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Engineering system with automatic generation of entity templates

US7917891B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Clemens Dinges · Herzogenaurach, DE
Rainer Heller · Eckental, DE
Ronald Lange · Glendale, US
Soeren Moritz · Dietenhofen, DE
Peter Mossmeier · Bad Mergentheim, DE
Maximilian Sackerer · Petersaurach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 2005
Grant date	Mar 29, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F30/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, computer program and a system for automatically generating entity templates when copying at least one software element are provided. In the method, upon receiving a request to copy a selected element, such as a group of elements in a graphics program, a common entity template is automatically created for the element if it is not currently linked to an entity template or is only linked to a non-modifiable template, such that when modifications are made to the entity template, the modifications are also made to the originally selected element and all copies thereof, simultaneously.

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