Patent ID: 8947429
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method performed by a computer for performing three-dimensional (3D) modeling comprising: (a) activating, in a 3D modeling application executing on a computer, a modeling tool; (b) displaying, in the 3D modeling application, a visual representation of a grid system tool on a digital modeling canvas wherein: (c) displaying an existing 3D form on the grid system tool in the 3D modeling application; (d) receiving the starting touch event of the gesture over the existing 3D form within one of the three separate regions, wherein the starting touch event triggers a modeling operation; and (e) as the gesture is received in the computer, performing the modeling operation by dynamically extending the 3D form by adding 3D geometry to the 3D form, wherein the dynamically extending is based on the gesture and the active modeling plane.