Surface construction audit trail and manipulation
First Claim
1. A method for manipulating a drawing surface in a CAD/GIS computer application, comprising:
- displaying a drawing surface in a CAD/GIS application;
performing a surface edit operation on the drawing surface;
saving the surface edit operation as an atomic property in a list of surface edit operations; and
displaying the list of surface edit operations in a graphical user interface, wherein each surface edit operation may be independently toggled on/off in the graphical user interface and such toggling is reflected in the CAD/GIS application by displaying an effect of executing the surface edit operation if toggled on and displaying the drawing surface without execution of the surface edit operation if toggled off.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to manipulate a drawing surface in a CAD/GIS computer application. A drawing surface is displayed in a CAD/GIS application followed by the performance of a surface edit operation on the drawing surface. The surface edit operation is stored/saved as an atomic property in a list of surface edit operations. The list of surface edit operations is displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI). Each surface edit operation may be independently toggled on/off in the GUI and such toggling is reflected in the CAD/GIS application by displaying an effect of executing the surface edit operation if toggled on and displaying the drawing surface without execution of the surface edit operation if toggled off.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for manipulating a drawing surface in a CAD/GIS computer application, comprising:
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displaying a drawing surface in a CAD/GIS application;
performing a surface edit operation on the drawing surface;
saving the surface edit operation as an atomic property in a list of surface edit operations; and
displaying the list of surface edit operations in a graphical user interface, wherein each surface edit operation may be independently toggled on/off in the graphical user interface and such toggling is reflected in the CAD/GIS application by displaying an effect of executing the surface edit operation if toggled on and displaying the drawing surface without execution of the surface edit operation if toggled off. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for manipulating a drawing surface in a CAD/GIS computer application comprising:
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(a) a computer system having a memory and a data storage device coupled thereto; and
(b) a GIS/CAD application executing on the computer, wherein the application is configured to;
(i) display a drawing surface in a CAD/GIS application;
(ii) perform a surface edit operation on the drawing surface;
(iii) save the surface edit operation as an atomic property in a list of surface edit operations; and
(iv) display the list of surface edit operations in a graphical user interface, wherein each surface edit operation may be independently toggled on/off in the graphical user interface and such toggling is reflected in the CAD/GIS application by displaying an effect of executing the surface edit operation if toggled on and displaying the drawing surface without execution of the surface edit operation if toggled off. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An article of manufacture comprising a program storage medium readable by a computer and embodying one or more instructions executable by the computer to perform a method for manipulating a drawing surface in an GIS/CAD computer system, the method comprising:
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displaying a drawing surface in a CAD/GIS application;
performing a surface edit operation on the drawing surface;
saving the surface edit operation as an atomic property in a list of surface edit operations; and
displaying the list of surface edit operations in a graphical user interface, wherein each surface edit operation may be independently toggled on/off in the graphical user interface and such toggling is reflected in the CAD/GIS application by displaying an effect of executing the surface edit operation if toggled on and displaying the drawing surface without execution of the surface edit operation if toggled off. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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