ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,360, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to DASSAULT SYSTEMES (Velizy Villacoublay, France).

"Method for modifying a 3D model by using a partial sketch" was invented by Nicolas Beltrand (Velizy Villacoublay Cedex, France), Fivos Doganis (Velizy Villacoublay Cedex, France) and Mourad Boufarguine (Velizy Villacoublay Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for designing a 3D model, which includes providing an initial 3D model in a 3D scene including at least one extruded section, being defined by a set of parameters, receiving a user sketch on the plane perpendicular to the sight of view direction, at each ...