Patent ID: 7675515
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for generating an analytical model of an object shape model, said analytical model being used for numerical analysis, comprising: a storage unit; a detail-mesh-model generating section which generates a detail mesh model of the object shape model based on the object shape model; a maximum outer shape mesh model generating section which generates a maximum outer shape mesh model corresponding to an outline of the object shape model based on the object shape model; a wall-thickness-region generating section which generates a basic wall-thickness region, which extends inside the maximum outer shape mesh model from at least a part of surfaces of the maximum outer shape mesh model and which has a predetermined thickness; an overlaying section which divides the basic wall-thickness region into a plurality of sub-regions, extracts one or more of the plurality of sub-regions which overlap the detail mesh model, and combines the extracted one or more of the plurality of sub-regions, to thereby generate the analytical model; and a storing section which stores the analytical model in the storage unit.