Appeal No. 96-2022
Application No. 08/132,943
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-8, which constitute
all the claims remaining in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for developing solid model representations of a
shape which has been defined by three orthographic views of
the shape as two-dimensional data.
Representative claims 1 and 6 are reproduced as
follows:
1. A solid model construction method in which a shape
of a solid model is inputted in the form of three orthographic
views to an image processing unit for constructing a solid
model from said orthographic views, comprising:
obtaining three-dimensional data of three-
dimensional definite lines forming a stereographic wire frame
corresponding to patterns from two-dimensional data of
vertices and definite lines of said patterns given as said
three orthographic views;
dividing individual regions formed by the plurality
of three-dimensional definite lines cells having faces and
volumes;
holding the divided cells as a non-manifold data
structure;
testing said three orthographic views to evaluate
whether or not there is a conflict in the boundary relation
between said cells; and
a step for constructing a solid model by combining
said individual cells according to a combination with no
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