Patents Assigned to Bricsys NV
  • Patent number: 10394435
    Abstract: In a first aspect the present invention provides a method for manipulating a computer aided design (CAD) model, comprising the following computer-implemented steps of: —creating a first solid entity in a CAD model, said first solid entity comprising one or more coordinates and a 3D volume; —a user executing a drag operation on said first solid entity; wherein said drag operation comprises the following computer-implemented steps: a) selecting a face of said first solid entity; b) determining if said face is a major face or a minor face for said first solid entity; c) determining a drag direction; d) in case of a determined major face executing a moving operation on said first solid entity in said drag direction and in case of a determined minor face executing a push-pull operation on said selected face of said first solid entity in said drag direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Bricsys NV
    Inventors: Pieter Clarysse, Hans De Backer, Erik De Keyser, Luc De Batselier
  • Patent number: 10169493
    Abstract: The disclosed method for manipulating a computer aided design (CAD) model includes the computer-implemented steps of a user determining one or more entities in a CAD model with a cursor, determining a set of adequate user action(s) to execute on the entities and providing a suggestion menu which contains the set of adequate user actions, partly determined by previously executed user actions. A second method for manipulating a CAD model includes the computer-implemented steps of a user determining one or more entities with a cursor, determining a set of adequate user actions to execute on the entities and providing a suggestion menu which contains the set of adequate user actions, partly determined by a geometric analysis on any of the entities in an area within a predetermined proximity of the cursor. A computer program product and server for manipulating a CAD model are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Bricsys NV
    Inventors: Pieter Clarysse, Shivdeep Garud, Hans De Backer