real-time based on an output of the plurality of the equations, and predicting at least one location of a column separation in the pipeline based on the model.