Satisfying interaction constraints
Noort A, Bidarra R, Bronsvoort WF (2000), Satisfying interaction constraints. In: 'Proceedings of the Seventh IFIP WG 5.2 Workshop on Geometric Modelling: Fundamentals and Applications, U. Cugini, and M. Wozny, (eds), 2-4 October, Parma, Italy.
Abstract
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 is based on sampling of the parameter space of the feature model. A Monte Carlo technique is applied to reduce the expected number of samples that are needed to find a valid model.