Patent ID: 9607108
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06F,G06K,Y02P

Claim:
1. A method implemented in one or more data processing systems, comprising: receiving a geometric model including at least one removal feature having at least one face, the removal feature being a feature that is removed prior to variational solving and recreated after a variational solution has been applied into the geometric model; designating at least one face of the removal feature as a remain variational face that will not be removed during a variational edit; adding a constraint to the remain variational face of the removal feature; performing the variational edit on the model to produce an edited model, including applying the constraint, wherein performing the variational edit includes removing the removal feature from the geometric model, performing a variational solve of the geometric model including the remain variational face but not including other faces of the removal feature, and recreating the removal feature after the variational solve has been applied to the geometric model; and storing the edited model.