JP2010117998A - Approval processing apparatus and method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To electronically approve an electronic document like CAD data by sticking an electronic seal. <P>SOLUTION: In a step S603, it is determined whether a seal frame is created by a designer terminal 102 or not in accordance with seal frame creation coordinates x1 and y1 calculated in a step 602. For example, Fig.18 shows that a seal frame is created when inequality x1>bx+px is satisfied. The processing advances to a step S604 when a seal frame is created, but the processing advances to a step S607 when it is not created. In the step S604, position coordinates of end points required for seal frame creation are calculated, and two preliminarily designated points are connected using an inter-two-point straight line creation function of CAD 309 to create a straight line, whereby a seal frame is created. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a CAD data approval system in which a designer terminal, an examiner terminal, an approver terminal, and a server are connected to each other via a network, and in particular, created based on the progress of an approval flow. The present invention relates to an approval processing apparatus, method, and program for creating a seal frame, creating a sticker, and creating a drawing for submission.

  Design drawings used for operations in fields such as machinery, electricity, and architecture are marked with the seals of the designer, examiner, and approver. It is necessary for the third party (customer or processing site) to know the approval result by the operator from the design drawing itself. In addition, it is necessary for third parties (customers and processing sites) to understand who has been in charge of design to approval in the past by looking at the design drawings. Therefore, a part of the design drawing is provided with a seal frame, and each person in charge stamps or signs it to cope with this. In addition, design changes have been dealt with by providing stamp frames for the number of design changes and naming them. Furthermore, there is a case where it is rejected in the process of approval, and in this case as well, it has been dealt with by providing a seal frame for the number of times while leaving history information of rejection.

  On the other hand, in recent years, design drawings are not created on paper media for ease of editing and reuse, but are created using a design support program (hereinafter referred to as CAD) using a computer. It is becoming. On the other hand, since general CAD does not have the function of pasting electronic seals, the approval of CAD data created by CAD is temporarily output as a paper drawing from the printer, and the designer, examiner, and approver. Performs the approval flow by stamping the stamp frame in the paper drawing.

  Furthermore, when sending a drawing to a third party (customer or processing site), the stamped paper drawing is copied and distributed, or the paper drawing is electronically distributed with a scanner and distributed. Are stored in a vault as official drawings, both of which are burdensome work for the operator. In addition, a conventional paper drawing approval flow requires a space for storing the paper drawing, and it takes time to duplicate the paper drawing when sending the drawing to a third party (customer or processing site).

  In order to cope with such a point, the following technique is disclosed as a technique for reducing the burden on the worker and managing the approval result using CAD data. Patent Document 1 discloses an approval system for stamping electronic documents including CAD data, and particularly operates to add approval image information to an electronic document. Patent Document 2 discloses an approval system that performs electronic stamp processing on an electronic document at high speed. In particular, the system recognizes a stamp position and operates to perform electronic stamp processing on the electronic document. Patent Document 3 discloses a stamp document creation system for creating an electronic document, and particularly operates to create a template for creating a stamp frame for an electronic document.

JP 2004-213268 A JP-A-2005-157828 JP 2005-293405 A

  However, in the approval system described in Patent Document 1, the electronic document can be stamped. However, when the electronic document is rejected, the electronic document has a seal. Is not taken into account so that the past rejection history necessary for the design drawing can be known.

  In the approval system described in Patent Document 2, it is possible to search for a stamp position on an electronic document. For example, it is necessary to paste an electronic seal at a position different from the first position due to a design change of the drawing. This is not taken into consideration, and the electronic seal pasting position search processing at the time of changing the design of the drawing is lacking.

  In the stamp document creation system described in Patent Document 3, it is possible to create a stamp frame for an electronic document. However, a new stamp frame can be created while leaving the result of approval in the previous design required when the design is changed. Cannot be added. Furthermore, as described above, it is common practice to leave past rejection histories in the design drawings. For example, there are cases where they are used separately for in-house use and for submission to customers. In other words, in-house use may retain rejection information, but for customer submissions, it may be sufficient to know that the rejection information has been deleted and approved in consideration of appearance. In this case, it is sufficient to delete the previous rejection information and make only the approval part that has been finalized and arranged, but such a request is not considered in any of the above-mentioned techniques.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an approval system, a seal frame creation program, an electronic seal pasting program, and a submission that can be electronically approved by pasting an electronic seal on an electronic document such as CAD data. An object is to provide a drawing creation program.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems. The invention according to claim 1 is an approval processing apparatus, wherein electronic document data including contents of an electronic document and attribute data including creation approval history of the electronic document are provided. A storage means for storing user's electronic seal data related to the electronic document and a seal frame creation data used when adding a seal frame to the electronic document; Registered or changed electronic document data is stored, and the registration change means for updating the creation approval history included in the attribute data and the result of reviewing the registered or changed electronic document are included in the attribute data Review and update means to update the creation approval history, and read the electronic document data, attribute data and seal frame creation data from the storage means, and the creation approval included in the attribute data Additional data generation that generates embedded electronic document output data by generating a stamp frame including the electronic seal of all users related to the electronic document based on the electronic seal data of the user indicated in the history and the seal frame creation data The additional data generation means reads the attribute information from the storage means, determines whether the generated seal frame can be added to the electronic document based on the attribute information, and cannot add it If it is determined, it is generated again under different conditions.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the approval processing device according to claim 1, wherein the seal frame is generated by combining individual frames of a predetermined size, and the electronic document has a predetermined size. The additional data generating means determines whether or not it can be added to the electronic document based on whether or not the seal frame fits within the size of the electronic document, and is smaller than a predetermined size as another condition. It is characterized by generating again using a single frame of size.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the approval processing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the electronic document is a CAD drawing.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the approval processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the users related to the electronic document are the creator of the electronic document and one or more approvers. And

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the approval processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the seal frame is incorporated every time the electronic document is updated.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the approval processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the seal frame is a frame for attaching an electronic seal for the creator and one or more approvers for each update of the electronic document. It is generated so that it may contain.

  The invention according to claim 7 is the approval processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising data lock means for locking the electronic document additional data.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the approval processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the additional data generation means rejects from the update information and the rejection information when the examination of the electronic document is completed. The printed seal frame is erased, and the seal frame and the electronic seal are moved.

  The invention according to claim 9 is an approval processing method for attaching an electronic seal accompanying the approval processing of an electronic document, and when there is registration or change of the electronic document, electronic document data including the contents of the electronic document, electronic document Electronic data registered or changed in storage means for storing attribute data including creation approval history, electronic seal data of users related to electronic documents, and seal frame creation data used when adding seal frames to electronic documents When the registration change step for storing the data and updating the creation approval history included in the attribute data and the result of reviewing the registered or changed electronic document are registered, the creation approval history included in the attribute data is updated. Review and update step, creation approval history included in attribute data by reading electronic document data, attribute data and seal frame creation data from storage means An additional data generation step of generating a seal frame including the electronic seals of all users related to the electronic document based on the displayed electronic seal data of the user and the seal frame creation data, and generating embedded electronic document output data; and The additional data generation step reads the attribute information from the storage means, determines whether the generated seal frame can be added to the electronic document based on the attribute information, and determines that it cannot be added. Then, it is generated again under different conditions.

  The invention according to claim 10 is a program for causing a computer to execute an approval processing method for pasting an electronic seal accompanying electronic document approval processing, and the approval processing method includes registration or change of an electronic document. Electronic document data including contents of electronic documents, attribute data including creation approval history of electronic documents, electronic seal data of users related to electronic documents, and seal frame creation data used when adding seal frames to electronic documents When the registered or changed electronic document data is stored in the storage means for storing, the registration change step for updating the creation approval history included in the attribute data, and the result of reviewing the registered or changed electronic document are registered. , Review and update step to update creation approval history included in attribute data, electronic document data, attribute data and seal frame from storage means Read the generated data and generate a seal frame that includes the electronic seal data of all users related to the electronic document based on the electronic seal data of the user indicated in the creation approval history included in the attribute data and the seal frame creation data An additional data generation step for generating embedded electronic document output data, and the additional data generation step can read the attribute information from the storage means and add the generated seal frame to the electronic document based on the attribute information. Whether or not it is determined that it cannot be added is generated again under another condition.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the approval system and program which can affix an electronic seal on electronic documents like CAD data, and can perform an approval flow can be provided. In particular, it is possible to delete unnecessary electronic seals and seal frames at the time of rejection in the examination and approval process, and it becomes possible to create drawings for submission, so drafting can be done by editing the rejection data without redrawing at the time of rejection. The time for reworking can be reduced.

  In addition, even when the design is changed, the time for creating a seal frame and pasting an electronic seal can be reduced by creating a seal frame and pasting an electronic seal with a computer.

  In addition, by attaching an electronic seal to CAD data, paper drawings can be output from a computer and electronic drawings can be created, reducing the time required for copying when sending drawings to third parties (customers and processing sites). In addition, since it becomes unnecessary to store paper drawings, a space for storing paper drawings is not required, and space can be saved.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a drawing management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The server 101 is a database server in the drawing management system, that is, a management server for storing data used in this system. The designer terminal 102 is a terminal in which a designer creates a drawing, which is an electronic document, using a design support program (hereinafter referred to as CAD), and requests an examination using a drawing management program (hereinafter referred to as PDM). is there. In this embodiment, an electronic document created using CAD will be described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

  The examiner's terminal 103 is a terminal that allows the examiner to display a drawing on the monitor 103a using CAD or to perform approval using PDM. The approver terminal 104 is a terminal in which an approver displays a drawing on the monitor 104a using CAD and performs approval using PDM.

  The server 101, the designer terminal 102, the examiner terminal 103, and the approver terminal 104 can send and receive data via the network 105. Note that the configuration of the server and each terminal connected via the network 105 in FIG. 1 is an example, and it goes without saying that there are various configuration examples depending on the application and purpose. For example, although a plurality of terminals have been described here, a single terminal may be used, and a server function may be realized by a terminal.

  Next, the hardware configuration of the server 101, the designer terminal 102, the examiner terminal 103, and the approver terminal 104 in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of the server 101, but the description is omitted because the designer terminal 102, the examiner terminal 103, and the approver terminal 104 are basically the same.

  The CPU 201 comprehensively controls each device and controller connected to the system bus 204. The ROM 202 or the external memory 211 is a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) that is a control program of the CPU 201, an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as OS), or various types described later that are necessary for realizing the functions executed by the server or each terminal. Stores programs, etc. The RAM 203 functions as a main memory, a work area, and the like of the CPU 201. The CPU 201 loads various programs necessary for execution of processing into the RAM 203 and executes the programs to realize various operations.

  An input controller (input C) 205 controls input from a pointing device such as a keyboard 209 or a mouse (not shown). A video controller (VC) 206 controls display on a display device such as a CRT display (CRT) 210. The display device may be a liquid crystal display as well as a CRT. The memory controller (MC) 207 is connected via an adapter to a hard disk (HD), floppy disk (registered trademark FD) or PCMCIA card slot for storing a boot program, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, various data, and the like. The access to the external memory 211 such as a compact flash (registered trademark) memory connected to the external memory 211 is controlled. A communication I / F controller (communication I / FC) 208 is connected to and communicates with an external device via a network, and executes communication control processing in the network. For example, Internet communication using TCP / IP is possible.

  Note that the CPU 201 enables display on the CRT 210 by executing outline font rasterization processing on a display information area in the RAM 203, for example. Further, the CPU 201 can receive an instruction from the user with a mouse cursor (not shown) on the CRT 210.

  A seal frame creation program, an electronic seal pasting program, and a submission drawing creation program 212 for realizing the present invention are stored in the external memory 211 and executed by the CPU 201 by loading them into the RAM 203 as necessary. is there. Further, the definition file 213 and various information tables 214 used by the program 212 according to the present invention are stored in the external memory 211, and detailed description thereof will be described later.

  Next, a module configuration of the server 101 and each of the terminals 102 to 104 will be described with reference to FIG. The server 101 includes a PDM 301 that manages CAD data, a drawing management database 302 that stores CAD data and related information, an electronic seal management database 303 that stores electronic seals of users who create and approve CAD data, A user management database 304 that stores user information, an approval log information table 305 that stores a creation approval history, a drawing attribute information table 306, a seal frame creation table 307, and an electronic seal pasting table 308 are provided.

  Each of the terminals 102 to 104 includes a CAD 309 that creates a drawing, a PDM 310 that executes an approval flow, a seal frame creation program 311, a seal pasting program 312, and a drawing creation program 313 for submission.

  Next, a functional block diagram will be described with reference to FIG. First, the input unit 401 of the server 101 receives data input by the user, and transmits and receives data from each terminal 102 to 104 via the network 105. A display unit 402 displays an information input screen and CAD data on a CRT display (CRT) 210. The data search unit 403 searches for corresponding data from the information received by the input unit 401. The data control unit 404 controls data managed by the server 101. For example, the read attribute is managed and controlled as “data deletion prohibition”. The storage unit 405 stores data managed by the server 101, such as CAD data, electronic seal data, and table information data.

  In each of the terminals 102 to 104, the input unit 401, the display unit 402, and the storage unit 405 are basically the same as the server 101, but the calculation unit 406 performs numerical calculations necessary for the processing described below. .

  Next, a basic processing flow of the drawing management system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a basic processing flow of the drawing management system according to the embodiment of the present invention. As described above, the server 101, the designer terminal 102, the examiner terminal 103, and the approver terminal 104 are connected to each other via the network 105. The designer terminal 102, the examiner terminal 103, and the approver terminal 104 receive an operator instruction via various operation screens provided from the server 101, and execute various processes related to drawing management. . One example will be described below.

  First, in step S500, the designer terminal 102 activates the PDM 310, accepts input of a user name and password, accesses the server 101, searches the user management DB 304, and if the login name and password match, step S501. Proceed to In step S501, the input unit 102b receives the file name of CAD data and information indicating whether it is newly created or a design change. Here, in the case of new creation, the server 101 is accessed to obtain template data from the drawing management DB. Proceed to step S502. On the other hand, if it is not a new creation such as a design change, the process proceeds to step S515.

  In step S515, the designer terminal 102 accesses the server 101, and acquires CAD data that matches the file name of the CAD data input in step S501 from the drawing management DB 302. In step S502, the designer terminal 102 activates the CAD 309 to display the acquired CAD data on the monitor 102a of the designer terminal 102. Then, the drawing information of the CAD data is created upon receiving the user's design / drawing instruction information.

  In step S <b> 503, after completion of drawing creation in step 502, the designer terminal 102 receives the CAD data storage instruction and accesses the server 101 to register the CAD data in the drawing management DB 302. In step S504, the designer terminal 102 causes the PDM 310 to display, for example, a drawing attribute information registration screen as shown in FIG. 9 on the monitor 102a, and the CAD data file name, drawing size, drawing scale, and design change from the input unit 102b. A number is input, the server 101 is accessed and registered in a drawing attribute information table 306 (described later). The drawing attribute information to be registered may be other than the information shown in FIG.

  In step S505, in order for the designer to request approval by a superior, the designer terminal 102 causes the PDM 310 to display an examination request screen as shown in FIG. 10, for example, and the examiner who requests the examination from the input unit 102b. Upon receiving the input of the department and examiner name, the server 101 is accessed and registered in the drawing management DB 302. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the date, time, user name, work content, and next worker who made the examination request are registered in the approval log information table 305 (described later), and the status is registered as unregistered. For example, when the designer Ichiro Suzuki makes an examination request to the examiner Jiro Sato, the approval log information table is registered as the first line 1101 in FIG. 11, but the status is not yet available.

  In step S506, the designer terminal 102 creates a seal frame in the CAD data by using a seal frame creation program 311 as will be described later. In step S507, the designer terminal 102 pastes the electronic seal in the CAD data by the seal pasting program 312. This will be described later. In step S508, the examiner's terminal 103 accesses the server 101 by the PDM 310, acquires the CAD data file name to be examined from the approval log information table of the drawing management DB 302, and receives the CAD data file to be requested for approval from the monitor 103a. The name is displayed, and the CAD data approved from the drawing management DB 302 is displayed on the monitor 103 a using the CAD 309 of the examiner terminal 103. For example, using the user name when logging in to the PDM 310, the CAD data of the server 101 is searched for CAD data in which the user name matches the next worker and the status is not yet complete, that is, the work has not been completed. The acquired file name is displayed on the monitor 103a. Further, CAD data may be acquired and displayed on the monitor 103a.

  In step S <b> 509, the examiner terminal 103 receives input of the examiner's examination result by the PDM 309. When proceeding to the next approval request process without any problem as a result of the examination, the examiner's terminal 103 causes the PDM 310 to display an approval request screen such as that shown in FIG. 12 on the monitor 103a and the approval request is made from the input unit 103b. The input of the person's department and the name of the approver is received, and the approval request information is accessed to the server 101 and registered in the drawing management DB 302. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the date, time, user name, work content, and the next worker who made the approval request are registered in the approval log information table 305 (described later), and the status is registered as unregistered. Furthermore, the status of one line above the registered line is completed. For example, when examiner Jiro Sato makes an approval request to Saburo Yamada, the approval log information is registered as shown in the second line of FIG. 11, but the status is not yet available. Such processing is performed, and the process proceeds to step S510. If the examiner is rejected as a result of the examination, the process proceeds to step S509-1. Further, here, the approval flow for requesting the approver who is a higher rank next to the examiner has been described. However, in the case of a flow that does not require the approval to the higher rank, the process may proceed to step S514.

  In step S509-1, the examiner's terminal 103 adds 1 to the number of rejections in the drawing attribute information table 306 by the PDM 309 and updates the value. For example, when the CAD data file name is BBB data is rejected, the file name in the drawing attribute information table shown in FIG. 9 is searched and updated by adding 1 to the reject count. Step S510 is the same as step S507 and will not be described. Since step S511 is the same as step S508, description thereof is omitted.

  In step S512, the approver terminal 104 accepts the input of the approval result of the approver by PDM, and in the case of approval, for example, an approval request screen as shown in FIG. The result is received as an input from the unit 104b, and the result is accessed to the server 101 and registered in the drawing management DB 302. For example, the date of approval, time, user name, and work content are registered in an approval log information table 305 (described later) as shown in FIG. 11, and the status is registered as completed. As a result, for example, when the approver Saburo Yamada approves, the approval log information is registered as shown in the third line of FIG. Such processing is performed, and the process proceeds to step S513. In addition, when rejection is input by the approver, it progresses to step S512-1.

  In step S512-1, the approver terminal 104 accesses the server 101, adds 1 to the number of rejections in the drawing attribute information table, and updates the value. Step 513 is the same as step S507 and will not be described. In step 514, after receiving the “approval” information input in step S513, the approver terminal 104 creates data for submission to the customer or the like, which will be described later.

  In the present embodiment, the processing in the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 is the processing of the designer terminal 102, the examiner terminal 103, and the examiner terminal 104, and is described in a form including functions such as several determination means. did. However, the present invention is not limited to this, an HTML file is simply displayed by a browser application, and an event is transmitted from each terminal 102 to 104 to the server 101 so that the server side implements each step using CGI. It can be realized by a modification such as processing.

  Here, each table shown in FIGS. 11 and 14 will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an approval log information table. The approval log information is associated with each CAD data. First, the date and time indicate the date and time when the approval operation is performed, and the user name indicates the name of the user who has performed the operation. Similarly, the work content indicates the processing content executed by the user, the next worker indicates the name of the user who executed the approval flow, and the status indicates whether the next worker has performed the work.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a drawing attribute information table. As shown in FIG. 14, the drawing attribute information is associated with CAD data, the file name indicates the file name of the CAD data, and the drawing size indicates the paper size of the drawing. Show. Similarly, the drawing scale indicates the scale of the drawing, the design change number indicates the number of design changes, and the number of rejections indicates the number of rejections. The design change number and the number of rejections are used as history information for the stamp frame creation process.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a seal frame creation process according to the embodiment of the present invention. First, in step S601, after the examination request processing in step S505 by the designer terminal 102, the designer terminal 102 executes the seal frame creation program, and accesses the server 101 with, for example, the CAD data file name, and the drawing attribute From the information table 306 and the seal frame creation table 307 (described later), “drawing size”, “drawing scale”, “design change number”, “rejection count”, “initial position information”, “frame length”, “text” Get “frame length”. In step S <b> 602, the designer terminal 102 calculates a coordinate position for creating a seal frame for all users in the CAD data from the seal frame creation information acquired in step S <b> 601. For example, as shown in FIG. 18, the lower left coordinate of the seal frame is (x1, y1), the number of design changes as history information is c, the number of rejections is n, the initial position coordinate is (ax, ay), the frame length Assuming that the length is (px, py) and the text length ax, the designer terminal can calculate using the formula x1 = ax− (bx + px) × (c + n), y1 = py. In the example of FIG. 18, y1 = 0.

  In step S603, it is determined from the seal frame creation coordinates x1 and y1 calculated in step 602 whether or not it is possible to create a seal frame for all users on the designer terminal 102. For example, in FIG. 18, a seal frame can be created when the inequality x1> bx + px is satisfied. If the seal frame can be created, the process proceeds to step S604, and if not possible, the process proceeds to step S607.

  In step S604, the individual frames, which are seal frames, are created by combining them. However, the position coordinates of the end points necessary for creating the seal frames of all the users are calculated, and the two points designated in advance are straight lines between the two points of the CAD 309. Create a seal frame by creating a straight line by connecting using the create function. For example, the coordinate positions of points A to J are calculated as shown in FIG. 18 from the frame length and text frame length acquired in step S601 and the stamp frame creation coordinates in step S602, and straight lines AC, JD, IE, HF, AH, Create BG and CF.

  In step S605, after the creation of the seal frame in step S604 is completed, the designer terminal 102 creates characters necessary for the seal frame using the position coordinates calculated in step S604 and the CAD character creation function. For example, the character “designer” is created at the position coordinate of the point A calculated in step S604, where the lower left corner of the text is the position coordinate. Similarly, the position coordinates of “examiner” and “approver” are created at point J and point I, respectively. In step S606, after the character input is received in step 605, the designer terminal 102 determines that the seal frame created in steps S604 and S605 and the CAD element of the character is a seal frame, for example, “WAKU”. And the design change count and the rejection count acquired in step S601 are added as attribute information.

  In step S607, if it is not possible to create a stamp frame in step S603, the CAD is scaled by a specific magnification x% starting from the initial position information (ax, ay). At this time, the value of the text frame length bx and the frame length px, py is also multiplied by x%, the stamp frame drawing position is calculated again in step S602, and it is determined whether or not the seal frame can be created in step S603. If it is impossible to create a seal frame at this time, the process of step S607 is further repeated.

  Here, the table shown in FIG. 15 will be described. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a seal frame creation table, where the drawing size indicates the paper size of the drawing, and the initial position coordinate indicates the coordinate position at the lower right of the seal frame at the time of new creation as shown in FIG. The frame length indicates the length of one seal frame in the x and y directions, and the text length indicates the length of text characters necessary for the seal frame, for example, the frame of the “approver”.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the electronic seal pasting process according to the embodiment of the present invention. This process is performed after the creation of the seal frame, or after the request for examination or after the examination. First, the process after the completion of the creation of the seal frame will be described. First, in step S701, the designer terminal 102 receives input of the CAD data file name and login name by the seal pasting program 312 and accesses the server 101. From the drawing attribute information table of the drawing management DB 302, the “designation size” "," Drawing scale "," design change number "," rejection count "are acquired. Further, “user role” is linked from the user management DB 304 (described later), “initial position information” and “pitch information” from the electronic stamp pasting table (described later), and the login name from the electronic seal management database 303. Obtain electronic seal data. In step S702, an electronic stamp pasting position is calculated from the information acquired in step S701. For example, when the center coordinate of the seal is (x2, y2) as shown in FIG. 19, the initial position coordinate (cx, cy) is the number of rejections n, the design change number is c, the pitch information is (px, py), The electronic stamp sticking position coordinates are calculated by x2 = cx− (ax + px) × (c + n), y2 = cy. In this way, by using the number of rejections and the design change number, it becomes possible to add information as past approval or rejection on the drawing.

  In step S703, the designer terminal 102 adds the electronic seal obtained in step 701 to the coordinates of the electronic stamp pasting position calculated in step S702 on the CAD data displayed in the CAD 309, for example, (x2, y2). Paste. In step S704, after the electronic seal is pasted in step S703, the information indicating that the electronic seal is pasted in each terminal, for example, “HANKO”, and the number of design changes and rejection received from the drawing attribute information table in S701 The number of times is added as attribute information. In step S705, after the attribute is added to the electronic seal in step S704, the movement / deletion / copying of the electronic seal is disabled at each terminal using the CAD element lock function. In step S706, each terminal executes the CAD storage function to access the server 101 and register the CAD data in the drawing management DB 302.

  Here, each table shown in FIGS. 16 to 17 will be described. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the user management DB. First, the login name indicates a login ID when logging in to the PDM, and the user name indicates the name of the user. The role indicates whether the user is “designer”, “examiner”, or “approver”, and the affiliation indicates a department to which the user belongs. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an electronic seal pasting table, where the drawing size indicates the paper size of the drawing, and the roles indicate “designer”, “examiner”, and “approver”. The initial position information indicates the initial stamp attachment position coordinates, and the pitch information indicates the distance between the seal and the seal.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a drawing creation process for submission according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, in step S801, the PDM 310 of the approver terminal 104 accesses the server 101 to display “drawing size”, “drawing scale”, “design change number”, and “rejection count” from the drawing management DB 302 in a seal frame. “Frame length” and “stamp frame length” are acquired from the creation table 307. In step S802, the approver terminal determines whether or not there is rejection from the information acquired in step S801. For example, if the “rejection count” is “0”, there is no rejection, and if the “rejection count” is 1 or more, there is a rejection. to decide. As a result, if there is rejection, the process proceeds to step S803, and if there is no rejection, the process proceeds to step S805.

  In step S803, unnecessary elements which are rejected in the seal frame and the electronic seal of the CAD data are searched and deleted. For example, the “design change number A” and “rejection count B” added to the CAD data seal frame and electronic seal elements in S606 and S704 are acquired, and “design change number A ′” acquired in step S801. And “reject count B ′”, the elements satisfying the condition of A = A ′ and B ≠ B ′ are searched and deleted as shown in FIG. At this time, the deletion is performed after the element lock of the electronic seal is released at the approver terminal 104.

  In step S804, after completion of step S803, the approver terminal 104 moves the seal frame and the electronic seal in which the electronic seal is pasted to the approver's seal field. For example, the design change number A and the rejection number B added to the seal frame and the electronic seal element of the CAD data, and the design change number A ′ and the rejection number B ′ acquired in step S801, A = A ′, B When an element satisfying the condition of B ′ is searched and the elements of the seal frame and the electronic seal are moved in the x direction by a length of n × (ax + px), a diagram 2002 shown in FIG. 20 is obtained. At this time, the element lock of the electronic seal is released, and after the movement, the electronic seal is locked again. In step S805, after the movement of the element is completed in step 804, the server 101 is accessed and CAD data is registered in the drawing management DB 302.

  It should be noted that the various tables and the configurations and contents of the various tables and screens in FIGS. 9 to 21 are not limited, and needless to say, the various tables and configurations are configured according to the application and purpose. As described above, according to the present embodiment, a CAD data seal frame can be created and an electronic seal can be pasted when executing an approval flow, and data for submission is created after approval. In this way, the approval flow can be routed.

  Although the embodiments have been described in detail above, the present invention can take an embodiment as, for example, a system, an apparatus, a method, a program, or a storage medium, and specifically includes a plurality of devices. The present invention may be applied to a system that is configured, or may be applied to an apparatus that includes a single device.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the drawing management system of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the server of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a module block diagram of the server of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the exchange between the modules of the server and terminal of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the basic processing flow of the drawing management system of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of stamp frame creation of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the electronic seal sticking process of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the drawing creation process for presentation of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the drawing attribute information registration screen used by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the examination request screen of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the log information table of approval of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the approval request screen of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the approval request screen of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the drawing attribute information table of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the stamp frame creation table of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of user management DB of approval of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the electronic seal sticking table of approval of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating creation of the seal | sticker frame of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating sticking of the seal | sticker frame of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating creation of the drawing for presentation of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the stamp frame creation table of one Embodiment of this invention.

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101 Server 102 to 104 Terminal 201 CPU
202 ROM
203 RAM
204 System bus 205-208 Controller 209 Keyboard 210 CRT
211 External memory 302 to 304 Database 309 to 313 Program 401 to 406 Module

Claims (10)

Electronic document data including contents of electronic document, attribute data including creation approval history of electronic document, electronic seal data of user related to electronic document, and seal frame used when adding seal frame to electronic document Storage means for storing creation data;
When there is registration or change of the electronic document, the electronic document data that has been registered or changed is stored in the storage unit, and a registration change unit that updates a creation approval history included in the attribute data;
When the result of examination of the registered or changed electronic document is registered, examination update means for updating the creation approval history included in the attribute data;
The electronic document data, the attribute data, and the seal frame creation data are read from the storage means, and the electronic seal data of the user shown in the creation approval history included in the attribute data and the seal frame creation data Additional data generating means for generating a seal frame including electronic seals of all users related to the document and adding it to the electronic document, the additional data generating means based on the attribute data read from the storage means, An approval processing apparatus for determining whether or not a seal frame to be generated can be added to the electronic document, and generating again under another condition when it is determined that the seal frame cannot be added. The seal frame is generated by combining individual frames of a predetermined size, and the electronic document has a predetermined size,
Whether the additional data generation means can be added to the electronic document is determined by whether the seal frame fits within the size of the electronic document, and is determined as the other condition. The approval processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the approval processing device is generated again using a single frame having a size smaller than the size.   The approval processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic document is a CAD drawing.   4. The approval processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the users related to the electronic document are a creator of the electronic document and one or more approvers.   5. The approval processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the seal frame is incorporated every time the electronic document is updated.   6. The approval according to claim 1, wherein the seal frame is generated so as to include a frame for attaching an electronic seal for the creator and one or more approvers for each update of the electronic document. Processing equipment. 7. The approval processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a data lock unit that locks the electronic document additional data.   The additional data generation means deletes the rejected seal frame and the electronic seal from the update information and the rejection information when the examination of the electronic document is completed, and moves the seal frame and the electronic seal. The approval processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: An approval processing method for pasting an electronic seal accompanying an electronic document approval process,
When the electronic document is registered or changed, the electronic document data including the contents of the electronic document, the attribute data including the creation approval history of the electronic document, the electronic seal data of the user related to the electronic document, and the electronic document A registration change step of storing the registered or changed electronic document data in a storage means for storing the seal frame creation data used when adding a seal frame to the image, and updating the creation approval history included in the attribute data; ,
When the result of examination of the registered or changed electronic document is registered, an examination update step of updating a creation approval history included in the attribute data;
The electronic document data, the attribute data, and the seal frame creation data are read from the storage means, and the electronic seal data of the user shown in the creation approval history included in the attribute data and the electronic seal frame creation data An additional data generation step of generating a seal frame including an electronic seal of all users related to the document and adding it to the electronic document, wherein the additional data generation step is based on the attribute data read from the storage means, An approval processing method, wherein it is determined whether or not the generated seal frame can be added to the electronic document, and when it is determined that the seal frame cannot be added, it is generated again under another condition. A program for causing a computer to execute an approval processing method for pasting an electronic seal accompanying electronic document approval processing, the approval processing method comprising:
When the electronic document is registered or changed, the electronic document data including the contents of the electronic document, the attribute data including the creation approval history of the electronic document, the electronic seal data of the user related to the electronic document, and the electronic document A registration change step of storing the registered or changed electronic document data in a storage means for storing the seal frame creation data used when adding a seal frame to the image, and updating the creation approval history included in the attribute data; ,
When the result of examination of the registered or changed electronic document is registered, an examination update step of updating a creation approval history included in the attribute data;
The electronic document data, the attribute data, and the seal frame creation data are read from the storage means, and the electronic seal data of the user shown in the creation approval history included in the attribute data and the electronic seal frame creation data An additional data generation step of generating a seal frame including the electronic seals of all users related to the document and adding the electronic document, wherein the additional data generation step reads the attribute information from the storage means and Based on the above, it is determined whether or not the generated seal frame can be added to the electronic document, and if it is determined that it cannot be added, the program is generated again under different conditions.

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