Patent ID: 7433744
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of spatially coordinating Computer Aided Design (CAD) files representing two-dimensional views of an object, comprising the steps of: creating a master dimensional plan file to which said CAD files are spatially located in two-dimensional working space as reference files; linking at least one of elevation, section, and detail files of said CAD files to said master plan file with the coordinates of said master dimensional plan file in said two-dimensional working space for display; linking concentric parallel shapes corresponding to respective z-axis coordinates of the object about an x-axis and y-axis representation of one z plan of said object so as to identify all points on all elevations intersecting the z-axis coordinate of the respective shape, whereby each concentric parallel shape defines a plane in the z-axis dimension for the object in said two-dimensional working space for display and allows for the illustration of the passage of said plane through all elevation, section, and detail files referenced to said master dimensional plan file including said z-axis dimension; linking each selected elevation, section, and detail of said CAD files to the corresponding x, y and z coordinate positions of said master dimensional plan file in two-dimensional working space; and displaying each said selected elevation, section, and detail files of said CAD files at the corresponding x, y, and z coordinate positions of said master dimensional plan in a display plane of said two-dimensional working space.