METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING THE SHAPE OF AN OBJECT TO FACILITATE WRINKLE AND STRESS REDUCTION

A method performed by a computing system that facilitates formation of an object comprises receiving manufacturing process data associated with an object to be formed via a drape-forming operation. The computing system receives a parametric model of the object. The parametric model facilitates specification of a radius of a fillet within a region associated with the object. The computing system determines, based on the parametric model of the object, a unit vector field associated with a surface of the object and the manufacturing process data. The computing system adjusts the radius of the fillet of the parametric model within the region to reduce an average divergence of the vector field to a minimum amount, and communicates output data associated with an adjusted parametric model to equipment configured to form a mandrel that facilitates formation of the object.