Patent ID: 8249834

Claim:
A system of computer-aided-design (CAD), the system comprising: a server to provide data of a CAD model to at least one client, wherein the server is capable of: providing, to the client, section information defining a plurality of geometric sections of the CAD model, wherein the section information includes boundary information representing a plurality of boundaries defining the plurality of geometric sections, respectively, and a plurality of identifiers to identify the plurality of geometric sections, respectively; distributing a plurality of geometric elements of the CAD model to the plurality of sections; generating, for each section of the plurality of geometric sections, one or more files including geometric information of the geometric elements that are distributed to the section; receiving from the client a request for one or more of the one or more files corresponding to at least one requested section of said geometric sections, wherein the one or more files include geometric information of one or more geometric elements of the CAD model that are included within the boundary of the requested section; and providing to the client the one or more requested files.