Converting Geometry from Creo Parametric to BRL-CAD

Abstract

There exists in vulnerability/lethality analysis an ongoing need to convert target geometries from commercial systems used by vendors to the BRL-CAD representation used by the US Army Research Laboratory's analysis tools. To make that conversion process more rapid, a plugin was developed for PTCs Pro/ENGINEER computer-aided design system in the early 2000s that simplified conversion of Pro/ENGINEER geometry to BRL-CAD. In 2017, that original plugin is no longer compatible with the newer releases of PTCs tools. This report documents updates and improvements made to the original code base in order to support PTCs Creo Parametric 3.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 28, 2017
Accession Number
AD1036571

Entities

People

  • Clifford W. Yapp

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Conversion
  • Converters
  • Debugging
  • Directories
  • Engineers
  • Geometry
  • Hierarchies
  • Lethality
  • Military Research
  • Software Development
  • Three Dimensional
  • Vulnerability

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Software Engineering.