US 11,960,794 B2
Seamless three-dimensional design collaboration
Shatakirti Reddy, Secunderabad (IN); Nirupam Nirupam, Toronto (CA); Pradeep Kumar, Artarmon (AU); and Sandip Mansukhlal Chauhan, Gujarat (IN)
Assigned to Autodesk, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Autodesk, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/058,121.
Application 18/058,121 is a continuation of application No. 16/415,347, filed on May 17, 2019, granted, now 11,507,709.
Prior Publication US 2023/0128446 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 30/00 (2020.01); G06F 40/205 (2020.01); G06F 40/284 (2020.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 111/02 (2020.01); G06F 111/20 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 30/00 (2020.01) [G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 40/205 (2020.01); G06F 40/284 (2020.01); G06F 2111/02 (2020.01); G06F 2111/20 (2020.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for enabling multi-user collaboration on a three-dimensional (3D) design, comprising:
(a) acquiring the 3D design in a computer-aided design (CAD) application;
(b) activating a commenting process for a comment to be associated with a selected part of the 3D design;
(c) dynamically processing user input for the comment as it is received, wherein:
(i) the user input comprises text;
(ii) the dynamically processing recognizes that the text relates to creating or modifying the selected part; and
(iii) the dynamically processing dynamically retrieves a list of one or more alternative parts, wherein the list is based on similarities between the one or more alternative parts and the selected part;
(d) providing, via a graphical user interface for the comment, a selectable option to either:
(i) post a first alternative part of the one or more alternative parts as a text comment; or
(ii) propose, within the comment, the first alternative part as a direct replacement part;
(f) providing the comment based on the selectable option to another user.