Patent ID: 7119805

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for displaying characters of dimension of a 3D object with a first frame and a second frame comprising: Plane setting means for setting a plane intersecting a 3D space, wherein the plane is indicated by the first frame surrounding the 3D object, and characters of dimensions of the 3D object are placed on the plane, wherein the characters of dimensions of the 3D object are associated with the first frame; Frame setting means for setting the second frame on the set plane so as to indicate the existence of the characters of the dimensions of a small part of the 3D object, wherein characters of the dimensions of a small part of the 3D object associated with the second frame are smaller than the characters associated with the first frame; and Display means for displaying the 3D object with the set plane, the first frame, the set second frame, and the characters of the dimension of a small part on the set plane in the same 3D space.