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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2001
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The apparatus sets a standard surface or a standard line with respect to three-dimensional shape data comprising polygons representing an object in a space where the three-dimensional shape data exist, extracts from the three-dimensional shape data polygons having inclination angles with respect to the set standard surface or the set standard line in a predetermined range, and set each collection of the extracted polygons as an extracted surface. Further, the apparatus displays each of the collection of extracted polygons as a surface on a display with putting a color or pattern to each of the collection of the polygons extracted correspondingly to one of the set inclination angles that is different from those of other collections of polygons.