JP2005038127A - Design support system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a design support system for supplying informative determination data to a designer to support an excellent design for a product. <P>SOLUTION: This design support system has a component table database 2 for storing information intrinsic to each product and for controlling the information, a component evaluation database 3 for arranging and storing the evaluation information of components constituting the products, a component constitution list preparing part 11 for preparing a component constitution list 14 of each product in every designer based on the information of the component table database 2, a direct/indirect factor component discriminating part 22 for determining the direct-factor component including the evaluation information discriminatingly from the the related component not by a direct factor out of the components formed into the products based on the component table database 2 and component-intrinsic information in the component evaluation database 3, and an information display part 23 for displaying a determination result corresponding to the component in the component constitution list 14. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a design support system that can effectively use product information in product design.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, techniques have been developed to shorten the time required for the entire product development process and reduce the cost of each process. For example, in Patent Document 1, data created in each process of product development is associated with each other and managed on an integrated parts table database, and each process proceeds in parallel, and information on each process is obtained. A technique for reflecting in the parts table database is disclosed.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-73708
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional technology described above, it is not clearly shown how the data obtained in the market can be associated with the data used in the design, so the market information is appropriately designed. Not reflected in the level. In particular, when designing a product composed of a large number of parts such as vehicles, there is a demand for a system that can reflect the data obtained in the market for each part in a specific form and use it for design support. .
[0005]
In addition, if there is evaluation information for products in the market, there are parts that became the cause and parts related to the generation of evaluation information, and there is a demand for a support system that can be used in design while taking these information into account. Has been.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and even when a new product is designed, while taking into account information on the component that has caused the evaluation information and the component related to the generation of the evaluation information. An object of the present invention is to provide a design support system that can provide useful judgment materials to a designer and support the design of an excellent product.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention described in claim 1 includes a parts table database (for example, a parts table database 2 in an embodiment) capable of storing product-specific information and managing the information, and the product. The component evaluation database (for example, the component evaluation database 3 in the embodiment) that can organize and store the evaluation information of the components constituting the component, and the component configuration list of the product for each designer based on the information in the component table database A component configuration list creation unit (for example, the component configuration list creation unit 11 in the embodiment) capable of creating (for example, the component configuration list 14 in the embodiment), the component specific information in the parts table database and the component evaluation database Based on the above, out of the commercialized parts, the direct factor parts that contain evaluation information are directly A direct / indirect factor component identification determination unit (for example, the direct / indirect factor component identification determination unit 22 in the embodiment) that determines and determines that a component that is not a direct factor but is related is an indirect factor component; An information display unit (for example, the information display unit 23 in the embodiment) capable of displaying the determination result corresponding to the component of the configuration list is provided. The cause is caused by, for example, adding a certain part and influencing a part arranged nearby for another purpose by interference or the like.
[0008]
According to the present invention, the part configuration list creating unit creates the part configuration list that is a configuration list of parts selected by each designer. If there is a part that includes evaluation information based on the evaluation information of the part in the parts configuration list stored in the part evaluation database, whether the part is a direct factor part or an indirect factor part is determined by It can be determined by the indirect factor component identification determination unit. That is, the direct / indirect factor component identification determination unit determines that the component that is the direct factor including the evaluation information among the commercialized components is the direct factor component, and there is no direct factor. Is determined to be an indirect factor part. Then, the information display unit can display the determination result corresponding to the parts in the parts configuration list. As a result, if a direct factor part or an indirect factor part is included in the part selected by each designer, a direct factor part or an indirect factor part is included. Each determination result can be shown to the designer who selected the indirect factor component. Therefore, each designer can improve the parts corresponding to the generated information, and can contribute to the improvement of the evaluation level of the entire product.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a design support system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the overall configuration of a design support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a more detailed explanatory diagram of the design support system shown in FIG.
[0010]
The design support system 1 shown in these drawings includes a parts table database 2, a parts evaluation database 3, a parts configuration list creation unit 11, a direct / indirect factor part identification determination unit 22, and an information display unit 23. ing.
[0011]
The parts table database 2 is connected to a design information input unit 6, and part information of each product is input from the design information input unit 6. This part information is, for example, information on parts for each product classified according to the model, production year, etc. of each product. In this parts table database 2, a designer (for example, designers I to III) retrieves information necessary for design from variables 1, 2, 3, etc. (for example, part number, part name, model name, etc.) You can refer to it. The parts table database 2 manages this part information in correspondence with a unique part number assigned to each part, and can share the part information at the design stage.
[0012]
The part evaluation database 3 is connected to the market information input unit 7 and is input from the market information input unit 7 for a part that has been commercialized and has evaluation information. Information to be input includes variable 1, variable 2, variable 3, and the like (for example, part number, part name, occurrence status, number of occurrences, etc.) information relating to part evaluation can be stored centrally. it can. The evaluation information includes, for example, an event report on each part collected in the market parts management department, a response status to the contents of the report, and the like. As shown in FIG. 2, the part evaluation database 3 stores information about evaluation information (for example, parts A, E, F, G, etc.) among the commercialized parts.
[0013]
In the parts evaluation database 3, the parts for which the evaluation information is input are managed by the part numbers. As a result, the component managed by the component table database 2 and the component managed by the component evaluation database 3 can be associated with each other.
[0014]
In addition, the part configuration list creation unit 11 creates, for each designer I to III, a part configuration list 14I to III of the product selected by each designer I to III based on the information in the parts table database 2. .
The direct / indirect factor component identification determination unit 22 determines whether or not the components constituting the component configuration lists 14I to III include evaluation information. If it is determined that the component includes evaluation information, it is determined whether the component is a direct factor component including evaluation information or an indirect factor component that is not a direct factor but related. . This determination is made based on the evaluation information of each component stored in the component evaluation database 3.
[0015]
Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the direct / indirect factor component identification determination unit 22 determines that the item of direct factor component evaluation information is “X” if it is determined to be a direct factor component, for example. If it is determined that it is not, “x” is input for each component. On the other hand, in the indirect factor component evaluation information item, enter “○” if it is determined to be an indirect factor component, and enter “×” for each component if it is determined not to be an indirect factor component. . Then, information about which component is a direct factor component or an indirect factor component is input to the determination flag.
[0016]
For example, the component G is a direct factor component for the component A, but is an indirect factor component for the component F. Therefore, each item of the direct factor component evaluation information and the indirect factor component evaluation information is set to “◯”. "Is entered.
On the other hand, since no information about evaluation information is input from the market information input unit 7 and the component H is neither a direct factor component nor an indirect factor component, each item of the direct factor component evaluation information and the indirect factor component evaluation information "X" is entered in
[0017]
And in the information display part 23, a determination result is displayed corresponding to the components of the said component structure lists 14I-III. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the evaluation information input to the determination flag is added to the selected component parts and displayed on the terminals of the designers I to III. As a result, each of the designers I to III determines whether there is a part including the evaluation information among the constituent parts selected by each designer. When the evaluation information is included, it is possible to grasp whether the component is a direct factor component or an indirect factor component.
[0018]
Therefore, each designer I-III can modify the selected component parts based on the information of the direct factor parts and the indirect factor parts. For example, the designer III can grasp that the part E is a direct factor part among the selected components, and thus can improve the part E. Further, since the designer I can grasp that the component A is an indirect factor component among the selected components, the other designers II and III select E and G that are the direct factor components of the component A. Whether or not the component A that is an indirect factor component is selected can be determined based on information such as whether the analysis status is selected.
As described above, each designer I to III can improve the parts so as to eliminate the generated information based on the information of the direct factor parts and the indirect factor parts, so that the evaluation of the entire product is improved. Can contribute.
[0019]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the invention described in claim 1, since the determination result can be shown to the designer who has selected the direct factor component and the designer who has selected the indirect factor component, It is possible to improve the parts so as to eliminate the generated evaluation information, and to contribute to the improvement of the evaluation level of the entire product.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an overall configuration of a design support system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a more detailed explanatory diagram of the design support system shown in FIG. 1;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Design support system 2 Parts table database 3 Parts evaluation database 11 Parts structure list creation part 14 Parts structure list 22 Direct / indirect factor part identification determination part 23 Information display part

Claims (1)

A BOM database that stores product-specific information and manages the information;
A parts evaluation database capable of organizing and storing information on evaluation of parts constituting the product;
A component configuration list creation unit capable of creating a product component configuration list for each designer based on the information of the parts table database;
Based on the parts table database and the parts specific information of the parts evaluation database, the part that is the direct factor reflecting the evaluation information is determined as the direct factor part among the commercialized parts. A direct / indirect factor component identification determination unit that determines that the related component is not an indirect factor component,
A design support system comprising: an information display unit capable of displaying a determination result corresponding to a part in the part configuration list.

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