Patent ID: 7657412

Claim:
A structure optimizing result displaying method for calculating an actual rigidity value of a structure on the basis of an inputted initial value of a wall thickness of each of two or more components of said structure, said method comprising the step of: calculating, by using a computer, an optimum value of the wall thickness of each of said components on the basis of a sensitivity analysis result in order to make the calculated actual rigidity value close to a required rigidity value of said structure, and displaying the calculated result, calculating, by using a computer, a difference between the initial value and an optimum value of the wall thickness; calculating, by using a computer, a difference between the optimum value and a standard value of the wall thickness; concurrently displaying, by using a computer, each of said two or more components and associated data values in a row, said rows of said two or more components and the associated data values being arranged one above the other as a list, the data values in each row corresponding to each one of said components in the list including: said initial value, said optimum value, the calculated difference between the initial value and the optimum value, said standard value, and the calculated difference between the optimum value and the standard value, and further comprising the step of displaying a designator indicating whether or not the associated component is to be analyzed, based on the inputted initial value of the wall thickness of each of the two or more components of said structure, the method further comprising the steps of calculating and displaying a center of torsion corresponding to each of the respective components; and wherein said structure is a vehicle body frame and said two or more components include a pivot and a head pipe with a center, the method further comprising the steps of displaying the center of torsion corresponding to each pivot and the head pipe on a basis of a position of the pivot or the center of the head pipe.