摘要 |
In a data processing system that executes a program of instructions, a metho d for generating a detail-in-context presentation of a three-dimensional information representation comprising the steps of selecting a object-of- interest in the information representation; selecting a viewpoint; selecting a path from the viewpoint to the object-of-interest; and, displacing objects i n the information representation away from the path to locations within the information representation where the objects remain visible when viewed from the viewpoint yet do not occlude the object-of-interest when viewed from the viewpoint to thereby generate the detail in context view.
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