OBJECT MANIPULATOR AND METHOD OF OBJECT MANIPULATION

摘要

A method and system for graphic manipulation is provided. The graphic manipulation can be performed using a graphic manipulator that can have three mutually perpendicular axes indicators and a plurality of action icons associated with one or more of the axes. The graphic manipulator can be oriented with respect to axes of the object being manipulated. Based on the specific orientation of the graphic manipulator, and based on the selection of portions of the manipulated object some of the axis indicators and the plurality of action icons can be displayed and/or not displayed.

主权项

1. A method of providing a graphic manipulating tool, the method comprising:
generating a graphic manipulator, the graphic manipulator comprising:
a first axis indicator, wherein the first axis indicator comprises an axis movement action icon configured to control the position of an object associated with the graphic manipulator along the axis identified by the axis indicator;a second axis indicator extending perpendicular to the first axis indicator;a first plane extending through the first and second axis indicators;a scale-in-one-axis action icon configured to control the size of the object along the axis identified by the first axis indicator;a rotate action icon configured to control the rotation of the object about the axis identified by the first indicator;a plane scale action icon configured to control the size of the object parallel to the plane defined by the first and second axis indicators; anda plane move action icon configured to control the position of the object parallel to the plane defined by the first and second axis indicators; generating an image comprising the graphic manipulator and the object; and displaying the image of the graphic manipulator and the object.