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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2009
Frank Desimone, Carlisle, MA (US);
Blake Courter, Somerville, MA (US);
David Taylor, Cambridge, GB;
Max Eskin, Somerville, MA (US);
Daniel Dean, Acton, MA (US);
Frank Desimone, Carlisle, MA (US);
Blake Courter, Somerville, MA (US);
David Taylor, Cambridge, GB;
Max Eskin, Somerville, MA (US);
Daniel Dean, Acton, MA (US);
Spaceclaim Corporation, Inc., Concord, MA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention comprise methods and systems for modifying the geometry data of a CAD object through modification of an arbitrary cross section, the CAD object being stored within a computer aided design modeling system. The method includes receiving, from a user the position and orientation of a cross section plane, the cross section plane being arbitrarily positioned relative to the orientation of a CAD object, and wherein the arbitrarily positioned and oriented plane is intersecting the CAD object. The CAD system generates a user modifiable two dimensional cross section from the intersection of the cross section plane and the CAD object, the cross section having a plurality user modifiable control elements. Changes to the control elements are correspondingly made to the cross section plane and the CAD object.