METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF MANUFACTURING DECISIONS

摘要

The invention relates to a method which is used in the computer-supported design of a physical object, preferably for tolerance planning or for defining a clamping and securing concept, and which automatically determines effects of definitions for a first reference element on a first partial object of a physical object. In the inventive method, target objects for a first reference element on a first partial object of the physical object are automatically searched for. In this context, a target object is a partial object which occurs after the first partial object in the assembly sequence and holds and/or secures the first partial object in the first reference element. Refinements of the invention provide for various reference elements to be compared, or for further reference elements to be generated automatically.