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US5513310:
Method for selecting a constructed element of a drawing to generate similar elements
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Megard, Patrick; 1201 Geneve, Switzerland
Favre, Serge; 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland
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None
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| Published / Filed: |
1996-04-30
/ 1994-01-18
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| Application Number: |
US1994000182333
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
G05B 19/4097;
G06F 17/50;
G06T 17/40;
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IPC-7:
G06F 15/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
G05B19/4097; G06T17/40;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
715/810;
345/619;
700/182;
715/804;
715/964;
Original:
395/161;
395/155;
395/156;
395/133;
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| Field of Search: |
395/155-161,133-139
345/117-120,146,902
364/474.24
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| Priority Number: |
| 1993-02-08 |
CH1993000000378 |
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| Abstract: |
A computer aided design (CAD) or computer aided manufacturing (CAM) system may be used to generate a drawing containing many elements with certain parameters. Commands or functions and their parameters that are used to generate the elements are stored for later retrieval. The user may directly select an element from the drawing displayed in another activated window or some part of the screen or on a digitizer. After a user selects the element, a similar element is automatically displayed. A menu may be displayed after selecting an element in order for the user to modify various parameters for the similar element.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Young & Thompson ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Powell, Mark R.; Breene, John D.
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| Designated Country: |
BE CH DK FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
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First Claim:
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We claim:
1. A computer-implemented CAD/CAM method of creating and processing representations of objects in two or three dimensions and of reproducing said representations using at least one of a display means and a manufacturing means, comprising the steps of:
- constructing a representation of at least one element, said at least one element possessing a plurality of attributes, each of said plurality of attributes being dependent on at least one parameter set by at least one computer command that generated said at least one element;
- saving, in a memory of a computer, data corresponding to said at least one constructed element, said data comprising a type of said at least one constructed element, said plurality of attributes of said at least one constructed element, and data corresponding to a manner in which said at least one constructed element is linked to additional elements saved in said memory of said computer;
- saving, in said memory, information corresponding to said at least one computer command that generated said at least one constructed element, and information corresponding to said at least one parameter set by said at least one computer command, said saved information thereby defining at least one reference element;
- selecting, by means of a pointer device, one of said at least one constructed element and said at least one reference element;
- automatically retrieving, from said memory, at least one of said at least one computer command and said at least one parameter, based on said selected one of said at least one constructed element and said at least one reference element;
- automatically reproducing at least one other independent element sharing similar attributes as at least one of said constructed element and said at least one reference element using said at least one of said at least one computer command and said at least one parameter retrieved from said memory.
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| Forward References: |
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| Other Abstract Info: |
DERABS G94-256520
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| Other References: |
Mac Draw Pro User's Guide, Claris Corp. 1991, pp. 2-30 to 2-43, 3-1 to 3-49.
By G. Jense, "Voxel-based methods for CAD", Computer-Aided Design, Oct. 1989, vol. 21, No. 8, pp. 473, 528-533.
By K. Kondo, "PIGMOD: Parametric and Interactive Geometric Modeller for Mechanical Design", Computer-Aided Design, Jul./Aug. 1990, vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 321, 633-644.
By D. Breen et al., "Message-Based Object-Oriented Interaction Modeling", Eurographics '89, Sep. 1989, pp. 489-503.
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