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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2006
Michael C. Rogerson, Manchester, NH (US);
Gary Blais, Hopkinton, NH (US);
Kenneth W. Spalding, Iii, Mont Vernon, NH (US);
Patrick Haessly, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Lisa Fox, Sandown, NH (US);
Michael A. Appolo, Iii, Derry, NH (US);
Michael C. Rogerson, Manchester, NH (US);
Gary Blais, Hopkinton, NH (US);
Kenneth W. Spalding, III, Mont Vernon, NH (US);
Patrick Haessly, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Lisa Fox, Sandown, NH (US);
Michael A. Appolo, III, Derry, NH (US);
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method for generating labels for drawing elements of a computer aided design (CAD) drawing that may include some unknown number of associated or related drawing elements. The method includes receiving a selection of a set of drawing elements in the CAD drawing that are associated with the first drawing element, receiving a selection of fields specifying attributes of the drawing elements in the set of drawing elements to use in generating label content for a label of the first drawing element, and defining a label style based on the selection of the set of drawing elements and the selection of attributes of the of the drawing elements in the set of drawing elements.