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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2021
Applicant:
Dassault Systemes Solidworks Corporation, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Makarand Apte, Pune, IN;
Girish Mule, Pune, IN;
Jody Stiles, Northborough, MA (US);
Chin-Loo Lama, Bolton, MA (US);
Shrikant Savant, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06F 30/17 (2020.01); G06F 111/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/17 (2020.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 2111/20 (2020.01);
Abstract
A computer-based method includes enabling a user to create or select a geometric entity in a design in a computer-aided design program, predicting a location and orientation in the design for a copy of the geometric entity, and displaying, as a suggestion to the user, a visual representation of the copy of the geometric entity in the predicted location and orientation in the design.