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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2001
John Wainwright, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael Malone, Suwanee, GA (US);
Frank Delise, Smithtown, NY (US);
John Wainwright, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael Malone, Suwanee, GA (US);
Frank Delise, Smithtown, NY (US);
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for establishing relationships between attributes of objects is provided. According to one aspect, a set of first user input data that selects a first attribute that is associated with a first object is received. A set of second user input data that selects a second attribute that is associated with a second object is also received. A first set of data that indicates how changes to a value associated with the first attribute are to affect a value associated with the second attribute is then stored.