Patent ID: 7110922

Claim:
An analytic model preparing apparatus for automatically preparing an analytic model for numerical analysis in respect of a CAD model including a joint means, comprising: means for inputting, as the CAD model, profile data and a profile attribute of an object to be analyzed; means for automatically searching a part of laminate structure from said CAD model to prepare a neutral plane model; means for extracting a joint target part, a joint position and a joint means from said CAD model; means for registering said extracted joint target part, joint position and joint means as parts joint data; means for retrieving a joint model preparing object corresponding to said joint means registered in said parts joint data from a joint model preparing object database; means for executing a joint model preparing process registered in said joint model preparing object to prepare a joint model; means for synthesizing said joint model and said neutral plane model to prepare an analytic model corresponding to said laminate structure; means for performing numerical analysis on said analytic model; and displaying said laminate structure.