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Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2008
Applicants:

George Fitzmaurice, Toronto, CA;

Justin Matejka, Toronto, CA;

Igor Mordatch, Toronto, CA;

Gord Kurtenbach, Toronto, CA;

Azam Khan, Aurora, CA;

Inventors:

George Fitzmaurice, Toronto, CA;

Justin Matejka, Toronto, CA;

Igor Mordatch, Toronto, CA;

Gord Kurtenbach, Toronto, CA;

Azam Khan, Aurora, CA;

Assignee:

AUTODESK, INC., San Rafael, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06T 15/20 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A navigation system for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a model or object with which a user can interact. The system accommodates and helps both novice and advanced users. To do this, the system provides allows a user to place a point on a model surface that is used as a focus point for tool operations. The focus point is a geometry sphere that shows orientation and relative position of the view in the scene.


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