| 摘要 |
<p>A computer-implemented method of determining and outputting automatically an arrangement of hoses and pipes to form an umbilical to be manufactured, the method comprising: receiving (0) from a user parameters of a desired article, said parameters defining a set of components having respective dimensions; performing automatically at least two processes (2, 3, 4) to generate at least two respective candidate arrangements of the components to form said composite article, such as placing hoses around a central assembly, or building up a component or the central assembly and evaluating said arrangements in terms of predetermined parameters to find a best candidate arrangement among them; and comparing (6) the best candidate arrangements generated by the different candidate processes to identify among them an overall optimal arrangement.</p> |
