Method and systems for generating parametric designs

摘要

Systems and processes in which a master drawing is rectified to produce a design in the form of a drawing or instructions for a computer aided manufacturing process. A modular approach is employed. This allows elements to be combined into, or incorporated in, a more complex design. Each product and element is manifested by a design module which has one or more master drawings in which dimensions and text are replaced by variables, and a specsheet which effects the rectification of the master drawing(s). The specsheet can be employed in an editing mode to establish a design or in a run-time mode. In the latter, an end user simply responds to prompts with appropriate information to produce a final design.