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Method and apparatus for providing a presumptive drafting solution

  • US 10,242,469 B2
  • Filed: 08/29/2016
  • Issued: 03/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/1995
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing a presumptive drafting solution comprising:

  • (a) maintaining a prior solution list of one or more prior drawing solutions of a computer drawing program, wherein each of the one or more prior drawing solutions has been previously accepted and previously utilized by a user as a drawing solution,(b) receiving input from a cursor control device relating to a first geometric entity of one or more drawings;

    (c) identifying, based on the input, a current list of one or more potential drawing solutions for the first geometric entity;

    (d) comparing the current list to the prior solution list to determine a most relevant solution from the prior solution list, wherein the comparing comprises comparing solution attributes from the prior drawing solutions to solution attributes of the current list;

    (e) providing and displaying, for the first geometric entity, the most relevant solution, wherein;

    (1) the prior solution list is sorted based on solutions previously selected more often by a user;

    (2) the most relevant solution comprises the prior drawing solution selected most often in the past; and

    (f) updating an order of the sorted prior solution list whenever one of the prior drawing solutions is accepted or rejected by a user, thereby resulting in a self-correcting prior solution list.

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