Method For Defining The Scale Of Reusable Geometric Content

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for enabling the creation of software content objects for displaying information on a monitor attached to a computer is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of creating a unit system of the shape object, creating a scale method property of the shape object, authoring the shape object in the unit system and producing a graphical output therefrom, and selectively modifying the graphical output of the shape object based on the unit system and the scale method property to display desired information on the monitor.