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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2006
Edward J. Connor, Manchester, NH (US);
Anandaraja Devan, Manchester, NH (US);
Michael C. Rogerson, Manchester, NH (US);
Steve Milligan, Merrimack, NH (US);
Craig Storms, Concord, NH (US);
Michael A. Appolo, Iii, Derry, NH (US);
Edward J. Connor, Manchester, NH (US);
Anandaraja Devan, Manchester, NH (US);
Michael C. Rogerson, Manchester, NH (US);
Steve Milligan, Merrimack, NH (US);
Craig Storms, Concord, NH (US);
Michael A. Appolo, III, Derry, NH (US);
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the invention provides a method for generating a curved pipe object in a computer-aided design drawing where the geometry of a curved pipe object is generally represented as a segment of a helix. A user selects a curved pipe creation method and a set of geometric attributes from which the helix parameters may be determined. From the helix parameters, a display representation of the curved pipe object may then be generated and displayed in the CAD drawing.