Patent Document ID: 20130249906
Application ID: 13428963
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An annotation method for a three-dimensional model, the method comprising: storing in a computer memory a first set of data representative of the three-dimensional model; storing in the computer memory a second set of data representative of an annotation associated with a first spatial location on the three-dimensional model and a first display view; displaying the three-dimensional model and a first graphical representation of the annotation in a display window according to the first display view, the annotation being positioned as specified by the first spatial location associated with the annotation; modifying the displaying of the three-dimensional model in the display window to a second display view different from the first display view; removing the annotation from the display window; and displaying, in the display window, an annotation indicator associated with the annotation, the annotation indicator being visible on the display window independent of any display view of the three-dimensional model.