Assembly patterns by feature association
AssigneeAutodesk, Inc.
InventorsSteven M. Dennis, Gary R. Smith
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide for drawing a graphical element in a computer-implemented drawing program. An existing instance of a graphical element pattern that defines a graphical distribution of multiple occurrences of a source graphical element is identified in a computer-implemented drawing program. A second graphical element is then associated with the existing instance of the graphical element pattern. In response to the associating, multiple occurrences of the second graphical element are positioned in accordance with the graphical element pattern.
Claims36
A method for drawing a graphical element in a computer-implemented drawing program, comprising:
- identifying an existing instance of a graphical element pattern that defines a graphical distribution of multiple occurrences of a source graphical element in a computer-implemented drawing program;
- associating a second graphical element with the existing instance of the graphical element pattern;
- and
- in response to said associating, positioning multiple occurrences of the second graphical element in accordance with the graphical element pattern.
A system for drawing a graphical element comprising:
- a computer system having a memory and a data storage device coupled thereto;
- a drawing program executing on the computer system, drawing program configured to:
- identify an existing instance of a graphical element pattern that defines a graphical distribution of multiple occurrences of a source graphical element;
- associate a second graphical element with the existing instance of the graphical element pattern;
- and
- in response to the association, positioning multiple occurrences of the second graphical element in accordance with the graphical element pattern.
An article of manufacture comprising a program storage medium readable by a computer and embodying one or more instructions executable by the computer to perform a method for drawing a graphical element, the method comprising:
- identifying an existing instance of a graphical element pattern that defines a graphical distribution of multiple occurrences of a source graphical element in a computer-implemented drawing program;
- associating a second graphical element with the existing instance of the graphical element pattern;
- and
- in response to said associating, positioning multiple occurrences of the second graphical element in accordance with the graphical element pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.