Patent ID: 7908585

Claim:
A computer readable recording medium recorded with a graphics editing program for realizing, in a computer, a method comprising: arranging elements interactively in cooperative with an input device and a display device; determining, when an element is arranged by said arranging, whether or not the arranged element is overlapped with a line segment which connects the already arranged two elements to each other; associating, when it is determined by said determining that the arranged element is overlapped with the line segment, these three elements with one another to provide a relation thereamong so that the arranged element is interrupted in the relation between the already arranged two elements, which is specified by said line segment; and displaying, on said display device, the relation among the three elements which are associated with one another by said associating, wherein said determining determines, when the element arranged by said arranging is overlapped with a plurality of line segments, that said arranged element is overlapped with the line segment of a shortest distance from a graphic centroid, among the plurality of line segments.