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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2003
Simon Alan Jones, Guilford, GB;
Paul Joseph Mcardle, Bow, NH (US);
Scott Anthony Arvin, New Boston, NH (US);
Simon Alan Jones, Guilford, GB;
Paul Joseph McArdle, Bow, NH (US);
Scott Anthony Arvin, New Boston, NH (US);
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to specify and maintain a 'location' for an object in a drawing program. A drawing is obtained in a drawing program. One or more objects are obtained in the drawing program. In this regard, one or more of the is a collection of one or more graphical elements. For at least one of the objects, an automatic location property is defined. A value for the location property is obtained from property data of another object, area, or space where the object is 'located' (which is based on the location property).