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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2006
John H. Boose, Bellevue, WA (US);
John H. Boose, Bellevue, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system and method for navigating drawings on a computing system is provided. The method includes loading drawings and associated object data. The drawings and the associated object data are arranged into at least two types of navigation networks, each type of navigation network having a plurality of parameters to interact with the drawings. Keys in a keyboard are mapped based on the plurality of parameters of the at least two types of navigation networks. A navigation network for the drawings is selected from the at least two types of navigation networks and the drawings are displayed. The drawings are manipulated using the mapped keys based on the selected navigation network, wherein the at least two types of networks include at least two of a row and column network, a flow chart network, a wiring diagram network, and a component location drawing navigation network.