Patent ID: 8384741

Claim:
A computer programmed with a numerical-simulation-result display program causing the computer to execute the steps of: reading three-dimensional-computer-aided-design-model data of an object to be analyzed; converting the read three-dimensional-computer-aided-design-model data into computer-aided-design graphic data capable of being displayed on an image output apparatus, the displayed computer-aided-design graphic data establishing a first image of the object on the image output apparatus; reading numerical-simulation-result data of the object, the numerical-simulation-result data including data establishing at least an outline of the object, the numerical-simulation-result data including data establishing a physical quantity of the object; converting the read numerical-simulation-result data into simulation-result graphic data capable of being displayed on the image output apparatus, the simulation-result graphic data establishing a second image of the object with a visual effect representing the physical characteristic established by the numerical-simulation-result data; and displaying the computer-aided-design graphic data and the simulation-result graphic data on the image output apparatus in a superimposed manner so that the first and second images of the same object are coincident, wherein, in the step of displaying the computer-aided-design graphic data and the simulation-result graphic data, the physical quantity is displayed in association with the shape of a cross-section of the object, in the step of reading the numerical-simulation-result data, first numerical-simulation-result data and second numerical-simulation-result data respectively corresponding to first and second analysis techniques are read, in the step of converting the read numerical-simulation-result data, the first numerical-simulation-result data and second numerical-simulation-result data read in the step of reading the numerical-simulation-result data are respectively converted into first simulation-result graphic data and second simulation-result graphic data that can be displayed on the image output apparatus, and in the step of displaying the computer-aided-design graphic data and the simulation-result graphic data, the computer-aided-design graphic data and the first simulation-result graphic data are displayed on the image output apparatus in a superimposed manner, and, at the same time, the computer-aided-design graphic data and the second simulation-result graphic data are displayed on the image output apparatus in a superimposed manner.