Method for maintaining project standards in computer-aided design projects
AssigneeAutodesk, Inc.
InventorsPaul McArdle, Scott Reinemann
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a CAD application that allows users to establish, maintain, and synchronize project standards for style definitions and display settings across multiple drawing files that are part of a design project. The CAD application also allows users to specify how changes to a project standard should be synchronized across the drawing files associated with a given design project. A synchronization setting may be manual, semi-automatic or automatic.
Claims21
A method of synchronizing the definition of an object style contained in a plurality of computer-aided design drawings (CAD drawings), comprising:
- receiving an indication of a project standard drawing containing a preferred object style definition to use in each of the plurality of CAD drawings, wherein the object style definition defines the appearance, functions, or properties of a drawing object that may be included in a CAD drawing;
- comparing the preferred object style definition with the definition of the object style in one of the plurality of CAD drawings;
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- if the definition of the object style in the CAD drawing does not match the drawing preferred object style definition, synchronizing the definition of the of the object style in the CAD drawing with the preferred object style definition.
A computer-readable medium containing a program which when executed by a processor, performs an operation for synchronizing the definition of an object style contained in a plurality of computer-aided design drawings (CAD drawings), including the steps of:
- receiving an indication of a project standard drawing containing a preferred object style definition to use in each of the plurality of CAD drawings, wherein the object style definition defines the appearance, functions, or properties of a drawing object that may be included in a CAD drawing;
- comparing the preferred object style definition with the definition of the object style in one of the plurality of CAD drawings;
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- if the definition of the object style in the CAD drawing does not match the drawing preferred object style definition, synchronizing the definition of the object style in the CAD drawing with the preferred object style definition.
A computing device comprising:
- a processor;
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- a memory configured to store an application that includes instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for synchronizing the definition of an object style contained in a plurality of computer-aided design drawings (CAD drawings), including the steps of:
- receiving an indication of a project standard drawing containing a preferred object style definition to use in each of the plurality of CAD drawings, wherein the object style definition defines the appearance, functions, or properties of a drawing object that may be included in a CAD drawing;
- comparing the preferred object style definition with the definition of the object style in one of the plurality of CAD drawings;
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- if the definition of the object style in the CAD drawing does not match the drawing preferred object style definition, synchronizing the definition of the object style in the CAD drawing with the preferred object style definition.
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