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Adaptive manipulators

  • US 7,324,121 B2
  • Filed: 07/20/2004
  • Issued: 01/29/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer readable medium storing instructions for causing a computer to reposition a manipulator in a viewport, by performing the steps of:

  • drawing an object in the viewport, the object configured with a pivot that is positioned at the geometric center of the object;

    drawing the manipulator in the viewport;

    transforming the object responsive to user input to produce a transformed object;

    transforming the manipulator responsive to user input to produce a transformed manipulator; and

    after the transformation of the object and the transformation of the manipulator, and based on a constraint, automatically repositioning the transformed manipulator independently of the transformed object to produce a repositioned manipulator that is not obscured by the transformed object.

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