Patent ID: 9424390
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computerized method comprising: reading into a run-time database a model comprising at least one or more solid boundary representation objects modeling a continuous cast product; creating, by a computer application, a connectivity graph for one or more objects modeling a continuous cast product in a model, a node in the connectivity graph representing one solid boundary representation object; checking, by the computer application, whether or not a pour break added by a user via a user interface to a model splits the connectivity graph at least into two separate graphs, a pour break representing a location in which a user intends to break the continuous cast product; if yes, creating, by the computer application, at least two pour units on the basis of the at least two separate graphs, wherein a pour unit indicates amongst said one or more objects modeling a continuous cast product one or more objects and/or one or more object parts that are intended to be manufactured by a pour, wherein an object part is obtained from an object that is cut into at least two parts by the pour break; and creating for each pour unit a pour graph, the pour graph comprising at least one first node indicating a break, at least one second node indicating one of a one solid boundary representation object and a part of a solid boundary representation object cut by the pour break, and at least one line between two nodes, each line illustrating a relation between nodes, wherein the at least one first node and the at least one second node have different shapes, and in response to a second node indicating a part, the second node comprises an indicator indicating that it represents only the part, wherein the indicator further indicates which part of the object remains in the object part after cutting by the pour break.