Methods and apparatuses for proposing resolutions to conflicts in a CAD drawing with reflections

摘要

Methods, apparatuses, systems, and software for proposing a resolution to a position conflict between a graphic object within a drawing sharing a portion of, up to all of, the one or more locations of other graphic objects, comprising the steps of: identifying a proposed new location of the graphic object within the drawing that will resolve the conflict; creating a reflection of the graphic object depicting the graphic object as it would appear at the proposed new location without moving the graphic object from its location; and determining whether the proposed new location will clear the conflict by not sharing a portion of the one or more locations, including embodiments directed to the use of reflections, alert/conflict bubbles, modeless drawing windows, and clipping planes.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to at least:
identify a visual conflict between a first three-dimensional graphic object having a first visual location displayed within a drawing within a display of a computer system and one or more other three-dimensional graphic objects having one or more second visual locations displayed within the drawing, the visual conflict resulting from the first visual location sharing a portion of, up to all of, the one or more second visual locations; identify a proposed new visual location of the first three-dimensional graphic object, the proposed new visual location being within the drawing and resolving the visual conflict between the first three-dimensional graphic object and the one or more other three-dimensional graphic objects; create a copy of the first three-dimensional graphic object, the copy being within the drawing and depicting the first three-dimensional graphic object as the first three-dimensional graphic object appears at the proposed new visual location without moving the first three-dimensional graphic object from the first visual location; determine whether the proposed new visual location clears the visual conflict by not sharing a portion of the one or more second visual locations; and in the event the proposed new visual location clears the visual conflict, move the first three-dimensional graphic object from the first visual location to the proposed new visual location and delete the copy.