Patent ID: 7437278
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: B27B,B27M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A simulation method according to which a simulation apparatus generates a simulant image indicating a cut-out position of a wooden piece in raw wood and a shape of the wooden piece having a predetermined three-dimensional shape at shaping of the wooden piece from the raw wood, the simulation apparatus including a storage unit which stores raw wood information about a shape and a grain pattern of the raw wood and shape information about a shape of a wooden piece to be cut out from the raw wood, the simulation method comprising: receiving an input of a desirable grain pattern which is to appear on a surface of a wooden piece cut out from the raw wood; determining whether the wooden piece can be cut out from the raw wood so that the wooden piece has the three-dimensional shape and a surface showing a similar grain pattern to the received desirable grain pattern, based on the received desirable grain pattern, and based on the raw wood information and the shape information read out from the storage unit; generating a simulant image indicating a cut-out position and a shape of the wooden piece in the raw wood, when it is determined that the wooden piece can be cut out; and outputting the generated simulant image.