Patent ID: 11947335
Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A non-transitory computer readable medium having code stored therein for determining a multi-component structure (MCS) model, wherein the code when executed by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to:
obtain a 3-D print model of an object, wherein the 3-D print model is based on load case criteria;
determine a portion of the 3-D print model that can be replaced with a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) part model, such that the load case criteria remain satisfied; and
replace the portion with the COTS part model to determine the MCS model,
wherein replacing the portion with the COTS part model includes performing multi-objective analysis based on a plurality of objective functions, and
wherein the objective functions comprise at least evaluating structural performance or a number of joints.