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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2009
Kevin Schneider, Portland, OR (US);
Nivedita Barve, Pune, IN;
Kevin Schneider, Portland, OR (US);
Nivedita Barve, Pune, IN;
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method, apparatus, system, article of manufacture, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to position/manipulate an object in a computer drawing application. A drawing model having a snap option and a first zoom level is displayed. The snap option that enables a positioning of an object in alignment with grid lines by causing the object to automatically jump to an exact position when the object is moved to within a first snap distance of the exact position. A zoom operation changes the first zoom level to a second zoom level. Automatically, dynamically, and independently from additional user actions, the first snap distance is recalculated based on the second zoom level.