JP2009104456A - Model design system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a model design system capable of designing a model whose quality is guaranteed by CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) in a short time. <P>SOLUTION: A model design system 1 is provided with: a CAD (Computer Aided Design) design part 61; a CAE analysis part 71; a cross section template database 84 for storing many kinds of cross section templates that determine one cross section shape of a model by determining a cross section parameter; and a cross section parameter storage part 86 for storing the cross section parameter. The CAD design part 61 is provided with: a major cross section selection part 63 for selecting a major cross section of an excess material part; and a major cross section shape design part 65 for storing the cross section parameter to the cross section parameter storage part 86. The CAE analysis part 71 is provided with: a mesh data generation part 72 for generating mesh data on the basis of the cross section parameter stored in the cross section parameter storage part 86; and a forming analysis part 74 for performing forming analysis of a model on the basis of the mesh data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a model design system. Specifically, the present invention relates to a model design system for designing a draw model for molding a press-molded product.

  Panel products such as outer panels and roof panels for automobiles are manufactured by pressing a single plate with a mold that has a desired product shape to form a press-molded product. Is formed by forming a flange portion or making a hole through which a bolt is inserted. When a mold is designed prior to such a panel manufacturing process, a model is designed.

  In the design of such a model, in addition to a product portion having a product shape that matches the vehicle model, a surplus portion that is assumed to be cut off and a die face portion that is assumed to be pressed when pressed with a mold are included. The shape is determined. In particular, the surplus portion and die face portion are not directly related to the shape of the product, but are appropriately designed to prevent cracks and wrinkles in the product portion during press molding. There must be.

  In addition, a CAD (Computer Aided Design) system has been conventionally used for designing such a model. In recent years, a model shape evaluation by CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) is performed in cooperation with this CAD design. Performing in combination has become the mainstream (see Patent Documents 1 to 3).

More specifically, for example, in the system disclosed in Patent Document 1, a model is first designed as a three-dimensional surface by CAD. Specifically, surface data describing the surface is generated. Next, the surface data is transferred to the CAE, the model shape is divided by the CAE, and the surface data is converted into finite element mesh data. Next, based on the mesh data, the distortion generated in the molded product by press working, the reduction in plate thickness, and the like are analyzed. Thus, by designing CAD and CAE in cooperation with each other, it is possible to design a model that does not cause wrinkles or breakage in the molded product.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-200260 JP-A-8-137925 JP 2006-178765 A

  However, in order to further improve the quality of the molded product, it is necessary to repeat the correction by CAD and the analysis by CAE until a good result is obtained by the CAE analysis. That is, it is necessary to repeat the correction of the surface data by CAD, the conversion of the corrected surface data into mesh data, and the forming analysis based on the converted mesh data. In particular, since correction of surface data by CAD and conversion of this surface data into mesh data take time, it may take an enormous amount of time to further improve the quality of a molded product. .

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a model design system for designing a draw model for molding a press-molded product, and capable of designing a model whose quality is guaranteed by CAE in a short time. .

  The model design system of the present invention (for example, model design system 1 described later) includes a product part having a product shape (for example, product part 91 described later) and a surplus part formed around the product part (for example, A model design system for designing a three-dimensional shape of the model (for example, a CAD design described later). Unit 61), a model analysis unit (for example, a CAE analysis unit 71 described later) for performing molding analysis of the model designed by the model design unit, and a plurality of predetermined parameters (for example, a plurality of cross-sectional parameters described later). By preparing a template (for example, a cross-sectional template described later) for determining one cross-sectional shape of the model by determining, a cross-sectional template for storing a plurality of types of the template A storage unit (for example, a later-described cross-sectional template database 84) and a parameter storage unit (for example, a later-described cross-sectional parameter storage unit 86) for storing the plurality of parameters; A main cross-section selection unit (for example, a main cross-section selection unit 63 described later) that selects a plurality of cross-sections as a main cross-section, and a plurality of types of templates stored in the cross-section template storage unit. A main cross-sectional shape design unit (for example, a main cross-sectional shape design unit 65 described later) that designs the shape of each selected main cross-section and stores parameters for the designed main cross-section in the parameter storage unit; The model analysis unit generates a model shape based on the parameters stored in the parameter storage unit, and generates mesh data. A mesh data generation unit (for example, mesh data generation unit 72 described later) and a molding analysis unit (for example, described later) that performs molding analysis of the designed model based on the mesh data generated by the mesh data generation unit. A molding analysis unit 74).

  According to this invention, when designing the shape of the model in the model design unit, a plurality of main cross sections of the model are selected, and the shapes of these main cross sections are designed using the template. When the model is analyzed by the model analysis unit, mesh data is generated based on the template parameters of each main cross section, and the model is analyzed based on the mesh data.

  In this way, by performing model design by the model design unit and model analysis by the model analysis unit based on model data described using a common template, for example, model design and analysis Can be repeated in a short time. In other words, if it becomes necessary to redesign the model as a result of model analysis, it is only necessary to modify the parameters of the template, so that the surface data of the model is modified every time the model is modified as in the past. Compared to the case, the time required for correction can be greatly reduced. Thereby, a high quality model can be designed in a shorter time.

  In addition, since mesh data is generated based on parameters describing the shape of the main cross section of the model, compared to the case where mesh data is generated based on surface data describing the surface of the model as in the past, it is more Mesh data can be generated in a short time. Thereby, the time required for the molding analysis of the model can be further shortened.

  In addition, by designing the shape of the model using a template, for example, know-how for reducing the surplus portion and know-how for improving material yield by press molding can be set in advance as a template. . Thereby, a high quality model can be designed in a short time.

  In this case, the model analysis unit determines whether or not the thickness reduction rate of the designed model is equal to or greater than a predetermined value as a result of the molding analysis by the molding analysis unit (for example, a result to be described later) It is preferable to further include a determination unit 76).

  According to the present invention, for example, the quality of the model can be further improved by repeating the correction and analysis of the model until the plate thickness reduction rate of the model becomes smaller than a predetermined value by the result determination unit.

  In this case, the model design unit determines the shape of each main cross section designed by the main cross section shape design unit when the result determination unit determines that the thickness reduction rate of the model is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. It is preferable to further include a surface data generation unit (for example, a surface data generation unit 67 to be described later) that generates model surface data based on the above.

  According to the present invention, the surface data describing the surface of the model is generated by the CAD system after the result determining unit determines that the plate thickness reduction rate is smaller than the predetermined value. Therefore, the number of times of generating the model plane data can be minimized.

According to the model design system of the present invention, when the model needs to be redesigned as a result of the analysis of the model, it is only necessary to modify the parameters of the template. Compared with the case of correcting the surface data of the model, the time required for the correction can be greatly shortened. Thereby, a high quality model can be designed in a shorter time.
In addition, since mesh data is generated based on parameters describing the shape of the main cross section of the model, compared to the case where mesh data is generated based on surface data describing the surface of the model as in the past, it is more Mesh data can be generated in a short time. Thereby, the time required for the model generation analysis can be further shortened.
In addition, by designing the shape of the model using a template, for example, know-how for reducing the surplus portion, know-how for improving material yield by press molding, etc. can be preset as templates. . Thereby, a high quality model can be designed in a short time.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a model design system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The model design system 1 includes an input device 4 through which an operator inputs various data and commands, an arithmetic device 6 that executes various arithmetic processes in response to input from the input device 4, and a display device 2 that displays an image. , Including.

  The display device 2 is configured by hardware such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display capable of displaying an image. On the display unit of the display device 2, for example, a model stereoscopic image (see FIGS. 2 and 6 to 9 described later) is displayed as a processing result by the arithmetic device 6.

  The input device 4 includes hardware such as a keyboard and a mouse that can be operated by an operator. Data and commands input by operating the input device 4 are input to the arithmetic device 6. The operator can perform model design, molding analysis of the model, and the like by operating the input device 4 while viewing the display unit of the display device 2.

  The arithmetic device 6 includes a CAD design unit 61 as a model design unit, a CAE analysis unit 71 as a model analysis unit, and a storage device 81 that stores various data. The CAD design unit 61, the CAE analysis unit 71, and the storage device 81 are configured by hardware such as a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and a hard disk.

The CAD design unit 61 operates in response to an input from the input device 4 and designs a three-dimensional shape of the model.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a three-dimensional shape model 9 designed by the CAD design unit 61.

  Model 9 is a draw-type model of a press-formed product. More specifically, the model 9 includes a product part 91 having a product shape of a front fender of an automobile, a surplus part 93 formed around the product part 91, and formed around the surplus part 93. And a die face portion 95 formed. In the present embodiment, a front fender of an automobile is described as an example of the product portion 91 of the model 9, but the present invention is not limited to this.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the CAD design unit 61 is suitable for the shape of the product part based on data relating to a predetermined shape of the product part (stored in a product shape database 83 of the storage device 81 described later). Design the shape of the surplus part and die face part.

  More specifically, the CAD design unit 61 includes a surplus design unit 62 that designs the shape of the surplus part according to the shape of the product part, and the shape of the die face part according to the shape of the product part and the surplus part. And a surface data generation unit 67 for generating surface data describing the surface of the model. The CAD design unit 61 designs a model as shown in FIG. 2 by a series of processes of the surplus design unit 62, the die face design unit 66, and the surface data generation unit 67.

The surplus thickness design unit 62 includes a main cross section selection unit 63 and a main cross section shape design unit 65.
The main cross section selection unit 63 selects a plurality of main cross sections as a main cross section by defining a plurality of cross sections for defining the three-dimensional shape of the surplus portion of the model.

  The main cross-sectional shape design unit 65 designs the shape of each main cross-section selected by the main cross-section selection unit 63. More specifically, the main cross-section shape design unit 65 selects a cross-section template suitable for each main cross-section from a plurality of types of cross-section templates stored in a cross-section template database 84 of the storage device 81 described later, and this cross-section template Design the shape of each major cross section based on

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a cross-section template stored in the cross-section template database. More specifically, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state in which one cross-section template T indicated by a solid line is set on one main cross-section indicated by a broken line.

The cross-sectional template T is configured by connecting a plurality of straight lines and a plurality of curves. The cross-sectional template T shown in FIG. 3 is configured by connecting four straight lines with three curves.
The cross-sectional template T includes a plurality of parameters indicating specific shapes of the straight lines and the curved lines. In the cross-sectional template T shown in FIG. 3, these parameters are parameters L1, L2, L3, L4 (mm) indicating the length of each straight line, and parameters R1, R2, R3 (mm) indicating the curvature radius of each curve. And parameters A1, A2 and A3 (deg) indicating the wall angle of each curve.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a plurality of cross-sectional parameters that define the cross-sectional shape based on the cross-sectional template T described above.
Thus, the shape of the main cross section can be designed by specifically setting the values of the plurality of cross section parameters of the cross section template.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the die face design unit 66 designs the shape of the die face part according to the shape of the main cross section of the surplus part designed by the surplus part design unit 62. Further, the shape of the main cross section of the model designed by the surplus design section 62 and the die face design section 66 is stored as a cross section parameter data of a cross section template corresponding to each main cross section in a cross section parameter of the storage device 81 described later. Stored in the unit 86.

  The surface data generation unit 67 generates surface data of the model based on the shape of each main cross section of the model designed by the surplus design unit 62 and the die face design unit 66. That is, the surface data generation unit 67 reproduces the surface shape of the model based on the cross-section parameter data stored in the cross-section parameter storage unit 86 and generates surface data describing this surface. The model surface data generated by the surface data generation unit 67 is output to, for example, a machine tool for creating a model die.

  The CAE analysis unit 71 includes a mesh data generation unit 72, a forming analysis unit 74, and a result determination unit 76. The mesh data generation unit 72, the forming analysis unit 74, and the result determination unit 76 operate in response to an input from the input device 4 and perform a forming analysis of the model designed by the CAD design unit 61. More specifically, the CAE analysis unit 71 performs molding analysis of a model that is designed by the CAD design unit 61 and reproduced by parameter data stored in the cross-sectional parameter storage unit 86 of the storage device 81.

  The mesh data generation unit 72 reads the cross-section parameter data stored in the cross-section parameter storage unit 86, generates a three-dimensional shape of the model designed by the CAD design unit 61 based on this data, and generates mesh data. To do. Further, the mesh data generated by the mesh data generation unit 72 is stored in the mesh data storage unit 87 of the storage device 81.

  The forming analysis unit 74 performs forming analysis of the model designed by the CAD design unit 61 based on the mesh data generated by the mesh data generating unit 72. More specifically, the molding analysis unit 74 reads the mesh data stored in the mesh data storage unit 87 of the storage device 81, and based on the mesh data, the designed model is molded from a plate material as a press-molded product. In this case, the deformation of the plate material is simulated. By this simulation, the plate thickness change rate at each point of the model is calculated. Further, this simulation is performed by, for example, a well-known finite element method.

  The result determination unit 76 determines whether the plate thickness reduction rate at each point of the designed model is equal to or greater than a predetermined value as a result of the molding analysis by the molding analysis unit 74. Thereby, the quality of the designed model is determined.

  The CAE analysis unit 71 further includes a cross-sectional shape design unit 78 in addition to the mesh data generation unit 72, the forming analysis unit 74, and the result determination unit 76. The cross-sectional shape design unit 78 appropriately changes the shape of the main cross section of the model designed by the CAD design unit 61, that is, the value of the cross-section parameter, or increases the number of main cross sections of the model using the cross-section template. . Thereby, for example, after the model analysis by the molding analysis unit 74, the CAD design unit 61 can correct the model in a short time without designing the model again.

  The storage device 81 includes a product shape database 83, a cross-section template database 84, a cross-section parameter storage section 86, and a mesh data storage section 87, and stores various data.

The product shape database 83 stores a plurality of types of data indicating the shape of the product part.
The cross-section template database 84 stores a plurality of types of the above-described cross-section templates that determine one cross-sectional shape of the model.
The cross section parameter storage unit 86 stores data related to the shape of each main cross section of the model designed by the CAD design unit 61. That is, the cross-section parameter storage unit 86 stores cross-section parameter data of a cross-section template corresponding to each main cross section.

Next, a procedure for designing a model using the model design system 1 will be described.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure for designing a model using the model design system 1. As shown in FIG. 5, the design of the model includes a CAD process by the CAD design unit 61 and a CAE process by the CAE analysis unit 71. More specifically, the CAD process is composed of processes in steps S1 to S3 and step S8, and the CAE process is composed of processes in steps S4 to S7.

  In step S1, data indicating the three-dimensional shape of the product part is read from the product shape database 83 of the storage device 81, the swing angle of the product part with respect to a predetermined reference is set, and the process proceeds to step S2.

In step S2, a plurality of main cross sections corresponding to the shape of the product part are selected for the product part for which the swing angle is set, the shape of each main cross section is designed, and the process proceeds to step S3.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which the shapes of the plurality of main cross sections 111 are designed. In this step S <b> 2, a plurality of main cross sections 111 are selected in order to define a three-dimensional shape of a surplus portion (not shown) for the product portion 101 for which the swing angle is set. Further, the shape of the selected main cross section 111 is designed by determining the above-described cross section template and the cross section parameters of the cross section template. Thereby, the cross-sectional shape of the surplus part is designed. Further, the data related to the shape of the main cross section designed in step S 2, that is, the data related to the cross section parameters of the cross section template is stored in the cross section parameter storage unit 86 of the storage device 81.

In step S3, the die face part is designed, and the process proceeds to step S4.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the shape of the die face portion 105 is designed. The shape of the die face portion 105 is designed according to a plurality of main cross sections 111. Further, the shape of the die face part 105 designed in step S3 is stored in the cross-sectional parameter storage part 86 of the storage device 81, for example.

In step S4, the shape of each main cross section is redesigned, and the process proceeds to step S5.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the shapes of the plurality of main cross sections 111 are redesigned. In this step S4, in order to design the shape of the surplus portion 103 in more detail, the shapes of the plurality of main cross sections 111 are redesigned. More specifically, by using the cross-section templates stored in the cross-section template database 84, the number of main cross sections is increased, or the cross-section parameters of the cross-section templates set for the respective main cross sections are finely adjusted. The cross-sectional shape of the part is designed in more detail. Further, data relating to the shape of the main cross section designed in step S4 is stored in the cross section parameter storage unit 86.

  In step S5, mesh data is generated, and the process proceeds to step S6. More specifically, data relating to the cross-sectional parameters stored in the cross-sectional parameter storage unit 86 is read, a three-dimensional shape of a model designed based on this data is generated, and mesh data is generated. The mesh data generated in step S5 is stored in the mesh data storage unit 87.

In step S6, molding analysis is performed based on the mesh data, and the process proceeds to step S7. More specifically, the deformation of the plate material is simulated based on the mesh data, and the plate thickness change rate at each point of the designed model is calculated.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the result of the forming analysis, and is a diagram showing the distribution of the plate thickness change rate of the model 100. In FIG. 9, as a result of the forming analysis, the model 100 is divided into a region where the plate thickness reduction rate is less than 2%, a region of 2% or more and less than 20%, and a region of 20% or more. Thereby, it can be determined whether or not the designed model includes a region having a large plate thickness reduction rate and a possibility of breakage, that is, whether or not the quality of the model is good. In the example shown in FIG. 9, a part of the surplus portion 103 has a portion having a thickness reduction rate of 20% or more.

  In step S8, the quality of the model is determined based on the result of the molding analysis. If the result of this determination is good, the process moves to step S9. If the result is not good, the process proceeds to step S4, and the model is redesigned. More specifically, whether the quality of the model is good or bad is determined based on whether or not a part having a thickness reduction rate of a predetermined value (for example, 20%) or more is not included in the model. In other words, if the plate thickness reduction rate does not include a portion having a predetermined value or more, the process proceeds to step S9. If the plate thickness reduction rate includes a portion having a predetermined value or more, the process proceeds to step S4 and the model is redesigned.

  In step S9, plane data is generated and the process ends. More specifically, surface data describing the surface of the model as shown in FIG. 2 is generated in accordance with the quality of the model guaranteed by the molding analysis. This surface data is generated based on the shape of each main cross section.

According to this embodiment, there are the following effects.
(1) When designing the shape of the model in the CAD design unit 61, a plurality of main cross sections of the model are selected, and the shapes of these main cross sections are designed using a cross section template. Further, when the CAE analysis unit 71 analyzes the model, mesh data is generated based on the cross-sectional parameters of the cross-sectional template of each main cross section, and the model is analyzed based on the mesh data.

  As described above, the model design by the CAD design unit 61 and the model analysis by the CAE analysis unit 71 are performed based on the model data described using the common cross-sectional template, for example, model design. And the analysis can be repeated in a short time. In other words, if it becomes necessary to redesign the model as a result of model analysis, it is only necessary to modify the cross section parameters of the cross section template. Compared with the case of correction, the time required for correction can be greatly reduced. Thereby, a high quality model can be designed in a shorter time.

  Also, since mesh data is generated based on the cross-sectional parameters that describe the shape of the main cross section of the model, compared to the case where mesh data is generated based on the surface data that describes the surface of the model as in the past, Mesh data can be generated in a shorter time. Thereby, the time required for the molding analysis of the model can be further shortened.

  In addition, by designing the shape of the model using the cross-sectional template, for example, know-how for reducing the surplus portion, know-how for improving the material yield by press molding, etc. are preset as the cross-sectional template. Can do. Thereby, a high quality model can be designed in a short time.

(2) By repeating the redesign and analysis of the model until the plate thickness reduction rate of the model becomes smaller than a predetermined value by the result determination unit 76, the quality of the model can be further improved.
(3) Surface data describing the surface of the model is generated after the result determining unit 76 determines that the plate thickness reduction rate is smaller than a predetermined value. Therefore, the number of times of generating the model plane data can be minimized.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and modifications, improvements and the like within a scope that can achieve the object of the present invention are included in the present invention.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the model design system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the model of the three-dimensional shape designed by the CAD design part which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the cross-section template memorize | stored in the cross-section template database which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the cross-sectional parameter which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure which designs a model using the model design system which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state which designed the shape of the several main cross section which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state which designed the shape of the die face part which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state which redesigned the shape of the some main cross section which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows the result of the molding analysis which concerns on the said embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 Model design system (model design system)
6. Arithmetic unit 61 CAD design unit (model setting unit)
63 Main section selection section (Main section selection section)
65 Main section shape design department (Main section shape design section)
67 Surface data generator (surface data generator)
71 CAE analysis unit (model analysis unit)
72 Mesh data generator (mesh data generator)
74 Molding Analysis Unit (Molding Analysis Unit)
76 Result Judgment Unit (Result Judgment Unit)
81 storage device 84 cross-section template database (cross-section template storage section)
86 Section parameter storage unit (parameter storage unit)

Claims (3)

A model design system for designing a draw type model of a press-formed product including a product part having a product shape and a surplus part formed around the product part,
A model design section for designing the three-dimensional shape of the model;
A model analysis unit for performing molding analysis of the model designed by the model design unit;
Preparing a template for determining one cross-sectional shape of the model by determining a plurality of predetermined parameters, and a cross-sectional template storage unit for storing a plurality of types of the template;
A parameter storage unit for storing the plurality of parameters,
The model design unit
A main cross-section selection section for selecting a plurality of cross-sections of the surplus portion as a main cross-section;
Using a plurality of types of templates stored in the cross-sectional template storage unit, the shape of each main cross-section selected by the main cross-section selection unit is designed, and parameters for the designed main cross-section are stored in the parameter storage unit A main cross-sectional shape design section,
The model analysis unit
Based on the parameters stored in the parameter storage unit, a model shape is generated, and mesh data generating unit for generating mesh data;
A model design system comprising: a molding analysis unit that performs molding analysis of a designed model based on mesh data generated by the mesh data generation unit.   The model analysis unit further includes a result determination unit that determines whether or not a thickness reduction rate of a designed model is equal to or greater than a predetermined value as a result of molding analysis by the molding analysis unit. Item 2. The model design system according to Item 1.   The model design unit, based on the shape of each main cross section designed by the main cross-sectional shape design unit, when the result determination unit determines that the thickness reduction rate of the model is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. The model design system according to claim 2, further comprising a surface data generation unit that generates surface data of the model.

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