Patent ID: 8248428

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for modifying a parameter value corresponding to a parameter associated with a graphics object included a graphics application, the method comprising: receiving a first user input to modify a first parameter value corresponding to a first parameter associated with the graphics object from a first value to a second value; determining a first set of additional parameter values corresponding to the first parameter based on the second value and meta-data associated with the graphics application; generating a first version of the graphics object based on setting the first parameter value to the second value; generating a first set of one or more additional versions of the graphics object based on setting the first parameter value to each of the parameter values included in the first set of additional parameter values; displaying the first version of the graphics object and the first set of one or more additional versions of the graphics object in a preview pane of a graphical user interface (GUI); receiving a first user selection of either the first version of the graphics object or one of the additional versions of the graphics object from the first set of one or more additional versions; and rendering the graphics object in a model view pane of the GUI so that the first parameter value equals the parameter value associated with the selected version of the graphics object associated with the first user selection.