Adobe, Inc.

Alex John Fischer

Jeanette M Mathews

Charles Pina

Erin Kim

Grayson Squier Lang

Fulvio Cervone

In a method, one or more processing devices perform operations. Such operations include receiving a signal to display a widget for one or more objects displayed in virtual space. The operations further include computing a bounding box for the one or more objects, the bounding box including a bottom section having a set of corners. The operations further include determining, from among the set of corners, a first corner and a second corner that are, respectively, closest and second closest to a virtual camera position. The operations further include generating the widget based on the bounding box, the first corner, and the second corner. The widget includes a first axis handle connected to a second axis handle at the first corner and further connected to a third axis handle at the second corner. The operations further include causing display of the widget along with the one or more objects.

Automatically positioning objects in three-dimensional space utilizing a widget

Operations of a method include accessing a first object and a second object positioned in virtual three-dimensional (3D) space. The operations further include moving the first object from a first position to a second position, responsive to a user request. The operations include computing a ray extending from a reference point of the first object, in the second position, in a direction of a first dimension. The operations include computing a pixel distance in screen space between a first plane of a first bounding box of the first object and a second plane of a second bounding box of the second object along the ray. Additionally, the method includes snapping the first object into alignment by moving the first object an additional distance to position a face of the first bounding box into the second plane, based on the pixel distance being no greater than an error value.

Snapping objects into alignment in three-dimensional space

Systems and techniques are described for interaction plane rotation for manipulation of three-dimensional objects. A three-dimensional object can be displayed as a two-dimensional representation of the object, represented on an interaction plane and intersected by an object view vector that represents a point of view of the object through a viewing plane. An angle between the object view vector and the interaction plane is calculated and compared to a threshold value. A determination is made that the calculated angle is less than the threshold value, and a rotation magnitude that defines an amount of rotation of the interaction plane relative to a constant vector is calculated. The interaction plane is rotated relative to the constant vector in a rotation direction by the rotation magnitude. The rotated interaction plane can then be used to determine an intended relative movement between the object view vector and the three-dimensional object.

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