Patent ID: 7308389

Claim:
A method of predicting, by utilizing a finite element method, a shape of a wiring structure in which the wiring structure constituted by a line streak member covered by an exterior member is regarded as an elastic body in which a plurality of beam elements a linearity of which is maintained are coupled with each other, the method comprising: a drawing step of drawing the wiring structure having an arbitrary shape by a manual operation; using a computer, performing: a shape characteristic extracting step of extracting shape characteristic from the drawn wiring structure; a constraining condition extracting step of extracting constraining condition from the drawn wiring structure; a material characteristic calculating step of calculating material characteristic of the drawn wiring structure based on the drawn wiring structure; a predicted shape calculating step of calculating a predicted shape which is brought into a physical equilibrium state by applying the shape characteristic, the constraining condition and the material characteristic to the finite element method; and a preserving step comprising one or more of: (1) storing the predicted shape in a storing apparatus, and (2) printing the predicted shape from a printing apparatus.