Patents Assigned to Adra Systems, Inc.
  • Method and sysetm for design and drafting
    Patent number: 5655095
    Abstract: A dimension indicator is automatically created to define the size of a geometric object or the spatial relationship between two geometric objects for a user of a computer-aided design and drafting system by the data processing steps of displaying one or more geometric objects; determining the geometry of one or more of the displayed objects; choosing one of a plurality of possible dimension indicators for the object(s) based on the determination in the previous step; displaying an image of the chosen dimension indicator until a placement location is selected for the chosen dimension indicator; and then displaying the dimension indicator in the vicinity of the placement location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Adra Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rene LoNegro, Stuart Wells
  • Method and system for design and drafting
    Patent number: 5548707
    Abstract: A dimension indicator is automatically created to define the size of a geometric object or the spatial relationship between two geometric objects for a user of a computer-aided design and drafting system by the data processing steps of displaying one or more geometric objects; determining the geometry of one or more of the displayed objects; choosing one of a plurality of possible dimension indicators for the object(s) based on the determination in the previous step; displaying an image of the chosen dimension indicator until a placement location is selected for the chosen dimension indicator; and then displaying the dimension indicator in the vicinity of the placement location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Adra Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rene LoNegro, Stuart Wells