Acquiring and unacquiring alignment and extension points
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1. A method of acquiring a data point of interest on a drawing object, comprising the steps of:
- accepting a command to move a cursor near the data point of interest on the drawing object in a computer-implemented drawing program; and
acquiring the data point after the cursor remains near the data point for an acquisition pause time.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and an article of manufacture for acquiring and unacquiring data points of interest in a drawing program. Data points of interest are acquired after a display cursor is positioned over the data point of interest for an acquisition pause time. This technique presents the flashing of superfluous information on the display as the cursor passes over objects in the drawing. Embodiments are presented which implement alignment and extension of objects using acquired data points, and non-symmetric acquisition pause times and snap distances.
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1. A method of acquiring a data point of interest on a drawing object, comprising the steps of:
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accepting a command to move a cursor near the data point of interest on the drawing object in a computer-implemented drawing program; and acquiring the data point after the cursor remains near the data point for an acquisition pause time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for acquiring a data point of interest on a drawing object, comprising:
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means for accepting a command to move a cursor near the data point of the drawing object in a computer-implemented drawing program; and means for acquiring the data point after the cursor remains near the data point for an acquisition pause time. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A program storage device, readable by a computer, tangibly embodying at least one program of instructions executable by the computer in a drawing program to perform method steps of acquiring a data point of interest on a drawing object, the method comprising the steps of:
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accepting a command to move a cursor near the data point of interest on the drawing object; and acquiring the data point after the cursor remains near the data point for an acquisition pause time. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of unacquiring an acquired data point, comprising the steps of:
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accepting a command to move a cursor near the acquired data point of a drawing object in a computer-implemented drawing program; and unacquiring the data point after the cursor remains near the acquired data point for an unacquisition pause time.
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36. A method of acquiring a data point of interest on a drawing object, comprising the steps of:
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accepting a modifier command; and acquiring the data point of interest on a drawing object in a computer-implemented drawing program after a command is received to move a cursor near the data point, wherein the data point is not acquired without the modifier command;
wherein the data point is acquired after the cursor remains near the data point for an acquisition pause time. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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