Patent ID: 9384308
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer useable information storage medium storing computer executable instructions of computer aided design (CAD) software and a viewer which when executed by a processor perform: creating a three dimensional (3D) artifact in the CAD software representing an object; creating a two dimensional (2D) artifact in the CAD software defining design details for a location in the object; creating an assemblage of the 2D and 3D artifacts in the CAD software where the 2D artifact is linked to the location in the 3D artifact; displaying the assemblage in the viewer on a display screen; providing an interface node in the assemblage at the location indicating the 2D artifact is provided; receiving a selection of the interface node in the viewer from a user via an input device; and in response to the selection of the interface node, wherein the 3D artifact includes a 3D CAD model of the object and the 2D artifact includes a 2D construction drawing used in construction of the object.