US 11,734,903 B2
GUI for editing a CAD model
Pieter Clarysse, Vurste (BE)
Assigned to BRICSYS NV, Ghent (BE)
Appl. No. 17/263,468
Filed by BRICSYS NV, Ghent (BE)
PCT Filed Aug. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/072410
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/064228, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18196911 (EP), filed on Sep. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0351477 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)
CPC G06T 19/20 (2013.01) [G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06T 2210/04 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2004 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for editing a computer-aided design model, comprising:
obtaining an input face comprising an original position from the computer-aided design model based on a first signal obtained via a user input device, the computer-aided design model including an entity comprising the input face, the input face including a normal direction perpendicular to the input face;
obtaining a current translation in the normal direction based on a second signal obtained via a user input device, wherein the original position and the current translation define a current position;
determining from the computer-aided design model a list of faces parallel to the input face;
selecting from the list of faces a snap face including a distance along the normal direction to the current position which is minimal over the list of faces, without acquiring the snap face via a user input device;
displaying via a visualization means a snap plane including the snap face and a coplanar alignment of a translation along the normal direction of the input face in the snap plane;
obtaining an acceptance of the displayed coplanar alignment based on a confirmation signal obtained via a user input device; and
adjusting the entity of the computer-aided design model including the input face according to the displayed coplanar alignment.