Drawing interoperability between different computer-aided design applications

• Main Authors: MCMILLAN ROBERT W, MURUGAPPAN PRABAKAR, CLAUSS JAMES M, KRISHNAN NARAYANAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.07.2013
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

Embodiments of the invention provide data file interoperability between two drawing programs using a single composite drawing file. A method of generating a drawing file shared by a source application and a target application includes storing a copy of a computer aided design (CAD) drawing in a comp...