Patent ID: 11886165
Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 9:
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the modifying comprises:
pulling at least one boundary of the one or more editable smooth surfaces toward at least one of the one or more input solids by applying a gradient descent method for a distance function for the input solid evaluated for the pulled boundary;
setting a safety tolerance value for the modifying based on accuracy limitations of (i) an intersection algorithm employed by the modifying and/or (ii) the mesh's representation of the generative design created by the generative design process; and
iteratively adjusting the safety tolerance value to ensure the one or more contact curves of the one or more modified smooth surfaces with the one or more input solids are homeomorphic to the unmodified boundary.