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Method and apparatus for displaying CAD geometric object and storage medium storing geometric object display processing programs

US6075539A · kind A · utility

7Cited by
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32Claims
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Filing dateFeb 5, 1998
Grant dateJun 13, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T17/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A geometric object display method and apparatus and a computer-readable storage medium storing a geometric object display process program, capable of displaying the image of a composite geometric object such that the outline of the object can be grasped by the user at an earlier stage. Composite geometric element data input from an input unit is divided into a plurality of geometric element data sets of each part by a sub-grouping unit of a computing unit. The display sequence of the sub-grouped geometric element data is scheduled by a sequence scheduling unit, and the sequenced geometric element data is output by an output unit such as a display device. The outline of a composite geometric object can be grasped at an earlier stage when only a fraction of geometric element data is displayed.

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