Automated derivative view rendering system
AssigneeRight Hemisphere Limited
InventorsMark Thomas, Paul Delaney, Mark Shafer, David Dauncey, Patrick Ashby
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Abstract
A system and method for creating a derivative view from graphical data which is derived from native application data. The native application data may be extracted from a graphical application, such as a CAD application, converted to an intermediate or derivative format, and a derivative view of the graphic information produced by the original, native application is provided from the intermediate format.
Claims17
A method for creating a graphic view of a part, comprising:
- extracting graphical data in a native application format;
- converting said graphical data from the native application format to a derivative graphical data format;
- receiving an instruction to provide a derivative view;
- and
- creating a derivative view of at least a portion of the graphical data from the derivative graphical data format.
A method for creating an assembly visualization, comprising:
- extracting graphical data from a CAD system, said graphical data including rendering data and a hierarchical structure;
- for each part in the assembly, creating a binary data representation of the part;
- receiving a new hierarchical structure for a new rendering view;
- and
- creating a binary merge file of a rendering the new assembly based on said part assemblies and said new hierarchical structure.
A system for rendering a derivative view of graphical data, comprising:
- a native format graphical data import engine;
- a derivative format graphical data store;
- and
- a derivative view creation engine interacting with the derivative graphical data store.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.