Patent ID: 7079139

Claim:
A method of measuring an object rendered on a display system connected to a network, the method comprising the steps of: A) receiving from the network three dimensional source data representative of a model of an object in a three dimensional space; B) rendering an image on said display system using said three dimensional source data; C) identifying a first point on said display system without regard to the three dimensional source data and said image; D) determining a first point on the object in the three dimensional space corresponding to the first point on the display system based upon said image; E) identifying a second point on said display system without regard to the three dimensional source data and said image; F) determining a second point on the object in the three dimensional space corresponding to the second point on the display system based upon said image; G) determining a distance in three dimensional space between the first point on the object in the three dimensional space and the second point on the object in the three dimensional space; and H) displaying the value of the determined distance on said display system to the user.