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- Patent Title: Drag and drop format conversion between applications
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Application No.: US16230160Application Date: 2018-12-21
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Publication No.: US11243906B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Holger Stratman
- Applicant: OSAAP America, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MA Chelmsford
- Assignee: OSAAP America, LLC
- Current Assignee: OSAAP America, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Chelmsford
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Main IPC: G06F16/11
- IPC: G06F16/11 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06F16/955 ; G06F3/0486 ; G06F30/00

Abstract:
According some aspects, a user may drag an image displayed in a web browser application displaying the tool supplier's web site to a CAD application. Program logic associated with the CAD application may process arguments in the drag and drop event to determine a first resource identifier associated with the image, such as an image URL. The event handler may replace an image file type extension with a CAD file type extension to generate a second resource identifier, such as by replacing the image file type extension with a file type extension associated with a CAD stencil file. The CAD application may attempt to use the second resource identifier to download a CAD file, such as a CAD stencil file, corresponding to the product depicted in the image. The CAD file may be used to generate a CAD drawing comprising a stencil and/or other schematic depiction of the product.
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