Patent ID: 6901356
Filing Date: 2005-05-31
Classification: G05B,G06F,G06T,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A simulation apparatus for simulating, based on design information of a design model designed in a virtual three-dimensional space while one or more standard part models standardized in advance based on a specification model are arranged in the design modal, working of a working means model to be used for the one or more standard part models arranged in the design model, comprising: a working means model information storage section for storing working means model information which indicates details of the working means model to be used in working the one or more standard part models, said working means model information being linked with standard part model information which indicates details of the one or more standard part models; a working means model information extraction section for automatically referring, based on information regarding the standard part models arranged in a design model, to said working means model information storage section to extract information regarding a working means model to be used to work the standard part models arranged in the design model; and a working simulation execution section for executing a three-dimensional simulation of the working of one of the standard part models with the working means model based on design information of the design model and the information regarding the working means model extracted by said working means model information extraction section, where the working means model is automatically selected from among plural other working means models pre-associated with the one standard part model based on an automatic determination according to a result of the simulation that it satisfies a working condition of the working means model.