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Affinitive placement by proximity in a computer-implemented graphics system

  • US 6,417,865 B1
  • Filed: 03/09/1999
  • Issued: 07/09/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-implemented method for placing one or more objects in a drawing displayed on a monitor attached to the computer, comprising:

  • (a) identifying two or more related objects that are similar to an active object and an affinity object; and

    (b) creating a relationship between the active object and the affinity object using a relationship between the identified related objects as an example, wherein the creating step (b) comprises placing the active object in the drawing relative to the affinity object using the relationship between the identified related objects.

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