Method for defining the scale of reusable geometric content
US6683622B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 11, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2200/32
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for enabling the creation of software content objects for displaying information on a monitor attached to a computer is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of creating a unit system of the shape object, creating a scale method property of the shape object, authoring the shape object in the unit system and producing a graphical output therefrom, and selectively modifying the graphical output of the shape object based on the unit system and the scale method property to display desired information on the monitor.
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