Geometric targeting for lightweight viewer

A system for generating a tessellated model comprising:

• a computing device including one or more processors coupled to memory;
• wherein the computing device is operable to execute a modeling environment, and the modeling environment is operable to:
• access a computer-aided design (CAD) model associated with geometry;
• generate one or more geometric objects that establish a tessellation of the geometry, the one or more geometric objects including one or more visual attributes that depict the respective geometry;
• generate a plurality of menu objects associated with the one or more geometric objects;
• assign respective visual attribute settings to the menu objects;
• generate a tessellated model including the one or more geometric objects and the menu objects;
• wherein the one or more geometric objects are operable to display the tessellation of the geometry in a viewing window of a user interface;
• and
• wherein the menu objects are operable to establish a palette menu in the user interface, and the menu objects are operable to cause the viewing window to depict the respective one or more geometric objects according to the respective visual attribute settings in response to user interaction.

A method of establishing a tessellated model comprising:

• generating one or more geometric objects that establish a tessellation of geometry stored in a computer-aided design (CAD) model, wherein the one or more geometric objects are operable to display the tessellation of the geometry in a viewing window of a user interface, and the one or more geometric objects include one or more visual attributes that depict the respective geometry;
• generating a plurality of menu objects associated with the one or more geometric objects, wherein the menu objects are operable to establish a palette menu in the user interface;
• assigning respective visual attribute settings to the menu objects, wherein the menu objects are operable to cause the viewing window to depict the respective one or more geometric objects according to the respective visual attribute settings in response to user interaction;
• and
• generating a tessellated model including the one or more geometric objects and the menu objects.