Patent ID: 8036862
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for designing industrial goods, which comprises: designing a linear or surface shape of an item by embossing a watermark into a model of the linear or surface shape, the model having a plurality of splines that form the shape in a totality thereof; assigning control points to the splines to render it possible to vary, and thereby control, a profile of a respectively assigned spline by varying a position of the control points; and assigning nodes to the splines, the nodes lying on a part of the shape formed by the respectively assigned spline, and varying the shape by performing one or more of the following steps a) to c) during embossing of the watermark into the model: introducing an item of variation information relating to how the variation in the shape can be reversed by inserting at least one additional node into the model.