I have submitted an earlier concept called incremental morphing and translation which needed further clarification for the developers to understand idea being proposed. There are two parts to this idea. I am going to explain the first in this submission - in more detail. The second involves shape morphing which will be a future submittal.
Incremental Morphing for the Manufacturing Engineer is a tool that can check worse case conditions of assembly conditions within an engineering tolerance envelope that parts do not work/fit/align etc. Parts are to engineering and do not work - this is a nightmare for engineers and they need a tool to augment virtual conditions to prevent this situation from happening too often.
What this tools needs:
1.) Separate protected workspace
2,) Ability to Copy sketches
3.) Smart draw elements - point and click to change size of copied draw element per increment of tolerance
4.) Overlay and align smart sketches
5.) Relocate (incremental translation) certain features to show discrepant worse case conditions.
6.) Passing of variables (only) proofed and verified sent back to original sketch to make corrections to model
7.) Copy and Export View as PDF to a existing management report.
8.) Software indicate by flag/notice a discrepant condition
My attachment shows a simple rectangle as an example as a start of concept to show how incrementally morphing should occur. The savings of computer file space and reduction of clutter, plus using draw elements is a great benefit besides a semi-automated verification method to goof proof assemblies and parts. Hole patterns position is one of the more common problems in assembly and production.
If you have additional thoughts or improvements - please comment would like to hear from you.
John
