Patent ID: 7692649
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of visualizing an infrastructure, the computer implemented method comprising: acquiring, by a computer, a cross section definition, said definition comprising points defining a link and link information, each of said points exhibiting a type; creating, by a computer, at least one three dimensional face linking points of a same type; assigning, by a computer, a face rendering for each of said created at least one three dimensional faces with a material definitional associated with said link information; and displaying said faces with said rendering, selecting a first cross section of said acquired cross section definition; selecting a second cross section of said acquired cross section definition; selecting a pair of points on said first cross section defining a link, said pair of points comprising a first point closer to a centerline of said selected first cross section than a second point; and searching for a pair of points on said second cross section exhibiting the same type as said selected pair of points on said first cross section, wherein in the event that said pair of points on said second cross section is found exhibiting the same type as said selected pair of points on said first cross section, said creating is performed on said pair of points on said first cross section and said pair of points on said second cross section.