Method and system for duplicating an object using a touch-sensitive display
AssigneeDassault Systemes
InventorCedric Soubrie
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a computer-implemented method and system for duplicating an object using a touch-sensitive display. The method comprises: (i) displaying a selected first object on the touch-sensitive display; (ii) detecting a first user interaction and a second user interaction on the selected first object; (iii) detecting a movement of the first user interaction outside the selected first object; (iv) displaying a second object which tracks the movement of the first user interaction on the touch-sensitive display, the second object being a duplication of the first object; and (v) positioning the second object according to a last detected location of the first user interaction on the touch-sensitive display.
Claims10
A computer-implemented method for duplicating an object using a touch-sensitive display, the method comprising:
- displaying a selected first object on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the first object corresponds to an assembly of three dimensional (3D) modeled objects or a part of a 3D modeled object;
- detecting a first user interaction and a second user interaction on the selected first object, wherein the first user interaction and the second user interaction each have a respective beginning and end and each are performed by as few as one contact on the touch-sensitive display;
- detecting a movement of sliding of the first user interaction outside an outline of the selected first object, such that said detecting begins when the first user interaction is outside the outline;
- after detecting the movement of sliding of the first user interaction outside the outline of the selected first object, detecting a release of the second user interaction on the selected first object;
- displaying a second object, after the first user interaction is outside the outline, which tracks the movement of sliding of the first user interaction on the touch-sensitive display, the second object being a duplication of the first object;
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- after detecting the release of the second user interaction, positioning the second object according to a last detected location of the first user interaction on the touch-sensitive display.
A non-transitory computer program product, for duplicating an object using a touch-sensitive display, stored on a computer readable medium comprising code means for causing a computer to take the steps of:
- displaying a selected first object on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the first object corresponds to an assembly of three dimensional (3D) modeled objects or a part of a 3D modeled object;
- detecting a first user interaction and a second user interaction on the selected first object, wherein the first user interaction and the second user interaction each have a respective beginning and end and each are performed by as few as one contact on the touch-sensitive display;
- detecting a movement of sliding of the first user interaction outside an outline of the selected first object, such that said detecting begins when the first user interaction is outside the outline;
- after detecting the movement of sliding of the first user interaction outside the outline of the selected first object, detecting a release of the second user interaction on the selected first object;
- displaying a second object, after the first user interaction is outside the outline, which tracks the movement of sliding of the first user interaction on the touch-sensitive display, the second object being a duplication of the first object;
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- after detecting the release of the second user interaction, positioning the second object according to a last detected location of the first user interaction on the touch-sensitive display.
An apparatus for duplicating an object using a touch-sensitive display, the apparatus comprising means for:
- displaying a selected first object on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the first object corresponds to an assembly of three dimensional (3D) modeled objects or a part of a 3D modeled object;
- detecting a first user interaction and a second user interaction on the selected first object, wherein the first user interaction and the second user interaction each have a respective beginning and end and each are performed by as few as one contact on the touch-sensitive display;
- detecting a movement of sliding of the first user interaction outside an outline of the selected first object, such that said detecting begins when the first user interaction is outside the outline;
- after detecting the movement of sliding of the first user interaction outside the outline of the selected first object, detecting a release of the second user interaction on the selected first object;
- displaying a second object, after the first user interaction is outside the outline, which tracks the movement of sliding of the first user interaction on the touch-sensitive display, the second object being a duplication of the first object;
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- after detecting the release of the second user interaction, positioning the second object according to a last detected location of the first user interaction on the touch-sensitive display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.