Abstract: A method and system for measuring an object represented by a three dimensional model includes an algorithm for displaying the three dimensional object in a 2 dimensional space. Once rendered in two dimensions, a user can identify two points on the object in that two dimensional space and in accordance with the invention, the system can determine the distance between the two points in the three dimensional space of the object. The system and method can use a pick function to determine the coordinates of each point in three dimensional space as a function of the two dimensional coordinates of each point selected in the two dimensional display space and determine the distance between the three dimensional coordinates of each point in the three dimensional space.

Abstract: In a development platform, a classifier for a given application defines a data model of an application model as a pattern (an object model) from a finite number of patterns (object models) that represent the possible permutations of data models. In addition, the development platform has a finite number of service objects that perform various functions/services on the object model from which the application model adopts one or more service objects. The object models and the service objects are generic to the development platform and usually a set of finite number of object models and a set of finite number of service objects can interface the application model with the various third party resources and tools.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for determining quality or resolution settings for encoding a three dimensional model within a desired size budget. The system allows the user to select or change the size budget and either the quality settings or resolution settings. The system, applying the method of the invention, then determines the resolution or quality settings for each image in the model so as to meet the size budget. The user may also lock certain settings so that they are not changed by the system when other modifications are made by the user.