Patent ReferencesUser-directed method for operating on an object-based model data structure through a second contextual image Graphical browser system for displaying and manipulating a computer model Mate inferencing Computer based forming tool Depicting hierarchically related graphical components Method and apparatus for joining and manipulating graphical objects in a graphical user interface Computer drawing system Patent #: 6611725 InventorsApplicationNo. 09924294 filed on 08/08/2001US Classes:345/420, Solid modelling715/853, Hierarchy or network structure715/850, Navigation within 3D space700/983-D product design (e.g., solid modeling)ExaminersPrimary: Zimmerman, MarkAssistant: Wallace, Scott Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06T017/00AbstractComputer-implemented method and apparatus for processing data representing a three-dimensional object model includes generating an image of a modeled object. The modeled object is formed from a number of different components that can be arranged in different positions, and the generated image depicts a change in a position of a first one of the components with respect to a second one of the components.Other References
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