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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rahul Bhargava, Acton, MA (US);
Gopal Shenoy, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Robert P. Zuffante, Concord, MA (US);
Jon K. Hirschtick, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
SolidWorks Corporation, Concord, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ; G06T 1/740 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ; G06T 1/740 ;
Abstract
A forming tool is provided for manipulating a computer model, including mechanisms for allowing a user to define a forming tool for creating a form feature of the model. Characteristics of the forming tool may be defined so that the forming tool may be reused without the need to redefine its characteristics.