JP2002279002A - System and method for controlling drawing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make processing such as the approval, control and revision of a prepared drawing quick and simple about a drawing control system and a drawing controlling method which perform registration control of electronic drawings. SOLUTION: In this drawing control system including a plurality of terminals 3-1 to 3-n, a drawing database 2 storing electronic drawings and a drawing control controlling part 1, the drawing control controlling part 1 is provided with a registration approval processing part 13 for performing processing that stores a drawing with no impress and a drawing with a registered impress in the database 2 in response to an approval request for a prepared drawing from a terminal and switches the drawing with no impress of the database 2 to the drawing with a registered impress according to approval completion by an acknowledger, a reading processing part 12 for selecting the drawing with no impress when a drawing requested to be read is not approved, selecting the drawing with a registered impress when the requested drawing is approved to read the drawing requested to be read from the database 2 and transmitting the requested drawing to a reading requesting terminal, and a control processing part 11 for performing control including the persons in charge of the plurality of terminals.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a drawing management system and a drawing management method which can easily execute approval, registration, distribution, reception, browsing, printing, storage, and the like of digitized drawings.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A designer (CAD) is required.
An Aided Design system or a personal computer, etc., prints out or prints a handwritten drawing, and after approving the approval sign or seal by an approver such as a boss, distributes the drawing to the production department. In accordance with this, the product is manufactured and the drawings are stored and managed based on the drawing numbers and the like.

[0003] For example, after obtaining approval from a supervisor or the like for a drawing created by a designer or a revised drawing due to a design change, etc., and a work request form in which a distribution destination of a production department or the like is entered, the drawing management department is sent to the drawing management department. Send it. The drawing management department
Check the work request and drawings (drawing size, number of drawings, title number, title, distribution destination, page number, design date, designer name, revision date, revised designer name, details of revision ,
Check the version number, etc.), and if there are no errors, enter the designer name and design date to perform the registration process, stamp the drawing and the work request form with the registration mark, and register and manage the drawing. I do. Also, if there is a check error, attach a return letter,
This is to return to the designer and to request again.

[0004] The registered drawings are stored and managed as base paper, converted into image data, input to a browsing server, and provided for browsing. The completion of the registration is notified to the issuer of the work request form. In addition, the work request form and the drawing are printed out for sending the drawing, and distributed to the distribution destination written in the work request form. That is, the created drawings are registered and managed in the browsing server, and the registered drawings are printed out and distributed to the production department or the like.

[0005] The production department to which the work request and the drawings have been distributed stamps the receipt on the work request and returns it to the drawing management department. The drawing management department keeps the work request form stamped with the receipt stamp for a predetermined period of time, and assumes that the registered drawings are distributed according to the distribution destination.

When a designer borrows a base paper drawing from a drawing management department for design change or the like, the designer submits a drawing borrowing application to the drawing management department. The drawing management section confirms and accepts the drawing borrowing application form, searches the base paper drawings, takes out the base paper drawings from the file shelf, and rents them.

In the drawing management, the approved drawing is stored in the memory as an electronic drawing, the approval sign of the approver is stored in the memory as image data, and when the electronic drawing is printed out, it is confirmed that the approval has been made. Then, a method is known in which the approval sign is read out from the memory without giving the approval sign to the printed-out drawing every time, and the approval sign is added and printed out when the electronic drawing is printed out. (See, for example,
-4604).

Further, a drawing management system part for registering and managing electronic drawings and an electronic filing system part for registering and managing handwritten drawings by image data and the like,
There is also known a drawing management system which is connected so as to enable data communication and can read out both electronic drawings and handwritten drawings by similar access means (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-278994). Gazette).

Also, identification information to be updated every time the content is changed is added to the electronic drawing, and the identification information is printed out when the electronic drawing is printed out.
A drawing management method is also known in which identification information of an electronic drawing is compared with identification information of a printed-out drawing to determine whether a desired drawing has been printed out. (See, for example, JP-A-9-54790).

[0010]

In general, drawings created by a designer or the like are checked by an approver such as a boss and stamped with an approval mark or signed (signed). There is also a system in which the approver sequentially approves, and in the event of urgency, approval is obtained by rotating the created drawing. Therefore, there is a problem that the work in the production department is delayed. Further, in the conventional example in which an approved drawing is signed by hand, there is a problem that even a digitized drawing must be printed out once, and the drawing cannot be completely digitized. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems and approves drawings,
The purpose is to enable easy management and revision processing.

[0011]

A drawing management system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
3-n, a drawing management system including a drawing database 2 for storing electronic drawings and a drawing management control unit 1, wherein the drawing management control unit 1 sends the drawing database 2 to the drawing database 2 in response to a request for approval of a created drawing from a terminal. A registration / approval processing unit 13 that stores the unstamped drawings and the registered stamped drawings, and performs the process of replacing the unstamped drawings with the registered stamped drawings upon completion of approval, and selects and approves the unstamped drawings if the browsing request drawings are not approved. When it has been completed, it has a browsing processing unit 12 for selecting a registered seal drawing and reading a browsing request drawing from the drawing database 2, and a management processing unit 11 for managing a plurality of terminals including persons in charge.

A drawing management method according to the present invention is a drawing management method for performing drawing management such as approval, browsing, revision, lending of original drawings, etc., of a created electronic drawing, wherein a drawing created in a drawing frame having a title box is created. , Are stored in the drawing database 2 as a sealless drawing and a registered seal drawing, and an approval request and approval for the request are made. When registering the created drawing, a work request form in which a distribution destination is specified is created, and an approval request for the work request form is made. With the approval of the approver, the drawing database 2
This process includes the step of managing the drawings without stamping by replacing them with the registered stamping drawings and notifying the distribution destination designated by the work request form of the completion of registration.

In response to a drawing browsing request, an unapproved drawing reads a sealless drawing from the drawing database 2 and sends it to the browsing request terminal, and an approved drawing reads a registered sealing drawing from the drawing database 2 and browses it. It includes the step of sending to the requesting terminal.

Further, in response to the approved original drawing borrowing request, the registered and stamped drawing in the drawing database 2 is read and transmitted, and the lending and original drawing borrower are recorded to prohibit the overlapped lending of the registered and stamped drawing and return the original drawing. This includes the process of canceling lending.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of an embodiment of the present invention, showing a main part of a drawing management system, 1 is a drawing management control unit, 2 is a drawing database, and 3-1 to 3-n. Is C
A terminal including an AD or a printer, etc., 4 is a LAN (local area network), 11 is a management processing unit, 12 is a browsing processing unit, and 13 is a registration approval processing unit. The drawing database 2 is controlled by the drawing management control unit 1, and the created drawings are registered and managed by drawing numbers, names, and the like. The drawing management control unit 1 also includes a plurality of terminals 3-1 to 3-n and a LAN 4
The terminals 3-1 to 3 -n can access the drawing database 2 via the drawing management control unit 1.

For example, the terminal 3-n has a configuration such as CAD, creates a drawing in a drawing frame having a title box, designates a surveyor or an approver, and sends an approval request to the drawing management control unit 1. Do it. In addition, when a drawing is created by a terminal such as a normal personal computer or word processor (word processor) other than CAD, there is generally no function of creating a drawing in a drawing frame having a title box. The composition processing with the frame is supported by the processing function of the drawing management control unit 1, and necessary items for the title column are input.

The drawings created in this case are stored in the drawing database 2 as a sealless drawing and a registered sealing drawing. That is, the approved registered seal drawings are prepared in advance. If the terminal 3-1 is the terminal of the approver and the terminal 3-2 is the terminal of the investigator, the management processing unit 11 of the drawing management control unit 1 registers in advance the persons in charge of the terminals 3-1 to 3-n. Therefore, the registration / approval processing unit 13 is controlled in response to the approval request by the work request form, and the terminal 3 of the approver specified in the title column or the approver or the investigator specified by the work request form. -1 and 3-2 are requested to approve the drawing in an e-mail format. At this time, drawings without stamping will be attached.

When the approver or the investigator approves, the registration approval processing unit 13 of the drawing management control unit 1 performs a process of replacing the unprinted drawings in the drawing database 2 with the registered and sealed drawings. As a result, if there is a request to view the drawing by designating the drawing number, etc.,
The browsing processing unit 12 sends the registration stamped drawing of the requested figure number from the drawing database 2 to the terminal of the browsing request. As a result, the terminal requesting the browsing can browse the registered seal drawings. Further, upon completion of the approval, the distribution destination of the drawing such as the production department or the distribution destination that has been approved by the approval request form is notified that the approval of the created drawing is completed.

FIGS. 2 to 5 are processing flowcharts of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows steps (A1) to (A23) from drawing creation to registration. , Is determined by the drawing management system (A1). CA
In the case of D drawing creation, figure number creation (A2) and title column extraction (A3) are performed. In a CAD system, for example,
As shown in FIG. 6, only a main part of an example is shown, and a drawing is created in a drawing frame including a title box. Then, enter necessary information in the title box.

In the title box of the drawing frame of FIG. 6, the design is, for example, “010123”, that is, February 23, 2001.
On the day, A is entered for the designer, B for the investigator, and D for the approver.
Furthermore, the revision number is 2, and the revision date is March 12, 2001.
The date, the revision designer A, the revision authorizer C, and the revision content indicate that the second page change or the like has been input, and that the registration mark has been input. It should be noted that names, figure numbers, and the like indicate a state in which no input has been made. Before registration of a drawing created in this drawing frame is approved, only drawings without this seal, that is, drawings without seal, can be viewed as necessary, and registered and sealed drawings cannot be viewed until approval is obtained. Is managed by the drawing management control unit 1.

In the case where the drawing is not a CAD drawing, it is a case where the drawing is made by a personal computer or the like.
Image File Format) The creation of a drawing is started (A4). In this case, since the drawing is not a drawing created in the drawing frame, the drawing frame including the title box similar to the CAD drawing is synthesized (A5), and the title box is input (A6), and the drawing in the TIFF format is created. (A7), and the process proceeds to the next step (A8).

Step (A8) of creating a registered seal stamp drawing
In, the creation of a computerized registered seal drawing (A9)
And electronic drawing creation (A10). That is, although the contents of the drawings are the same, they are stored in the drawing database 2 as a registered seal drawing and a drawing without seal (electronic drawing). And
Until the registration is completed, the drawings without stamping will be used. Next, the electronic drawing approval request processing (A10) is started. That is, the designer selects and inputs the presence or absence of an approval request to the investigator or the approver by a work request form described below (A11). Accordingly, the registration approval processing unit 13 of the drawing management system determines whether or not to make an approval request (A12), and when not performing the approval request, determines whether or not to cancel only the request (A1).
9) When canceling only the request, cancel the request (A20)
And the process moves to step (A10). If the approval request is canceled and the request is not canceled, the created drawing is deleted and the request is canceled (A21). Then, the process proceeds to the first step (A1).

When an approval request is made, a drawing for which an approval request is to be made (no stamped drawing) is selected, and a researcher and an approver are selected (A13), and an approval request is made (A14). Electronic drawing approval is started in response to the drawing approval request (A1).
5). That is, the approver who has received the approval request determines whether or not to approve the requested non-stamped drawing (A16).
If not approved, rejection is selected (A22), and the process ends or the process proceeds to the previous step (A15). In the case of approval, approval is selected (A17), and the drawing of the approval request is approved (A18). As a result, the drawing approval (A23) process is performed by the registration approval processing unit 13, and the drawings without seal in the drawing database 2 are replaced with the registered seal drawings and managed.

In the process of approving and registering newly created drawings and drawings based on revisions, first, a work request form (change
Tori). FIGS. 3 and 4 show the process of creating the work request form and approving the drawing. As shown as a start of preparation for a change in traffic / traffic entry (B1), preparation of a work request form for an urgent change work or a registration work is started. This work request includes input fields such as model name, subject, issue date, distribution destination, approver, investigator, details of changes, presence / absence of attached drawings, etc. of the drawing to be created. Data is input (B1).

It is determined whether or not a distribution destination has been created in this work request form (B2). If it has been created, the process proceeds to the next step (B6).
Creation of a distribution destination is started (B3). In other words, the distribution destination of the change / entrance is input (B4), the distribution destination is registered (B5), and the process proceeds to step (B6). In step (B6), the distribution destination is selected, and it is determined whether or not there is an attached drawing (B6).
7) If there is no attached drawing, proceed to step (B9),
If there is an attached drawing, it is determined whether there is any change (B
8) If there is no change, the process proceeds to step (B11). If there is a change, the details of the change are input (B10), and step (B)
Go to 11).

In step (B11), a post-creation process such as a check after the creation of a change in traffic is performed, and then a request for approval of the change in traffic is started (B12). That is, it is determined whether or not to make an approval request (B13). If no approval request is made, a hold is selected (B14), and the process proceeds to step (B12). When requesting approval, the investigator of the change /
The approver is selected and the approval request status is selected (B1
5) A request for approval of a change in traffic or entry is made (B16).

The approval request is distributed by e-mail or the like to the terminals of the investigator and the approver who make this change / entry approval request. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the change of the investigator or approver is started (B17). First, a work request form for which approval has been requested is checked to determine whether or not to approve it (B18).
Reject the entry (B19). This rejection ends the approval process, but if there is another approval request, the process proceeds to step (B17). In the case of approval, the user selects approval (B20) and approves a change or entry (B21).
In response to the approval selection input, the registration approval processing unit 13 performs a process of replacing a non-stamped drawing held in the newly created drawing database 2 with a registered stamped drawing. Thereby, the registration of the drawing is completed (B22).
The distribution destination of the entry is notified of the approval (B23).

In addition, the department set as the distribution destination determines whether or not to receive this change / entry based on the notification of approval completion (B24), and if not, proceeds to step (B2).
If the process proceeds to step 8), and if it is to be received, it is determined that the commutation change / receipt of traffic has started (B25). That is, the change / entry to be received is selected (B26), the selected change / entry is received (B27),
Move to step (B28).

In step (B28), it is determined whether or not to print the drawing. If not, the process is terminated. If printing is to be performed, printing of an electronic drawing is started (B29). That is, a registered stamped drawing to be printed is selected (B30), and the registered stamped drawing is read from the drawing database 2, transferred to a terminal that prints the drawing, and the drawing is printed at the terminal (B31).

In the case of browsing or borrowing the registered drawings,
As shown in FIG. 5, it is determined whether or not to view the drawing (C
1) If not browsing, proceed to step (C5),
In the case of browsing, the browsing processing unit 12 (see FIG. 1) of the drawing management control unit 1 starts the process of browsing electronic drawings (C
2). That is, the user selects a browsing drawing (C3) and browses the drawing (C4).

In step (C5), it is determined whether or not to view the change / entrance. If not, the process proceeds to step (C9). Is started (C6). That is, the user selects and inputs the inflection / entrance to browse (C7).
You can browse the traffic (C8). Then, it is determined whether or not the edition is to be revised (C9). If the edition is not to be revised, the process is terminated. If the edition is to be revised, the original drawing borrowing process is started (C1).
0). That is, by inputting the figure number of the original drawing to be borrowed, the borrowing process is performed (C11), the borrowing of the original drawing, that is, the fact that the original drawing is being lent is registered (C12), and the process is terminated. At this time, the browsing processing unit 12 records the original drawing (registered and stamped drawing) as a borrower, performs exclusive control on other borrowing requests, and prevents the revision work at a plurality of different places. I do.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, in order to approve a created electronic drawing, a notice of approval request is sent to an approver's terminal, and approval processing is performed on the terminal, whereby quick approval is obtained. The completion of the approval is notified to the drawing distribution destination, etc., and the drawing database 2 performs the process of replacing the unstamped drawing with the registered stamped drawing. Therefore, it is possible to receive the registered stamped drawing immediately after the approval is completed. There are advantages. Also, in the case of borrowing the original drawing in the case of a revision or the like, since it is registered that the drawing is being lent and the borrower thereof is also registered, there is an advantage that the borrower of the original drawing can be easily identified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a processing flowchart according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a processing flowchart according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a processing flowchart according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a processing flowchart according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a drawing frame corresponding to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drawing management control part 2 Drawing database 3-1-3-n terminal 4 LAN (Local Area Network) 11 Management processing part 12 Browsing processing part 13 Registration approval processing part

Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Naoya Takahashi 1-17-3 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa F-term in Fuji Denso Co., Ltd. 5B046 AA00 CA03 GA01 GA02 KA02 KA03 KA05

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A drawing management system including a plurality of terminals, a drawing database storing electronic drawings, and a drawing management control unit, wherein the drawing management control unit responds to a request for approval of a created drawing from the terminal. A registration approval processing unit that stores the unstamped drawing and the registered stamped drawing in the drawing database, and performs a process of replacing the unstamped drawing with the registered stamped drawing when the approval is completed, and the unstamped drawing when the browsing request drawing is unapproved. And a browsing processing unit that selects the registered stamped drawing when approved, and reads a browsing request drawing from the drawing database, and a management processing unit that manages including a person in charge of a plurality of terminals. Drawing management system characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. Approval, inspection, revision,
In the drawing management method that manages drawings such as renting original drawings, the drawings created in the drawing frame with the title box are stored in the drawing database as unregistered drawings and registered stamped drawings, and distributed when the drawings are registered. A work request form designating a destination, making an approval request, replacing the non-stamped drawing in the drawing database with a registered stamped drawing and approving it by approval by an approver, and notifying the distribution destination of the completion of registration. A drawing management method, comprising: 3. In response to the drawing browsing request, an unapproved drawing reads a sealless drawing from the drawing database and sends it to the browsing request terminal, and an approved drawing reads a registered sealing drawing from the drawing database. 3. The drawing management method according to claim 2, further comprising a step of transmitting the drawing to a viewing request terminal. 4. An approved original drawing borrowing request is read out and sent out the registered and stamped drawing in the drawing database, and the borrower and the original drawing borrower are recorded to prohibit duplicate lending of the registered and stamped drawing and return the original drawing. 3. The drawing management method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of canceling the lending operation.