Patent ID: 7221380
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of object manipulation in a computer system comprises: displaying a representation of a first three-dimensional object on a display, wherein the first three-dimensional object has an associated first axis, a second axis, a third axis, and a first volume, and wherein the first three-dimensional object has an associated initial first profile, and an associated initial second profile; displaying a control indicator on the display, wherein the control indicator is associated with the first three-dimensional object; receiving an offset in a direction along the second axis for the control indicator in response to user input with a user input device; bending the first three-dimensional object in the direction along the second axis in response to the offset to form a bent first three-dimensional object, wherein the bent first three-dimensional object is associated with a second volume, wherein the bent first three-dimensional object has an associated bent first profile, and an associated bent second profile, and wherein bending also includes: displaying a representation of the bent first three-dimensional object on the display.