RENDERING AND MODIFYING CAD DESIGN ENTITIES IN OBJECT-ORIENTED APPLICATIONS

摘要

An object-oriented design program provides is configured to instantly renderin a three-dimensional interface user CAD designs received as CAD-based designelements (e.g., CAD blocks or lines). The object-oriented program renders theuserCAD designs regardless of whether the user designs are practical, or usefinishes orcolors that are in-stock for the selected design elements. In addition, theobject-oriented program can also create intelligent software objects for the CAD-basedelements at a later time, upon request by the user. The intelligent softwareobjectscan be configured to automatically resolve themselves in view of one or moresystem limitations and rules in related components, and to replicate any suchresolution back to the CAD-based blocks if desired. Thus, a user can have thebenefits of instant 3D rendering of CAD drawings with or without the automaticresolution provided by intelligent software objects, depending on thesituation.