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Localized exploded view

  • US 7,945,863 B1
  • Filed: 07/05/2005
  • Issued: 05/17/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving input from a user identifying an area containing an edge shared by a first object and a second object displayed in a layer of a design application, the design application provided by a computing system, wherein said shared edge includes two or more individual edges corresponding to said first and second objects due to the first and second objects being horizontally adjacent, vertically adjacent, or the second object being positioned inside the first object;

    visibly separating said two or more individual edges in a localized exploded view responsive to said receiving;

    allowing said user to modify two or more of said individual edges; and

    allowing said user to place an additional object between two of said individual edges.

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