Patent ID: 7632534

Claim:
A method of simulating an occurrence of an air pocket in an object to be coated, the method comprising: dividing a shape data of the object to be immersed in a coating material tank and a data of a periphery of the object into a plurality of regions; dividing the shape data of the object into a plurality of elements; determining whether an attribute regarding an element of the plurality of elements is air or liquid; and determining, when the attribute regarding the element is air, whether the attribute regarding the element remains air in a region to which the element belongs, by referring to a database, wherein the database relates to information indicating whether an air bubble adhering to the object is removed therefrom, based on an angle of incline of the object, a surface tension caused between the object and a liquid coating material, a flow velocity of the liquid coating material in the coating material tank, and a direction of flow of the liquid coating material in the coating material tank.