Patent ID: 11914927
Assignee: DESPREZ, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A method of assisting a designer with selecting a component compatible with a feature of a structure represented in a computer model, said method being carried out by a compatible components system programmed to carry out the steps of the method, the method comprising:
receiving a computer assisted design (CAD) model containing a representation of the structure, the representation of the structure further including the feature;
receiving an identification of the feature of the structure with which the component is to be associated;
retrieving attribute information of the feature;
from among a plurality of candidate components, identifying at least one component compatible with the feature of the structure as a function of the attribute information of the feature and attribute information of the plurality of candidate components, wherein identifying the at least one component compatible comprises:
applying logic that compares non-geometric attribute values of the structure against the non-geometric attribute values defined for each component, wherein logic utilizes predefined threshold values of the non-geometric attributes to identify whether the at least one component is compatible; and
applying logic comprising additional rules individualized by a designer indicating a plurality of conditions regarding component compatibility, wherein the additional rules are retrieved from a candidate component library;

transmitting an indication of the at least one component compatible with the feature of the structure to computer modeling software;
receiving, from the designer, a selection of a chosen component from the at least one component compatible with the feature of the structure; and
modifying the CAD model to include the chosen component combined with the feature.