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AssigneeAutodesk, Inc.
InventorsRobert L. Kross, Amy B. Wagreich, Guri A. Stark, David L. Gill, David G. Comfort, William E. Bogan
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A method and apparatus for maintaining design information corresponding to a design. In one embodiment, an electronic notebook for maintaining design information maintains information corresponding to a design, and follows the steps of receiving a request to add note information corresponding to the design, and automatically copying, in response to the request, at least a portion of the design to a note of the electronic notebook. As a result, detailed design information such as, but not limited to, design intent and design history is maintained throughout the development and manufacturing of the design, as well as other information if desired, for the design.
A method comprising:
A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, designed to be executed by a processor, for implementing a function for receiving a request to add note information to a graphical representation of a design notebook corresponding to a design, and for automatically copying at least a portion of the design to a note of the graphical representation of the design notebook, in response to the request, wherein the note includes snapshot data of a developmental stage of the design at a time when the request is received, said snapshot data being manipulable.
An apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.