IP Library Granted Patent US 10,409,950
Granted Patent B2
US 10,409,950 · App. 15/630,939 · Granted Sep 10, 2019

Systems and methods for utilizing a 3D CAD point-cloud to automatically create a fluid model

Inventor: Zain S. Dweik (Hamilton, OH)
Assignee: General Electric Company
G06F17/5086G06F17/5009G06N20/00G06T15/005G06T17/05G06F2217/16
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Patent No.
US 10,409,950
App. No.
15/630,939
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multiple fluid model tool for utilizing a 3D CAD point-cloud to automatically create a fluid model is presented. For example, a system includes a modeling component, a machine learning component, and a three-dimensional design component. The modeling component generates a three-dimensional model of a mechanical device based on point cloud data indicative of information for a set of data values associated with a three-dimensional coordinate system. The machine learning component predicts one or more characteristics of the mechanical device based on input data and a machine learning process associated with the three-dimensional model. The three-dimensional design component that provides a three-dimensional design environment associated with the three-dimensional model. The three-dimensional design environment renders physics modeling data of the mechanical device based on the input data and the one or more characteristics of the mechanical device on the three-dimensional model.

Claims (30)

1. A system, comprising:

a memory storing computer executable components; and

a processor configured to execute the following computer executable components stored in the memory:

a modeling component that generates a three-dimensional model of a mechanical device based on point cloud data indicative of information for a set of data values associated with a three-dimensional coordinate system, wherein the modeling component determines a computational geometry for a control volume associated with the three-dimensional model based on the point cloud data, generates identification data indicative of an identifier for the control volume, and updates, based on the identification data, the control volume in response to modification of computer aided design data associated with the mechanical device;

a machine learning component that predicts one or more characteristics of the mechanical device based on fluid data, indicative of a fluid received by the mechanical device, and a machine learning process associated with the three-dimensional model; and

a three-dimensional design component that provides a three-dimensional design environment associated with the three-dimensional model, wherein the three-dimensional design environment renders physics modeling data of the mechanical device based on the fluid data and the one or more characteristics of the mechanical device on the three-dimensional model.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the modeling component determines a computational geometry for the mechanical device based on the point cloud data.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the modeling component determines geometric data indicative of geometric features of the control volume and surface data indicative of surface information for the control volume.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the machine learning component performs the machine learning process based on the control volume associated with the three-dimensional model.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the machine learning generates the physics modeling data based on the control volume associated with the three-dimensional model.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional design component renders the physics modeling data on the three-dimensional model.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the machine learning component predicts fluid flow associated with the three-dimensional model based on the fluid data and the machine learning process associated with the three-dimensional model.

8. A method, comprising:

generating, by a system comprising a processor, a three-dimensional model of a mechanical device based on point cloud data indicative of information for a set of data values associated with a three-dimensional coordinate system;

determining a computational geometry for a control volume associated with the three-dimensional model based on the point cloud data;

generating identification data indicative of an identifier for the control volume;

updating, based on the identification data, the control volume in response to modification of computer aided design data associated with the mechanical device;

predicting, by the system, fluid flow and physics behavior associated with the three-dimensional model based on input data and a machine learning process associated with the three-dimensional model; and

rendering, by the system, physics modeling data of the mechanical device based on the fluid flow and the physics behavior.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

in response to modification of computer aided design data associated with the mechanical device, updating, by the system, the control volume based on the identification data.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

generating, by the system, the physics modeling data based on the control volume associated with the three-dimensional model.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage device comprising instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

generating a three-dimensional model of a mechanical device based on point cloud data indicative of information for a set of data values associated with a three-dimensional coordinate system;

determining a computational geometry for a control volume associated with the three-dimensional model based on the point cloud data;

generating identification data indicative of an identifier for the control volume;

updating, based on the identification data, the control volume in response to modification of computer aided design data associated with the mechanical device;

performing a machine learning process associated with the three-dimensional model to predict one or more characteristics of the mechanical device, comprising predicting fluid flow associated with the three-dimensional model based on the machine learning process associated with the three-dimensional model; and

providing a three-dimensional design environment associated with the three-dimensional model that renders physics modeling data of the mechanical device based on the machine learning process.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Feb 4, 2026
From: ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC.
To: SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE INC.
Reel/Frame 074348/0312 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2021
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
To: ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC.
Reel/Frame 054947/0392 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2017
From: DWEIK, ZAIN S.
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Reel/Frame 042792/0463 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62469953 · Mar 10, 2017
Related Publication 20180260513A1 · Sep 13, 2018
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