Electronic drawing viewer
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1. A method of correlating at least two views of an object, comprising:
- providing a data structure that links first geometry of a first one of the view with a second one of the view; and
in response to a user selecting the first geometry, indicating a correlation between the first geometry and the second one of the views.
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Abstract
Provided herein is a computer-based system for viewing a two-dimensional electronic draining, including processes for pointing to similar components in different views, animation of views, hyperlinking components between views and virtual folding of an electronic drawing.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of correlating at least two views of an object, comprising:
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providing a data structure that links first geometry of a first one of the view with a second one of the view; and
in response to a user selecting the first geometry, indicating a correlation between the first geometry and the second one of the views. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of displaying two views of an object, comprising:
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selecting a first one of the views;
selecting a second one of the views; and
moving at least one of the views so that the first view is in proximity to the second view. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of correlating at least two views of an object, comprising:
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providing a pointer having an absolute location;
displaying the pointer in a first one of the views at a relative location in the first view corresponding to the absolute location of the pointer; and
displaying the pointer in a second one of the views at a relative location in the second view corresponding to the absolute location of the pointer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of displaying a model having a plurality of two dimensional views associated therewith, comprising:
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rotating the model to present a first one of the views;
pausing to show the first one of the views; and
continuously rotating and pausing the model to present other ones of the views. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer-based system for providing interpretation of a two-dimensional electronic drawing having a plurality of views, comprising:
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a virtual folding process for permitting a viewer to view selected views in proximity to each other from a plurality of the possible views;
a hyperlink process for simultaneously highlighting the coordinates of a viewed object as the coordinates appear in more than one view;
a pointer for simultaneously pointing to the same point of a viewed object as the point appears in more than one view; and
a drawing animator for rotating the three-dimensional depiction about an axis of rotation and highlighting a two-dimensional view when the view is coincident with the plane of the drawing. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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