Electronic Manual with Cross-Linked Text and Virtual Models

A method of providing an electronic manual with three-dimensional (3D) virtual models, the method performed by a computer-readable modeling engine comprising instructions executed by a processor, the method comprising:

• retrieving, by the computer-readable modeling engine, an electronic manual from a memory device;
• displaying, by the computer-readable modeling engine, the electronic manual on a display interface of a display device, the electronic manual comprising a textual instruction section and a virtual model section, wherein the virtual model section includes a 3D virtual model of an object;
• receiving, by a user interface of the display device, a user input selecting a linked text displayed in the textual instruction section;
• identifying, by the computer-readable modeling engine, in response to receiving the user input selecting the linked text, a component of the object in the 3D virtual model that is linked to the linked text;
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• highlighting, by the computer-readable modeling engine, in response to identifying the component of the object in the 3D virtual model, the component of the object in the 3D virtual model displayed on display interface of the display device.

A method of providing an electronic manual with three-dimensional (3D) virtual models, the method performed by a computer-readable modeling engine comprising instructions executed by a processor, the method comprising:

• retrieving, by the computer-readable modeling engine, an electronic manual from a memory device;
• displaying, by the computer-readable modeling engine, the electronic manual on a display interface of the display device, the electronic manual comprising a textual instruction section and a virtual model section, wherein the virtual model section includes a 3D virtual model of an object;
• receiving, by a user interface of the display device, a user input selecting a component of the object in the 3D virtual model;
• identifying by the computer-readable modeling engine, in response to receiving the user input selecting the component of the object in the 3D virtual model, a linked text in the textual instruction section that is linked to the component of the object in the 3D virtual model;
• and
• highlighting, by the computer-readable modeling engine, in response to identifying the component of the object in the 3D virtual model, the linked text in the textual instruction section displayed on display interface of the display device.