Patent · US Expired

Object manipulators and functionality

US7110005B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

42Claims

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Assignee

Autodesk, Inc. · US

Inventors

Scott Arvin · New Boston, US
Marc W. Schindewolf · Hopkinton, US
Rostislaw Starodub · Munich, DE
Paul McArdle · Bow, US
Mandar Shashikant Garge · Nashua, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 8, 2003
Grant date	Sep 19, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 26, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T11/60
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to display and use object manipulators in a computer graphics program. In some embodiments, an object manipulator (i.e., a button object manipulator or traditional object manipulator) is displayed on a graphics object and activated. In response to the activation, a property of the graphics object is directly modified. Various forms and properties of the object manipulator provide additional capabilities that may assist the user in the graphics program.

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