Software to Convert Mechanical Desktop Solid Models into Facet Files for Input to Xpatch

Abstract

Mechanical Desktop, a solid modeling program from AutoDesk, offers engineers a powerful environment for designing ground combat vehicles. To predict the radar signatures of concept vehicles created in Mechanical Desktop, the geometry and material properties of the vehicles must be fed into Xpatch. Mechanical Desktop, however, lacks an output file format that is directly useable by Xpatch. In this paper, we discuss the problems associated with converting Mechanical Desktop files into a suitable facet format, and we present a procedure for carrying out the conversion. Moreover, we describe new software required to perform a key step in this conversion. The conversion of an example of Mechanical Desktop solid models illustrates the procedure and the new software.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA454902

Entities

People

  • Jack Jones
  • John G. Bennett
  • Roger Evans

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Vehicles
  • Conversion
  • Converters
  • Foreign Intelligence
  • Geometry
  • Materials
  • Operations Security
  • Radar
  • Radar Images
  • Radar Signatures
  • Roadwheels
  • Security
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design