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.
Claims16
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 computer implemented method for rendering a derivative view of graphical data, comprising:
- retrieving graphical data in a first application format;
- converting said graphical data from the first 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 computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising
- retrieving graphical data in a first application format extracting the graphical data;
- converting said graphical data from the native application format to a derivative graphical data format;
- storing the derivative graphical data including a hierarchical data structure;
- 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.