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Commercial computer aided design (CAD) tools are single user, thus only allowing one user to contribute to a CAD model at a time. The NSF Center for e-Design, BYU site is developing multi-user plug-ins for commercial CAD systems to extend their functionality to allow multiple users to simultaneously contribute to a collaborative design model. One central issue in developing and working in a multi-user...