Method and system for graphically navigating among stored objects
CA 2531132 C · Owner: Dassault Systemes · Inventors: Delarue, Guillaume; Nonclercq, Arnaud
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The invention is directed to a product life cycle management (PLM) system comprising a database storing objects, preferably 3D objects and relations between said objects. The PLM system provides a graphical user interface suitable for displaying to a user a graphical representation of a hierarchy of stored objects. The graphical user interface is adapted upon selection of a displayed object by a user to display objects related to the selected object. At a given level in the hierarchy displayed objects are distributed according to a respective weight. The weight of a displayed object depends on the number of its descendants in the hierarchy which are displayed in said graphical …
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- Filed December 19, 2005 and granted April 2, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 19, 2025.
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