Patent ID: 6650339
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
A method of modifying the representation of an object in a three dimensional modeling system comprising:displaying a first three dimensional representation of said object; displaying a three dimensional representation of a modifier to be applied to said object for altering a shape of said object in association with the first three dimensional representation of the object, the representation of the modifier having a shape defined by one or more modifier parameters that are associated with the modifier, and the representation of the modifier having a shape indicating an approximate resulting shape of the object when the modifer is applied to the object; receiving a selection corresponding to a change to one of the modifier parameters; re-displaying said three dimensional representation of said modifier based on the changed modifier parameter; applying said modifier to said object; and generating and displaying a second three dimensional representation of said object from said object and said modifier, wherein said second three dimensional representation of said object is deformed with respect to said first three dimensional representation.