Patent ID: 9400597
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method for presenting a grid on a display, comprising: determining that a user has completed drawing a line of a graphical element being drawn within a grid comprising four or more cells each having a first gridline spacing, the first gridline spacing specifying a first length dimension between each of a first set of gridlines and a first width dimension between each of a second set of gridlines, the first set and the second set defining the four or more cells, the four or more cells of the grid comprising a first cell, a second cell, a third cell and a fourth cell, the first cell adjacent to the second cell and the fourth cell, the second cell adjacent to the third cell, the third cell adjacent to the fourth cell; responsive to the determining that the user has completed drawing the line, determining a dimensional unit of the line, a first axis component of the dimensional unit exceeding the first gridline spacing; and responsive to the determining the dimensional unit, where the dimensional unit corresponds to a length of the line, automatically adjusting gridline spacing of the four or more cells of the grid from the first gridline spacing to a second gridline spacing as a function of the dimensional unit, the first axis component of the dimensional unit not exceeding the second gridline spacing, the first gridline spacing being different than the second gridline spacing, the second gridline spacing specifying a second length dimension between each of the first set of gridlines that is different than the first length dimension and a second width dimension between each of the second set of gridlines that is different than the first width dimension, at least one of the identifying, the determining, or the automatically adjusting being implemented at least in part via a computer-based processing unit.