Satisfying Interaction Constraints [chapter]

Alex Noort, Rafael Bidarra, Willem F. Bronsvoort
2002 From Geometric Modeling to Shape Modeling  
In feature modelling, constraints can be used to store design intent in a model. Interaction constraints are an important type of constraints, which limit the extent to which features may interact. This paper describes a solver for constraints on interactions that involve spatial overlap between feature shapes. It searches a model in which such constraints are satisfied, by sampling the parameter space for the model. A Monte Carlo technique is applied to reduce the expected number of samples needed to find such a model.
doi:10.1007/978-0-387-35495-8_5 fatcat:2a6viqwxfvdexnyahna55jobsi