Patent ID: 7486295
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating the selection of geometric components in a geometric model, the method comprising: storing a hierarchy for a geometric model, wherein the geometric model comprises a plurality of geometric components, and wherein the hierarchy describes hierarchical connections between one or more geometric components in the plurality of geometric components; storing a selection network for the geometric model, wherein the selection network is independent of the hierarchy, and wherein the selection network includes, for each geometric component in the one or more geometric components, one or more mappings between user input signals and other geometric components; receiving a first user input signal; in response to the first user input signal, indicating a first geometric component in the one or more geometric components as being selected on a display; receiving a second user input signal while the first geometric component is indicated as being selected; and in response to the second user input signal: