Automatic view creation in a sheet set manager for a graphics program
AssigneeAutodesk, Inc.
InventorsJose Madeira De Freitas Garcia, John Giraud Ford, III, Jay Allan Behr, Chaffee Khanh-Truong Vo-Vu, Stephen Joseph Mighetto, Karen Elaine Mason
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Abstract
A Sheet Set Manager for a computer-implemented graphics program allows drawings to be organized logically as a Sheet Set comprising a collection of Sheets and Subsets of Sheets, wherein each Sheet comprises a drawing, layout or view. The Sheet Set Manager is a graphical user interface for displaying, accessing and managing the Sheet Sets, Subsets and Sheets, as well as editing components of the Sheet Sets, Subsets and Sheets.
Claims33
A method for operating a graphics program in a computer, comprising:
- performing one or more functions of a Sheet Set Manager in the graphics program,
- (a) wherein the Sheet Set Manager manages one or more Sheet Sets, each of the Sheet Sets comprises a collection of zero or more Sheets and Subsets of the Sheets, each of the Sheets comprises a drawing, layout or view, and the Sheet Set Manager manages one or more different views for the Sheets;
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- (b) wherein the function comprises an Automatic View Creation, such that the Sheet Set Manager presents a user with a list of the views defined in the Sheet Set and the user places a view from the list onto a Sheet to invoke the Automatic View Creation.
An apparatus for operating a graphics program in a computer, comprising:
- a graphics program, executed by the computer, and performing one or more functions of a Sheet Set Manager in the graphics program,
- (a) wherein the Sheet Set Manager manages one or more Sheet Sets, each of the Sheet Sets comprises a collection of zero or more Sheets and Subsets of the Sheets, each of the Sheets comprises a drawing, layout or view, and the Sheet Set Manager manages one or more different views for the Sheets;
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- (b) wherein the function comprises an Automatic View Creation, such that the Sheet Set Manager presents a user with a list of the views defined in the Sheet Set and the user places a view from the list onto a Sheet to invoke the Automatic View Creation.
An article of manufacture comprising a program storage device embodying instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method for operating a graphics program in a computer, comprising:
- performing one or more functions of a Sheer Set Manager in the graphics program,
- (a) wherein the Sheet Set Manager manages one or more Sheet Sets, each of the Sheet Sets comprises a collection of zero or more Sheets and Subsets of the Sheets, each of the Sheets comprises a drawing, layout or view, and the Sheer Set Manager manages one or more different views for the Sheets;
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- (b) wherein the function comprises an Automatic View Creation, such that the Sheet Set Manager presents a user with a list of the views defined in the Sheet Set and the user places a view from the list onto a Sheet to invoke the Automatic View Creation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.