Abstract
In the present paper, we propose an automatic snapping method that aligns fuzzy objects in a multi-resolution grid system in order to improve the efficiency of sketch-based CAD systems. The sketch-based CAD system that we have previously realized successfully identifies sketch drawings as primitive geometrical curve objects by treating the sketches as fuzzy objects, the fuzziness of which is associated with the roughness of the drawing manner. However, when the system aligns the identified objects with a grid system, difficulties in the grid resolution setting arise because the identified objects often consist of both fine and coarse portions and thus require different grid resolution settings for proper alignment. Meanwhile, the resolution problem with respect to cursor point snapping has been solved by multi-resolution fuzzy grid snapping (MFGS), which realizes automatic selection of the snapping resolution by treating the cursor as a fuzzy point, the fuzziness of which is associated with the roughness of the pointing manner of the user. The present paper proposes a method to apply MFGS to fuzzy objects in order to resolve the difficulties involved in the setting of the snapping resolution of the sketch-based CAD system. Experimental results show that users can align identified objects to an appropriate resolution through MFGS by controlling the roughness of the drawing manner.
