Patent ID: 7013468
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. In at least one electronic device, a method of communicating between a first computer aided design (CAD) application and a second CAD application, comprising: storing native data and a sub-set of native data, the sub-set of native data derived by a first library of routines; providing a plug-in comprising a second library of routines having an application program interface (API) and being accessible by the second CAD application; and the plug-in conveying the sub-set of native data to second CAD application upon the second CAD application calling a second library of executable routines to request the native data and the sub-set of native data using the API, wherein the second CAD application utilizes a third library of executable routines to recreate items based on the native data and a sub-set of native data of the first CAD application.