COMPOSITE INFORMATION DISPLAY FOR A PART

摘要

A method and apparatus for processing a model of a part. A number of locations are identified in the model of the part in response to receiving a request from a client application for information about the number of locations on the part. A section cut is created at each of the number of locations to form a number of section cuts. Data is obtained for layers in each of the number of section cuts. The model with the number of section cuts is changed to form a formatted model with a format used by the client application. The layers in each of the number of section cuts in the formatted model are associated with the data for the number of layers in the each of the number of section cuts. The formatted model and the data for the layers is returned to the client application.