Patent ID: 8165703
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of designing a bent part of composite material using a computer assisted CAD system, which method comprises the following stages a) Supplying the 2D mesh model of a laminate used to form a part, which model comprises a pattern of contour lines; b) Generating the 3D outer surface of a tool on which a flat laminate is to be bent to form a bent part; c) Obtaining the 3D mesh model by adapting the 2D mesh model to the geometry of the 3D outer surface of said tool; d) Generating the solid model of the bent part wherein step c) is effected by bending the contour lines of the patterns of the 2D model with respect to bending lines set up in relation to a bending surface of a similar shape to that of the tool provided for forming the part during its manufacture.