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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2006
Edward J. Connor, Manchester, NH (US);
Craig Storms, Concord, NH (US);
Anandaraja Devan, Manchester, NH (US);
Patrick Haessly, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Scott Kent, Melbourne, FL (US);
Michael C. Rogerson, Manchester, NH (US);
Kenneth W. Spalding, Iii, Mount Vernon, NH (US);
Edward J. Connor, Manchester, NH (US);
Craig Storms, Concord, NH (US);
Anandaraja Devan, Manchester, NH (US);
Patrick Haessly, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Scott Kent, Melbourne, FL (US);
Michael C. Rogerson, Manchester, NH (US);
Kenneth W. Spalding, III, Mount Vernon, NH (US);
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for editing network parts present a computer-aided design (CAD) model of a utility network using grips. The network parts may represent elements present in a real-world utility network. Among others, the grips may include a part size grip and a structure rotation grip. When a user selects a part size grip, a graphical user interface may display hash marks to indicate a variety of sizes of the network part provided by a network parts catalog. Dragging the resize grip may cause it to jump from one hash mark to the next, allowing the user to easily select one of the available part sizes. A structure rotation grip may be used to rotate a network part representing a utility network structure about an asymmetric axis.