Material templates for automatic assignment of materials to a 3D CAD model

摘要

The present invention relates to a system, method, and apparatus that include a novel way of automatically assigning materials to 3D CAD models. A predefined material template specifies that a particular part or material name is assigned to a particular material such that all instances of the particular part name are assigned or modified automatically by the material template. By having a consistent naming convention for the parts in the CAD file, this material assignment can be performed automatically when the CAD file is imported or viewed.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a three dimensional model having one or more parts, wherein the one or more parts have part names or material names; and a material template having template names for assigning materials to the part names or the material names of the parts in the three dimensional model, wherein the material template is matched hierarchically giving highest priority to matches that are closer to leafs of a tree representing the three dimensional model.