Patent ID: 7814429

Claim:
Method of collaborative work between: a first user working on a first object on the basis of a visual representation of the first object displayed in a 3D model authoring environment of a first local computer; and a second user working in a 3D model authoring environment of a second local computer, the 3D model authoring environment of the second local computer not being the 3D model authoring environment of the first local computer; wherein the first computer and the second computer are connected via a computer network, the method comprising the steps of: a) enabling the first user at the first computer to select one type among a plurality of types of data about the first object, each type of data comprising visual representation data about the first object; b) responsive to the first user selecting the one type, providing to the second computer data about the first object according to the selected type; c) displaying a visual representation of the first object in the 3D model authoring environment of the second computer.