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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2008
Ming-fa Hsu, Taoyuan, TW;
Chen-yu Kuo, SanChung, TW;
Pei-hsuan Lin, Taipei, TW;
Kang-liang Liu, Yonghe, TW;
Mark D. Rogalski, Leander, TX (US);
Ming-Fa Hsu, Taoyuan, TW;
Chen-Yu Kuo, SanChung, TW;
Pei-Hsuan Lin, Taipei, TW;
Kang-Liang Liu, Yonghe, TW;
Mark D. Rogalski, Leander, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In using an application's drawing feature, users typically use connecting lines between graphical shapes to depict a relationship between the shapes. Drawing connecting lines between two or more graphical shapes within an application can be a time consuming, manual task. An application that automatically generates connecting lines between shapes, based on spatial relationships among the shapes, can reduce the amount of time for drawing a diagram. Functionality can be implemented to generate connecting lines between 1:n shapes based on proximity among the shapes and/or contact between shapes. Automatically generating connecting lines among shapes based on spatial relationships among the shapes allows generating of the connecting lines based on manipulation of shapes, which typically have a larger surface area than a line. Manipulating a larger surface area can be easier than manipulating a line.