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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2009
Shelly Mujtaba, Chicago, IL (US);
Anup Chatterjee, Fremont, CA (US);
Kirill Goldin, Burlingame, CA (US);
Michael B. Haley, San Rafael, CA (US);
Shelly Mujtaba, Chicago, IL (US);
Anup Chatterjee, Fremont, CA (US);
Kirill Goldin, Burlingame, CA (US);
Michael B. Haley, San Rafael, CA (US);
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to manipulate a graphical representation of a real-world object in a computer drawing application. A semantic behavior is defined for the real-world object. A graphical representation of the real-world object (referred to as a subject object) is obtained. The semantic behavior is assigned to the subject object. The subject object is placed into a drawing. When placed, the subject object automatically, without additional user input, places itself into the drawing based on the semantic behavior.