ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,802, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AUTODESK INC. (San Francisco).
"Generative shell design for simulations" was invented by Michael Grau (Birmingham, Mich.) and Andrew John Harris (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system provide the ability to generate models. A generative shelled base is created as a hollow computer-aided design (CAD) design. A t-spline mid-surface shell is created from the generative shelled base, which is then used to create a shell mesh model. A t-spline solid body is created from the generative shelled base, which is used to create an internal support structure that is converted into a she...