JP2008282081A - Drawing management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drawing management system allowing a user to easily and quickly recognize new registration or change of a drawing file for smoothly operating a work by using the drawing file. <P>SOLUTION: The drawing management system is provided with a drawing file storage means storing a drawing file, a drawing information storage means storing drawing information of a drawing file to be produced along with drawing information of each drawing file stored in the drawing file storage means, and a subscriber information storage means storing information about a user of each drawing files as subscriber information. The drawing management system is also provided with a notification means, by which when a drawing file is newly stored in the drawing file storage means or when the drawing file stored in the drawing file storage means is changed, new registration or change of the drawing file is notified to the user, previously stored in the subscriber information storage means, of the corresponding drawing file. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a drawing management system suitable for use in managing drawings used by a plurality of users, such as architectural construction drawings and production drawings.

For example, when a plurality of companies participate and perform a business, it is necessary to share various information for the efficiency of the business. In such a case, an ASP (Application Service Provider) or the like is used to open a dedicated portal site for the related parties so that the related parties can easily access the shared information and services necessary for business execution via the Internet. In addition, building a system is widely performed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
According to such a system, users can receive the necessary information and services wherever there is an environment where the Internet can be used, and perform their business smoothly using those information and services. can do. In particular, in the field of architecture, many stakeholders use common drawings (for example, construction drawings and production drawings) for business execution, so those drawing files are shared on the system. As a result, the drawing file provider and the user, or mutual cooperation between the users, can be achieved, and the work efficiency can be greatly improved.
JP 2004-334395 A

  However, in the above conventional system, since the management of drawing file uploading and updating is entrusted to the provider of the drawing file, the correspondence speed and the management state of the drawing file are likely to vary. When actually using a drawing file, in order to prevent the occurrence of rework, etc., the provider of the drawing file will be informed whether it is the latest version or whether it has received the prescribed approval. There was annoyance that had to be confirmed separately. Also, if you do not find the drawing file you need, you will need to check with the person who plans to create the drawing file when the drawing file will be obtained. There was a point. As a result, some of the parties involved exchange drawings directly without using the above system. If such exchanges increase, the latest drawing files will not be available on the system, and the utility value of the system will be lost. There was a concern that this would be significantly impaired.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances. When a drawing file is newly registered or changed, the user can easily and quickly grasp the drawing file, and the business can be smoothly performed using the drawing file. An object of the present invention is to provide a drawing management system capable of proceeding.

  The drawing management system according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a drawing file storage means for storing a drawing file, and drawing information of each drawing file to be created together with drawing information of each drawing file stored in the drawing file storage means. Drawing information storage means for storing information as reservation information, subscriber information storage means for storing information about users of each drawing file as subscriber information, and when a drawing file is newly stored in the drawing file storage means In addition, when the drawing file stored in the drawing file storage means is changed, a new registration of the drawing file to the user of the corresponding drawing file stored in advance in the subscriber information storage means is performed. Or a notification means for notifying that there has been a change.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the drawing management system according to the first aspect, together with the drawing information of the drawing file already stored in the drawing file storage means, the reservation information of the drawing file to be created is displayed as a list The display means is provided.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the drawing management system according to the second aspect, the display means can display a creation schedule of the drawing file to be created as reservation information. It is.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the drawing management system according to the second aspect, when a predetermined input operation is performed by a user while the reservation information or the drawing information is displayed, the user The identification information is stored in the subscriber information storage means as the subscriber information.

According to the present invention, when a drawing file is newly registered or changed, the user can easily and quickly grasp the drawing file, and operations can be smoothly performed using the drawing file.
In addition, since the drawing file creation schedule is displayed, the user of each drawing file can check the creation schedule in advance before the drawing file is created, and plan after understanding it. Can carry out their work in an efficient manner.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a drawing management system according to the present invention.
The drawing management system is schematically configured by a server system 10 and a plurality of client terminals 20 connected to each other via a network 30 such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or the Internet. The client terminal 20 creates, for example, another drawing using the drawing created by the company A creating the construction drawing, the company B creating the production drawing using the construction drawing created by the company A, and the like. Installed at multiple locations, such as Company C. For example, an ASP (Application Service Provider) server computer is used for the server system 10.

  The server system 10 includes a plurality of computers (for example, a Web server, an application server, a database management server, a fire, etc.) having a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a storage device, an input device, a display device, a communication device, and the like. The computers are connected to each other via a network such as a LAN.

  The server system 10 has a function of determining the legitimacy of the user based on the authentication information when the user authentication information (for example, user ID, password, one-time password, etc.) is received from the client terminal 20; A function of executing various business processes in response to a request from the client terminal 20, a function of converting the processing result into a file (HTML file or the like) in a predetermined data format, and the like, are provided. Yes. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, when a drawing file is newly stored in the storage device, or when the drawing file stored in the storage device is changed, the drawing file is notified to the subscriber of the corresponding drawing file. A function for notifying that there has been a new registration or change (notification means), and a function for creating display data for displaying a drawing information search screen, a list display screen, etc. on the display device of the client terminal 20. ing. These functions are obtained by the CPU of the server system 10 reading and executing various application programs stored in the storage device.

  The storage system of the server system 10 includes a storage area for storing various processing programs executed by the CPU, control data, and the like, as well as drawing files such as production drawings and construction drawings of each property (for example, CAD files and PDFs). Storage area (drawing file storage means) for storing files), storage areas (drawing information storage means) for storing drawing information of drawing files to be created as reservation information together with the drawing information of each drawing file stored, each drawing file A storage area (subscriber information storage means) for storing information (subscriber ID, e-mail address, etc.) related to the subscriber.

  The storage device of the server system 10 stores various databases such as an authentication information DB (internal authentication DB, external authentication DB), project information DB, and user information DB. The authentication information DB stores user authentication information (for example, user ID, password, etc.), and the project information DB stores detailed information (name, address, director, construction period, etc.) of each project. . The user information DB also includes user identification information (user ID), such as the user's name, company, position / role, project in charge, information on business systems accessible to the user, and e-mail addresses. ) Are stored in a state associated with ().

The client terminal 20 is configured by a known computer having a CPU, a RAM, a storage device, an input device, a display device, a communication device, a printing device, and the like.
The storage device of the client terminal 20 stores a storage area for storing various processing programs (for example, a Web browser, CAD software, etc.) executed by the CPU and control data, a drawing file received from the server system 10, and the like. A storage area is provided.

  In addition, the CPU of the client terminal 20 reads and executes various processing programs stored in the storage device, thereby transmitting input data input from the input device, drawing files in the storage device, and the like to the server system 10. And a process for displaying various display screens on the display device based on display data (such as an HTML file) sent from the server system 10 or a process for storing the downloaded drawing file in the storage device.

  Next, each process performed by the drawing management system configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.

(1) Authentication Process When a user uses the drawing management system, first, a web browser is activated on the client terminal 20 and an input operation for designating a URL or the like of a login screen of the server system 10 is performed. Based on this input operation, the client terminal 20 performs a process of transmitting the path name of the URL, and the server system 10 that has received this transmits the display data (HTML file) of the login screen to the client terminal 20. Then, a process of requesting authentication information (user ID, password, etc.) of the user of the client terminal 20 is performed. In response to this, the client terminal 20 performs a process of displaying on the display device a login screen that prompts the user to input authentication information.

Thereafter, when user authentication information is input on the login screen, the client terminal 20 transmits the user authentication information to the server system 10.
When the server system 10 receives the user authentication information from the client terminal 20, the server system 10 determines the legitimacy of the user by comparing and collating the received authentication information with the authentication information stored in advance in the authentication information DB.

  As a result of the determination, if the received authentication information does not match the stored data and it is determined that the user is not valid, a status code indicating that the authentication has failed is sent to the client terminal 20 that requested the authentication. The access from the client terminal 20 is rejected. On the other hand, if both match and it is determined that the user is valid, the user is identified from the authentication information with reference to the user information DB, and then the top page corresponding to the user is displayed. Create data (HTML file etc.). For example, if the company to which the above user belongs is a construction company that manages and manages the entire project (for example, Company A in FIG. 1), the display data of the top page of the company's internal portal site is created and specialized In the case of a construction contractor (for example, company B or company C in FIG. 1), display data for the top page of a portal site for a professional contractor is created. When the client terminal 20 receives the display data from the server system 10, the client terminal 20 performs processing for displaying the top page of the portal site on the display device based on the display data.

When an input operation for selecting a link of the drawing management system is performed on the top page of these portal sites, the input information is sent from the client terminal 20 to the server system 10. In the server system 10, the top page of the drawing management system is sent. The process of creating the display data is performed. At this time, the server system 10 refers to the user information DB and obtains information on the user's name, company, position / role, assigned project, available business system, etc. from the user identification information. Based on the information, top page display data corresponding to the user is created and transmitted to the client terminal 20.
Upon receiving display data of the top page of the drawing management system from the server system 10, the client terminal 20 displays the top page of the drawing management system on the display device based on the display data.

(2) Drawing Information Browsing Process When browsing drawing information of drawing files stored in the storage device of the server system 10 or drawing information (reservation information) of drawing files to be created, the above drawing management system On the top page, after pressing the “Browse” button and entering the viewing conditions such as drawing category (construction drawing, production drawing, etc.), keyword, date, approval status, type (uploaded file, file to be created) Then, an input operation for pressing the “view execution” button is performed. Based on this input operation, the client terminal 20 performs a process of transmitting the browsing conditions to the server system 10, and the server system 10 that has received the processing extracts the drawing information of the drawing file corresponding to the browsing conditions from the storage device. Then, processing for creating display data of the drawing information list display screen is performed.

When the client terminal 20 receives the display data from the server system 10, based on the display data, the display device displays a list display screen (hereinafter referred to as a drawing management screen) of drawing information corresponding to the viewing conditions. To display.
2 is a drawing management screen for a work site of a construction company (for example, Company A in FIG. 1) that manages and manages the entire project, and FIG. 3 is a drawing management screen for a professional construction company (for example, Company B in FIG. 1). is there.

  On these drawing management screens, the drawing file storage location (folder name), name, version number, creation schedule (planned date and date of drawing start, submission, return, approval, etc.) Etc. are displayed. In addition, among the drawing files that the user has registered as a subscriber, the first identification symbol (for example, “new arrival”) is displayed in the drawing file that has recently been newly registered or changed, and other than that A second identification symbol (for example, ◯) is displayed in the drawing file. In addition, in the uploaded drawing file (the drawing file already stored in the storage device of the server system 10), the version number of the drawing file is displayed in the “version number” column and is scheduled to be created (not created). A third identification symbol (for example,-) is displayed in the drawing file. In addition, on the drawing management screen for the construction company's workplace (Fig. 2), a fourth identification symbol (for example, ☆) is displayed in the drawing file for which the workplace has received a request for checking. On the drawing management screen (FIG. 3), the fourth identification symbol is displayed in the drawing file returned (checked back) from the work place and the drawing file to be created. That is, the fourth identification symbol is displayed on the drawing file to be processed by the user. If the link of the name part of the drawing file is clicked, the detailed information of the drawing file can be displayed.

(3) Registration processing of drawing information (reservation information) for a drawing file to be created For example, when a professional contractor creates a new drawing file in response to a request from a work site, the drawing file is started. Before the process, an operation for registering the drawing information of the drawing file to be created as reservation information is performed. Specifically, on the drawing management screen (FIG. 2) or the folder selection screen (FIG. 4) for the construction company's workplace, the “scheduled to create” button is pressed, and as shown in FIG. Specify the name, drawing file type (drawing category), creation schedule (planned start date of drawing drawing, submission, return, approval, etc.), operations to enter drawing information such as creation days, and folder for storing drawing files Perform the operation. Based on these operations, the client terminal 20 performs a process of transmitting input information to the server system 10, and the server system 10 that has received this process stores the input drawing information as reservation information in a designated folder. I do. As a result, one line corresponding to the drawing information is added to the drawing management screen (FIGS. 2 and 3) and the folder selection screen (FIG. 4), and the third identification is displayed in the version number column of the line. A symbol (-) is displayed. When the creation of the drawing file is started, an operation for inputting the drawing start date is performed on the detailed information display screen of the drawing file.

  The folder selection screen is displayed by pressing an “select folder” button on the top page of the drawing management system and performing an input operation to select one of the folders (in the case of FIG. 4, the folder of the detailed plan view). Can be displayed on the display device of the client terminal 20. When registering drawing information of a drawing file to be created from this folder selection screen, since the folder has already been selected, the designation of the drawing file storage folder can be omitted. In addition, when registering drawing information of a drawing file to be created from the drawing management screen, the drawing condition is included in the viewing condition, so that the input of the drawing classification can be omitted.

  In the folder selection screen, as shown in FIG. 4, in the area on the left side, folders storing drawing files and the like related to the work place project (for example, AAA building work) are hierarchically associated with each other. A tree is displayed. A name is written next to each folder.

(4) Subscription setting process When performing subscription setting for a drawing file, an input operation is performed in which a corresponding drawing file is selected and a “subscribe” button is pressed on a drawing management screen or the like (FIGS. 2 and 3). . Based on this operation, the client terminal 20 transmits the input information to the server system 10, and the server system 10 that has received the input information receives the user identification information (or the user's electronic information extracted from the user information DB). The mail address) is stored in the storage device as subscriber information. As a result, on the drawing management screen (FIGS. 2 and 3) and the folder selection screen, the first identification symbol (“new arrival”) or the second identification symbol (◯) is written in the drawing file set for subscription. . Also, when a drawing file with a subscription setting is newly registered (new upload) or updated, the information is notified to the user.

  The above subscription setting process can also be performed by an input operation of pressing a “subscribe” or “folder subscription” button on the folder selection screen (FIG. 4). By using the “folder subscription” button, it is possible to collectively designate subscriptions for all files in the folder.

  On the other hand, when canceling a subscription, an input operation is performed in which a drawing file to be canceled is selected on a folder selection screen or the like and a “subscribe” button is pressed. Thereby, the input information is transmitted from the client terminal 20 to the server system 10, and the server system 10 performs a process of deleting the user from the subscribers of the selected drawing file. As a result, the display of the first identification symbol (“new arrival”) or the second identification symbol (◯) is deleted from the selected drawing file. Further, even when the selected drawing file is newly registered or updated, the user is not notified of it.

(5) Drawing file new registration processing When a completed drawing file (for example, a drawing file created by CAD software or a drawing file read by a scanner) is newly uploaded, the drawing to be uploaded on the folder selection screen. While selecting a file and pressing the “New Upload” button, an operation for inputting the date of submission is performed in the dialog displayed at that time. As a result, the created drawing file is transferred from the client terminal 20 to the server system 10, and the server system 10 stores the created drawing file in a predetermined folder (the folder specified when the reservation information is input). At the same time, a process for updating the drawing information of the created drawing file is performed. Further, the subscriber information of the created drawing file is extracted from the storage device, and a process for notifying the corresponding subscriber that the drawing file has been newly registered is performed. As a notification method at that time, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, a method of sending the notification content by e-mail, a method of displaying the notification content as a message when logging in to the drawing management system, and the like can be mentioned. However, any method may be used as long as the notification content can be promptly transmitted to the user.

  After a new drawing file is uploaded, a fourth identification symbol (☆) is displayed on the drawing management screen for work sites (Fig. 2), and the number is displayed on the drawing management screen for specialized contractors (Fig. 3). The identification symbol 4 is deleted. In addition, the display of the version number of the drawing file is switched from the third identification symbol (−) to “1.0”.

(6) Drawing file download processing When a drawing file or the like that has been notified of new registration is downloaded, an input is made by selecting the drawing file and pressing the “Download” button on the drawing management screen or folder selection screen. Perform the operation. Based on this input operation, the client terminal 20 transmits a request for downloading the selected drawing file to the server system 10, and the server system 10 that has received the request reads the selected drawing file from the storage device. Then, this is converted into a predetermined file format (for example, a PDF file or a compressed file thereof) and transmitted to the client terminal 20.

  When the client terminal 20 receives the drawing file from the server system 10, the client terminal 20 performs processing to store it in a predetermined storage area of the storage device. The user of the client terminal 20 can browse the downloaded drawing file by starting a predetermined application program.

(7) Drawing file return processing When returning a drawing file that has been checked, after selecting the drawing file on the drawing management screen, press the “Return” button and enter the return date. Perform the operation. As a result, the fourth identification symbol (☆) is deleted from the drawing management screen for the work place (FIG. 2), and instead the fourth identification symbol is displayed on the drawing management screen for the professional contractor. The It is also possible to transmit instructions for correction, etc. accompanying the return using the memo function or remote access function of the system, but other means (for example, FAX, e-mail, etc.) It is also possible to communicate through such as.

(8) Updating process of drawing file When the drawing file is corrected, a process of uploading and updating the corrected drawing file to the server system 10 is performed. Specifically, on the folder selection screen, a drawing file to be uploaded is selected and an “update” button is pressed, and a dialog displayed at the time is selected from the files in the storage device of the client terminal 20. Perform an input operation to select the target file. As a result, the modified drawing file is transferred from the client terminal 20 to the server system 10, and in the server system 10, the process of replacing the drawing file in the storage device with the modified drawing file is performed. Processing for updating the drawing information is performed. Further, the subscriber information of the updated drawing file is extracted from the storage device, and a process for notifying the corresponding subscriber that the drawing file has been updated is performed.

  After the drawing file is updated, the fourth identification symbol (☆) is displayed on the drawing management screen for the work place (FIG. 2), and the fourth identification symbol (☆) is displayed on the drawing management screen for the professional contractor (FIG. 3). The identification symbol is deleted.

(9) Drawing File Approval Processing When a drawing file is approved, an operation for inputting an approval execution date is performed on a detailed information display screen of the drawing file. As a result, the fourth identification symbol is deleted from both the drawing management screens for the work place and the specialized contractor.

(10) Drawing Order Printing Order Processing When requesting printing of a drawing file, an input operation for selecting the drawing file and pressing a “print ordering” button on a folder selection screen or the like is performed. As a result, the input information is transmitted from the client terminal 20 to the server system 10, and the server system 10 hides a hidden character (a character string that appears in a copy: for example, user identification information) on the print image of the selected drawing file. , Printing date and time, and a trace code such as a serial number) is used as a background for printing. The printed drawing with the trace code will be sent to the user later by courier.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a drawing file is newly uploaded or updated, it is notified to a user (subscriber) of a drawing file registered in advance. Therefore, the user can grasp the fact easily and promptly, and can proceed with the business smoothly using these drawing files.
In addition, since the drawing file creation schedule is displayed, the user of each drawing file can check the creation schedule in advance before the drawing file is created, and plan after understanding it. Can carry out their work in an efficient manner.

It is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a drawing management system concerning the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the list display screen (drawing management screen) for construction sites of construction companies. It is a figure which shows an example of the drawing management screen for professional construction companies. It is a figure which shows an example of a folder selection screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the input screen of the reservation information of a drawing file. It is a figure which shows the example of notification using an email.

Explanation of symbols

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Claims (4)

Drawing file storage means for storing a drawing file;
Drawing information storage means for storing drawing information of a drawing file to be created as reservation information together with drawing information of each drawing file stored in the drawing file storage means,
Subscriber information storage means for storing information about users of each drawing file as subscriber information;
When the drawing file is newly stored in the drawing file storage means and when the drawing file stored in the drawing file storage means is changed, the corresponding information stored in advance in the subscriber information storage means A drawing management system comprising: notifying means for notifying a user of a drawing file to be notified that the drawing file has been newly registered or changed.   2. The drawing management system according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying a list of reservation information of the drawing file to be created together with drawing information of the drawing file already stored in the drawing file storage means.   3. The drawing management system according to claim 2, wherein the display means can display a creation schedule of the drawing file to be created as reservation information.   When a predetermined input operation is performed by a user while displaying the reservation information or the drawing information, the user's identification information is stored in the subscriber information storage means as the subscriber information. The drawing management system according to claim 2.