A method (100) which broadly comprises the following steps: a) submitting (106) to a tool data library (104) a request (102) which includes the basic tool parameters (116) to generate tool specification parameters; (b) generating (122) tool specification parameters from the tool data library (104) based on the submitted basic tool parameters (118); (c) importing (124) the generated tool specification parameters into a parametric tool template (130); and (d) processing (132) the imported tool specification parameters (128) and parametric tool template (13) using a CAD software program (134) to create (136) a tool specification (138), wherein the tool specification (138) comprises a representation of a three-dimensional model (800) of the tool and associated drawing specifications (910 through 1150) for the tool. Also disclosed is a system (100) which broadly comprises: a requestor workstation; a tool data library (104); a source of parametric tool templates (130) modifable with imported tool parameters (128); and a source of a CAD software program (134) for processing (132) the parametric tool templates (130) and imported tool parameters (128) to create (136) tool specifications (138).
申请公布号
EP1906327(A2)
申请公布日期
2008.04.02
申请号
EP20070116393
申请日期
2007.09.14
申请人
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
发明人
LANZAROTTA, JAMES ANDREW;MEECE, ROY DEAN;HERMANN, LEONARD JOSEPH;BAIRD, JAMES ALLEN, JR.;GEVERDT, GERALD ROGER;HUGHES, LEON ELIOT;FANELLI, NICK