COMPUTERIZED MECHANICAL SYNTHESIS AND MODELING IN CAD APPLICATIONS

摘要

An improvement for computer graphics synthesis and analysis applications (142) providing calculation, regeneration, and display of mechanisms and mechanism (150) elements, upon a modification of the mechanism (150) or its elements. An operator of a computing application (142) (such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) - capable of graphical synthesis and analysis of computerized constructs, including mechanisms) inputs a set of first data through a user input interface to graphically define or retrieve elements of a given mechanism (150). The computing application (142) stores information pertinent to the inputted mechanism (150) elements. When an element of a defined or stored mechanism (150) is modified, the operator inputs second data to modify element(s) of the defined or stored mechanism (150) to produce a modified mechanism (152). The improvement tracks the operator's first and second inputs and provides immediate display of the modified mechanism (152) and mechanism parameters (150a). The modified mechanism (152) and mechanism parameters (150a) are instantaneously calculated, regenerated, and stored by the improvement upon operator input.