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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2010
Donald J. O'riordan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Donald J. O'Riordan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Navigating hierarchical levels of a design using graphical preview images. In one aspect, a method for providing a preview image for a design includes causing a display of a main image depicting a first portion of the design, the design organized into multiple hierarchical levels, each level having a different amount of abstraction of graphical information of the design. A preview image smaller than the main image is displayed, portraying a second portion of the design at a different hierarchical level than the first portion. The preview image is receptive to a selection causing the second portion to be displayed as the main image. Some embodiments allow the preview image to include one or more hotspots that cause a display of another preview image at a different hierarchical level, or to show a connected object connected to a probed first object.