Patent ID: 7512527
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for preparing data to generate a simulation model which prepares data for use in generating a simulation model of a product required in performing a simulation of a product to be processed, the apparatus comprising: an extraction unit extracting analysis data of two parts required when the simulation is performed based on CAD (Computer Aided Design) data, the two parts forming the product to be processed; an acquisition unit acquiring central coordinates of coupling portions of the two parts based on the CAD data, the central coordinates not included in the analysis data, and the coupling portions of the two parts coupled with each other; an assignment unit assigning a position name to each of the central coordinates of the coupling portions of the two parts, the position name indicating parts to be coupled; and a preparation unit preparing composite data of the analysis data of the two parts as a source of a simulation model of the product to be processed by combining the analysis data of the two parts based on the position name and the central coordinates, each of the two parts having the central coordinates assigned the position name indicating the other of the two parts.