Patent ID: 8711177
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying measurements in a graphical design using a computer system, the method comprising: causing a display of an image on a display device, wherein a plurality of shapes are displayed in the image; receiving from a user a definition of a defined area of the image and user-provided input indicating one or more shape characteristics and one or more selected measurement display options associated with the one or more shape characteristics; determining, with a processor, one or more measurements for one or more of the shapes displayed within the defined area, the one or more measurements determined automatically without a user designating endpoints for the measurements; and causing generation and display of the one or more measurements on the display device, the one or more measurements displayed as being associated with the one or more shapes, wherein the display of the one or more measurements is configured based on checking, for each of the plurality of shapes, the one or more shape characteristics and the one or more selected measurement display options indicated in the user-provided input, wherein each of the one or more measurements include at least one measurement line drawn between two edges of one or more shapes and a indicator of a magnitude of the distance between the two edges to be displayed in relation to the one or more selected display options, and, wherein the one or more measurements include at least one measurement displayed each with an associated plurality of extension lines that are extended from edges of one or more shapes, wherein the at least one measurement each includes a measurement line displayed between the associated plurality of extension lines, and wherein the extension lines include at least one angled portion that diverges in opposing directions away from a center between the extension lines.