US 12,086,949 B2
Digital positioning handles for a design platform
W. Taisto Bowers, Havelock, NC (US); and Tedd Benson, Alstead, NH (US)
Assigned to Seamless, LLC, Walpole, NH (US)
Appl. No. 17/917,690
Filed by Unity Building Technologies, Inc., Walpole, NH (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 17, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/016763
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/178104, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/150,795, filed on Feb. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0401803 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06F 30/13 (2020.01)
CPC G06T 19/20 (2013.01) [G06F 30/13 (2020.01); G06T 2219/2004 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2016 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of positioning features in a digital design space, comprising:
receiving a request from a user to place a first feature in the design space;
based on the request, placing the first feature in the design space, and coupling a first positioning handle to the first feature in the design space, the first positioning handle graphically represented in the design space and manipulatable by the user, the first positioning handle having a fixed position and fixed orientation relative to the first feature, the first positioning handle including a first face surface and defining a first vector; and
moving the first feature into a pre-determined position and orientation relative to a target feature in the design space by mating the first positioning handle to a target positioning handle coupled to the target feature.