Patent ID: 7991496

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an object having a potential {x} which is generated in response to a field {f} applied thereto, the method comprising the steps of: designing a geometric model of said object; generating a computerized mathematical model of said object by discretizing a geometric model of said object into a plurality of finite elements and defining nodes at boundaries of said elements, wherein values of the field {f} and potential {x} are specified at said nodes; calculating a material property matrix [k] based on the relationship {f}=[k]{x}; extracting material property coefficients from said material property matrix [k] for each finite element in said computerized mathematical model; comparing the extracted material property coefficients to material property coefficients for known materials to match the extracted material property coefficients to the material property coefficients for known materials; determining manufacturing parameters corresponding to the matched material property coefficients; generating machine control instructions based on the determined manufacturing parameters; and controlling manufacturing equipment in accordance with the generated machine control instructions to manufacture the object to have different regions each having a different material property coefficient which provides a different potential in response to a field applied thereto.