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Granted Patent B2
US 11,250,174 · App. 16/488,376 · Granted Feb 15, 2022

CAD device and program

Inventors: Kazutoshi Kashimoto (Fukuoka, JP); Jimi Okelana (Fukuoka, JP); Kazuto Nishizawa (Fukuoka, JP); Shota Kagami (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: VIVIWARE JAPAN, INC.
G06F30/10G06F2119/18
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Patent No.
US 11,250,174
App. No.
16/488,376
Granted
Feb 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a technique for forming a prescribed three-dimensional shape from a material member having a prescribed thickness. A CAD device creates a mold for cutting out at least one component for forming a prescribed three-dimensional shape from a material member. A developed view generation unit creates a developed view or an isolated plan view of the prescribed three-dimensional shape. On the basis of the developed view or the isolated plan view, a mold creation unit creates a mold for a component having a fitting part for fitting with an other, adjacent component. A cut-out order determination unit attaches a symbol indicating the cut-out order to each component or to each of a plurality of isolated elements in the component.

Claims (26)

1. A CAD device for creating an outline for cutting out at least one component for forming a prescribed three-dimensional shape from a material member, the CAD device comprising:

a processor that is connected to memory and controls communication with an outside, including at least a laser cutter device;

a display that displays design drawing image; and

an input/output interface that is connected to the processor that controls the display of the display and accepts user-instructed operations,

wherein the processor:

acquires information on a prescribed three-dimensional shape via communication with the outside;

creates a developed view or an isolated plan view of the prescribed three-dimensional shape by face configuration analysis that analyzes a configuration of faces of the prescribed three-dimensional shape based on the information;

creates an outline of a plurality of components with fitting parts for fitting cut out parts to each other, based on the developed view or the isolated plan view of the prescribed three-dimensional shape; and

determines and displays on the display, an order of cutting out the components by the laser cutter device,

wherein the order of cutting out the components is determined by an association of a distinct color information from a plurality of predetermined colors that are selectable for each component, and

wherein each distinct color is used to color coding of a line representing a cutting stroke, which corresponds to the order of cutting out the components.

2. The CAD device according to claim 1 , the material member is a material member having a prescribed thickness, and MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard) is included as the material member.

3. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that causes a computer that controls a CAD device for creating an outline for cutting out at least one component for forming a prescribed three-dimensional shape from a material member to execute a method,

the CAD device comprising:

a processor that is connected to memory and controls communication with an outside, including at least a laser cutter device;

a display that displays image; and

an input/output interface that is connected to the processor that controls the display of the display and accepts user-instructed operations,

the method comprising:

acquiring information on a prescribed three-dimensional shape via communication with the outside;

creating a developed view or an isolated plan view of the prescribed three-dimensional shape by face configuration analysis that analyzes a configuration of faces of the prescribed three-dimensional shape based on the information; and

creating an outline of a plurality of components with fitting parts for fitting cut out parts to each other, based on the developed view or the isolated plan view of the prescribed three-dimensional shape,

determining and displaying on the display, an order of cutting out the components by the laser cutter device,

wherein the order of cutting out the components is determined by an association of a distinct color information from a plurality of predetermined colors that are selectable for each component, and

wherein each distinct color is used to color coding of a line representing a cutting stroke, which corresponds to the order of cutting out the components.

4. The CAD device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor further determines a predetermined position in the order of cutting out the components so that all the components of the prescribed three-dimensional shape can be cutting out from one sheet of the material member.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 3 , wherein the method further comprises determining a predetermined position in the order of cutting out the components so that all the components of the prescribed three-dimensional shape can be cutting out from one sheet of the material member.

Assignments (2)
NAME CHANGE Recorded Aug 24, 2021
From: VIVITA JAPAN, INC.
To: VIVIWARE JAPAN, INC.
Reel/Frame 057292/0754 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2019
From: KASHIMOTO, KAZUTOSHI; OKELANA, JIMI; NISHIZAWA, KAZUTO; KAGAMI, SHOTA
To: VIVITA JAPAN, INC.
Reel/Frame 050644/0040 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-035520 · Feb 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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