Object property data referencing location property
US7589744B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 8, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2210/04
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to specify and maintain a “location” for an object in a drawing program. A drawing is obtained in a drawing program. One or more objects are obtained in the drawing program. In this regard, one or more of the is a collection of one or more graphical elements. For at least one of the objects, an automatic location property is defined. A value for the location property is obtained from property data of another object, area, or space where the object is “located” (which is based on the location property).
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