US Patent Issued to Autodesk on Feb. 18 for "Computer aided generative design with modal analysis driven shape modification process" (Michigan, California, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,476, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Autodesk Inc. (San Francisco).

"Computer aided generative design with modal analysis driven shape modification process" was invented by Ravi Kumar Burla (Novi, Mich.), Jesus Rodriguez (Farmington, Mich.), Siavash Navadeh Meshkat (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Jaesung Eom (Wexford, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design of physical structures using generative design processes include: obtaining one or more design criteria, a model of an object for which a physical structure is to be manufactured, a...