Assembly patterns by feature association

Details Assembly patterns by feature association Assembly patterns by feature association

2006-06-27

2006-06-27

Tung, Kee M. (Department: 2671)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphics processing

Three-dimension

C345S419000, C345S473000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07068271

ABSTRACT:
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide for drawing a graphical element in a computer-implemented drawing program. An existing instance of a graphical element pattern that defines a graphical distribution of multiple occurrences of a source graphical element is identified in a computer-implemented drawing program. A second graphical element is then associated with the existing instance of the graphical element pattern. In response to the associating, multiple occurrences of the second graphical element are positioned in accordance with the graphical element pattern.

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