Systems and methods for creating virtual objects in a sketch mode in a haptic virtual reality environment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7864173
SERIAL NO

10900034

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A user of a modeling application modifies an initial virtual object using a sketch drawn on one or more construction planes. Typically, construction planes are connected by an axis that intersects the virtual object. The user can draw a sketch on each construction plane, and the modeling application interpolates a shape along the axis between the sketches to determine what material in the virtual object is to be removed from it. In this manner, material may be removed to create a recess or hole in the virtual object or otherwise to slice away material from the object. A user can use two or more axes and construction planes to produce complex shapes from the initial virtual object. A user can also select a portion of a virtual object and mirror the selected portion. Modifications that the user makes in the selected portion are made correspondingly in the mirrored portion.

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  • 3D SYSTEMS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aviles, Walter A San Diego, US 20 1097
Handley, Joshua Cambridge, US 8 301
Massie, Thomas H Windham, US 26 2812
Midura, Marc Watertown, US 6 249
Payne, Bradley Belmont, US 2 181
Shannon,, III Walter C West Newton, US 7 108

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