CAD or CAM (e.g., interactive design tools)

CL 715 SC 964
7013247 Method of designing forms of cable clamp and cables using three-dimensional CAD system, and computer readable storage medium storing relevant processes
Mar-14-2006 A method of designing the form of a cable clamp and cables using a three-dimensional CAD system for easily designing the form of the cables passing through the cable clamp is disclosed. According to the...
7010753 Anticipating drop acceptance indication
Mar-7-2006 Permitting or prohibiting a drop is executed at the beginning of the drag-and-drop action initiated by the user, by mouse-clicking on the object to be dragged, for example. Thus, the drag-and-drop action...
7003371 Apparatus for processing electronic drawing data
Feb-21-2006 Disclosed are an apparatus and a method, which assist CAD data to be usable by supplier's own CAD and automatic programming tool no matter how a format of the CAD data from an orderer may be. Electronic...
7003362 System and method for customized tape-out requests for integrated circuit manufacturing
Feb-21-2006 The present disclosure provides a system and method for a tape-out request. In one example, the method includes receiving initial information from a customer and loading a mask tooling template based on...
6985835 Method and apparatus for edge correlation between design objects
Jan-10-2006 Computer implemented techniques for edge correlation between design objects in computer-aided design systems are provided. According to one embodiment, a source edge is exported from a source CAD system...
6980211 Automatic schematic diagram generation using topology information
Dec-27-2005 A netlist of a schematic diagram is generated. The netlist indicates the connectivity of components through connection lines. A normal display mode is provided in which at least a portion of the components...
6971063 System, method, and apparatus for portable design, deployment, test, and optimization of a communication network
Nov-29-2005 A system and method which employ one or more portable hand held computers and one or more servers, allows a field engineer to complete the entire design, deployment, test, optimization, and maintenance...
6968516 LSI development support system
Nov-22-2005 Information on a plurality of IPs (intellectual properties) serving as LSI design assets is stored in a registered-IP database, from which IP-based operation manual data, specification data and design...
6968245 Flexible recipe modeling and recipe cluster management system
Nov-22-2005 A flexible recipe modeling system and method is provided for improving the processing reliability of a fabrication process by customizing recipes processed by fabrication equipment including associated...
6959421 Quick click icons for workspace flow between views for major subsystems and views within a design tool
Oct-25-2005 A method and system for helping a user perform tasks in software. Graphic elements (e.g., icons) are rendered and displayed regardless of which task is being performed. An element can be either active...
6931602 Approach facilitating the selection of various machine vision functionality from among different platforms
Aug-16-2005 A method and apparatus are provided to improve upon accessibility of machine vision tools. More specifically, improved methods and apparatuses are presented to allow a user to select, via a user interface...
6925353 Method and device for machining contoured recesses, utilizing a graphical user interface for defining contour expressions
Aug-2-2005 In a method for machining a contoured recess, a digital control is used to predetermine elementary surfaces, which are linked in a contouring expression using logical operators to form a resulting surface....
6907573 Intelligent constraint definitions for assembly part mating
Jun-14-2005 One or more embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for defining mating properties of a graphical component in a computer-implemented drawing program. An option...
6900814 CAD apparatus and output processing method for CAD apparatus
May-31-2005 To provide a three-dimensional CAD apparatus for collectively performing the appropriate image processing of color or gradation on the face or edge line for a 3D model in accordance with a processing for...
6880127 Method for routing connections in the display of a network topology
Apr-12-2005 The present invention provides a systematic automated procedure for routing connections in display applications such as a network topology interface. In one embodiment, the invention first creates an "ideal...
6810295 Method and apparatus for simplified generation and displaying of cutout features of computer aided design (CAD) model
Oct-26-2004 The invention includes computer instructions that operate to receive a selection of a face of a first three-dimensional solid geometry piece, where the first three-dimensional solid geometry piece has...
6801218 Method of modifying kitchen cabinet designs within cabinet design software to accommodate utilities
Oct-5-2004 A method for designing a kitchen which automatically transfers the utility locations and required clearances in a kitchen layout to a subsequent kitchen layout when the designer makes design changes. First,...
6782305 Method of geometric information sharing and parametric consistency maintenance in a collaborative design environment
Aug-24-2004 A method for sharing geometric information and maintaining parametric consistency amongst different software applications in a collaborative environment is presented. The method is based on geometric information...
6768501 Graphic data processing apparatus using displayed graphics for program selection
Jul-27-2004 A graphic data processing apparatus comprising a CPU coupled to an entry device, storage storing graphic data and a plurality of programs and a display, and adapted such that a command mode for drawing...
6757576 System and method for drawing and manufacturing bent pipes
Jun-29-2004 Novel systems and methods of using a bent-tube object in a drawing file include entering a custom bent-tube object in a drawing file, and using the bent tube object to generate bender driver data. In a...
6741265 Network-based design systems and methods
May-25-2004 A network based product design system and method allows product design. The system comprises a central processing unit capable of product design; at least one communication link allows selective two-way...