System and method of measuring a distance between two points of a layout
OwnerMing-Chih Shihinventor
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Abstract
A method of measuring a distance between two points of a layout, which first generates a first view and a second view of the layout, and maintains a transformation relationship between the first view and the second view. Then, after accepting a first point on the first view, trace a cursor's position on the second view as the second point, and graphically displays the distance between the first point and the second point on the first view and the second view. The first point is transformed according to the transformation relationship to determine its position in the second view, and the second point is transformed according to the transformation relationship to determine its position in the first view.
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A method of measuring a distance between a first point and a second point of a layout, comprising:
- generating a first view and a second view of the layout, the second view having a transformation relationship with the first view;
- accepting a first selecting action of a user to select the first point on the first view;
- tracing a position of a cursor on the second view as the position of the second point;
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- graphically displaying the distance between the first point and the second point on the first view and the second view,
- wherein the first point is transformed according to the transformation relationship to determine its position in the second view, and the second point is transformed according to the transformation relationship to determine its position in the first view.
A system of displaying a distance between a first point and a second point of a layout, comprising:
- a view generator for generating a first view and a second view of the layout, the second view having a transformation relationship with the first view;
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- a user interface for accepting a first selecting action of the user to select the first point on the first view, and for tracing a cursor's position on the second view as the second point,
- wherein the view generator graphically displays the distance between the first point and the second point on the first view and on the second view, the second point is transformed according to the transformation relationship to determine its position in the first view, and the first point is transformed according to the transformation relationship to determine its position in the second view.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of program code for a computer to execute the following procedures:
- generating a first view and a second view of the layout, the second view having a transformation relationship with the first view;
- accepting a first selecting action of a user to select the first point on the first view;
- tracing a position of a cursor on the second view as the position of the second point;
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- graphically displaying the distance between the first point and the second point on the first view and the second view,
- wherein the first point is transformed according to the transformation relationship to determine its position in the second view, and the second point is transformed according to the transformation relationship to determine its position in the first view.
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