Geometric assembly
US9626092B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 11, 2015 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T19/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A drawing system has a computerized appliance having a processor coupled to a data repository, software (SW) executing on the processor, the software providing tools to enable a user to join objects in a display, creating an assembled object, Upon the user selecting to drag a first object in the display in a first direction, the SW monitors geometric features of the first object and of a second object in the display positioned in the first direction, determines compatible join features of the first and second objects, and upon the first and second objects being moved within a preprogrammed threshold distance (TD) greater than zero in the display, provides a join operation, bringing the compatible join features of the first and the second object together, creating an assembled new object.
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