JP2753245B2 - Drawing management method and apparatus - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a drawing management method and apparatus for digitizing and managing facility drawings such as water and gas piping systems and electricity and telephone piping systems.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, status management of facilities such as pipes for water, gas, electricity, telephone, and the like, and distribution systems is performed using drawings drawn on paper or polyester film. At this time, if a change occurs in the facility, it is necessary to correct the drawing. All the work of correcting the drawings must be performed manually, which requires much labor and time, and has a problem that the rate of erroneous writing is high. In order to solve this problem, for example, as described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-9667, it has been proposed to convert facility drawings into digital information and manage them. In order to manage the facility drawings by converting them into digital information, a large number of facility drawings (topographic maps, system diagrams, symbol maps, etc.) stored in the file device are displayed on the display device on a monitor. In addition, the work of correcting the drawing is also displayed on the display device.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

When managing facility drawings with digital information in this way, it is difficult for a person who is not a full-time operator to freely operate the device to search, modify, edit, output, etc. the desired facility drawings, and display some operation guidance. It is desirable to do. The operator's operation uses an operation input device such as a mouse and a keyboard. When giving an operation instruction with these operation input devices, it is not known which icon should be operated in which order, or which key should be operated in which order, and there is a problem until the user gets used to the operation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a drawing management method and apparatus capable of displaying the operation order by changing colors and displaying operation guidance for understanding a processing procedure.

[Means for solving the problem]

According to the present invention, when performing operations such as searching, modifying, editing, and outputting facility drawings, the operation order is displayed on the same screen, and the operation order is displayed in a different color.

[Action]

When the operation start command is selected with the mouse, the operation guidance that indicates the operation procedure for searching, modifying, editing, and outputting facility drawings is displayed simultaneously on the same screen, and the corresponding processing content in the flow of the operation procedure is colored. Change display. Thus, the operation order can be understood by looking at the guidance on the screen, and the desired operation, in particular, the operation to return to the operation icon at the upper hierarchical level can be easily performed. Therefore, even if a person other than the dedicated operator is unfamiliar with the operation, the intended operation can be performed without error.

〔Example〕

 Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a basic configuration diagram of a drawing management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, facility drawing data is stored in the file device 203. The facility drawing data includes graphic data such as a topographic map and a pipe map, and attribute data expressed by characters and numerical values such as a town name, a personal name, a pipe diameter, and a pipe type related to the figure. The stored graphic data is input from a drawing input device 204 which scans a drawing drawn on a paper at regular intervals, converts the drawing into gray scale according to the gray scale of the read data, obtains a digital image, and obtains coded data. Facility drawing is 3rd
As shown in FIG. 7A, the drawing is composed of a plurality of drawings, and each is divided to form a graphic data file. Fig. 3 (b)
The lengths X ₀ and Y ₀ in the X and Y axis directions are determined by the drawing size as shown in FIG. These graphic data are
The data storage structure is hierarchically separated from roads, house frames, and pipelines as shown in FIGS. These data are superimposed on each layer as necessary to form graphic data as shown in FIG. 4 (a). On the other hand, the attribute data is input to the file device 203 using a data input device 208 such as a keyboard 206 or a floppy disk capable of inputting data collectively. In order for the operator to operate the mouse 207 to display a drawing on the display device (CRT) 205, the operator first operates the 207 to move the cursor CU to a function selection icon displayed on the CRT screen. To specify. When the “draw drawing” icon is specified, the central processing unit (CPU) 201
Retrieves the relevant drawing data (graphic data and its attribute data) from the file device 203 and temporarily stores it in the main memory 202. The main memory 202 has a function of storing a program for executing processing such as search and editing of image data and data being processed. The drawing data temporarily stored in the main memory 202 is displayed on the CRT 205 after the data is edited by the CPU 201 in accordance with the effective display coordinates which are the display area of the CRT 205. The operator can know the contents of the target drawing from this display screen. In order to grasp a detailed part, the part is enlarged and displayed. For this purpose, the cursor CU is moved by the mouse 207, for example, and a rectangular arbitrary area is designated from both ends on the diagonal line from the CRT display area and enlarged or reduced to an arbitrary magnification. Specifically, a part of the corresponding drawing data stored in the main memory 202 is enlarged / reduced through the CPU 201 and displayed on the CRT 205.

Next, the operation guidance for searching for the target drawing from the file device 203, editing the drawing data, and displaying the edited drawing data on the CRT 205 and correcting the display contents will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 shows a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an operation guidance processing unit of FIG. First
In the figure, a display display surface 101 is a mouse operation icon area 102 for selecting a function for searching and correcting a target drawing, a drawing display area 103 for displaying a drawing searched by mouse operation, and operation guidance according to an operator's request. And an operation guide display area 104 for displaying The display operation of the operation guide display area 104 is processed according to the following procedure.

Display display surface 1 using mouse 207 shown in FIG.
The cursor CU that moves in one-to-one correspondence with the operation of the mouse 207 is moved to the icon area 102 on 01, and an icon displaying an operation item of a target operation guide is selected and instructed. When this selection command is input to the operation input unit 105 of the CPU 201,
The operation guide display necessity determination unit 109 determines whether the selection command corresponds to the operation guide display necessity. As a result of the determination, if the operation guide display is necessary, the operation guide editing unit 111 edits the contents of the operation guide. On the other hand, when the operation guide display is unnecessary, the operation guide display is not performed. The operation item-by-operation item storage table 107 stores the operation order of the target operation item to be operated by the operator. Create for each item. The operation history indicating the order in which the mouse was operated is stored in the operation history trace unit 110, and based on the operation item-specific operation order storage table 107, indicates the current stage of the operation. The operation guide editing unit 111 extracts, from the processing command group storage table 108, which processing item is currently being operated by the operation history tracing unit 110, and performs color change processing on the operation order of the corresponding processing item on the processing command group. ,
The editing result is sent to the display editing unit 112, and the intended operation guide is displayed in the operation guide display area 104.

FIG. 5 shows an example of display contents of icons for each operation item level in the icon area 102. The icons are selected by moving the cursor from among a plurality of functions for each operation item level. For example, when the “draw drawing” icon is selected at the operation item level 1, the operation item corresponding to the icon is displayed at the level 2 in the next icon area 10.
The display is switched to 2. At this time, in the present invention, the operation relation of the icon for each operation item level is stored in the processing command group storage table 108 as a processing command group. Executing the desired processing can be achieved by sequentially moving the cursor with the mouse and instructing the icons for each operation item level in accordance with a predetermined operation order. However, since the operation order varies depending on the contents of the target processing item, the operation is often performed while confirming the order by an operation manual or the like until the operation is learned. For this reason, in the present invention, the operation order for each processing item is stored in advance, and if the operation order is not known, the operation order guide can be displayed.

Next, the processing of the operation order creation processing unit 106 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is an example of the configuration of a process item-specific operation order storage table 107 that defines in advance how the operation order should be set for each process item. Operation order creation processing unit 1
06 defines the operation item-specific operation order storage table 107, so that icon items for each operation item shown in FIG. 5 corresponding to each processing item of the processing item table are sequentially stored in the operation order table according to the operation order. Remember.

Next, the processing of the operation guide editing unit 111 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 shows the operation guide display area 10 of FIG.
4 shows an example of an operation guide display on FIG. In the operation guide display, the contents of the selected icons are displayed for each operation item level in FIG. 5, and the operation icons corresponding to the corresponding processing items are changed in color, so that the selection of the next icon to be operated can be easily understood. It is. That is, the same icon content as the selected icon content displayed in the icon area 102 is displayed in the operation guide display area 104, and the operation icon selected for each hierarchical level is displayed in a different color. The operation guide editing unit 111 extracts the operation order corresponding to the current processing request from the processing command group storage table 108 and the operation order storage table 107 for each processing item, and determines the operation location given from the operation history trace unit 110. , Edit the operation guide. Since the operation guide display area 104 has a limit on the amount of simultaneous display, when the operation order does not fit on one screen, a method is used in which the operation items move up as the operation progresses.

In this way, when the operation order is not known, the intended operation can be easily performed by displaying the operation guide in the operation order corresponding to the processing item. In addition, since the storage contents of the operation order can be additionally changed, the experienced operator can incorporate the operation order in advance, so that even a new operator can quickly and accurately follow the operation of the experienced operator.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the guidance of the operation input selection for displaying and modifying the facility drawing is displayed on the screen as the operation guide, so that even when returning to the operation icon of the upper hierarchical level, even if the user does not become accustomed to the operation, It can be done quickly and without errors.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a main part of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a drawing configuration and graphic coordinates stored in a file device. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a relationship between positions, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a hierarchical structure of graphic data, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an icon display structure, FIG. The figure shows an example of the operation guide display. 101: Display screen, 102: Icon area, 10
3… Drawing display area, 104… Operation guide display area, 105
... Operation input unit, 106 ... Operation sequence creation processing unit, 107 ...
Operation order storage table by processing item, 108: Processing command group storage table, 109: Operation guide display necessity determination unit, 110: Operation history trace unit, 111: Operation guide editing unit, 112: Display editing unit 201, CPU, 202, main memory, 203, file device, 204, drawing input device,
205 ... CRT, 206 ... Keyboard, 207 ... Mouse, 208
... Data input device.

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A facility drawing is displayed on a display device by converting the drawing information of the facility drawing into digital information and displayed on a display device, and the operation items to be searched hierarchically are assigned to icons for each hierarchical level. A drawing management method in which an icon of an operation item to be displayed and operated on an apparatus is selected for each of the hierarchical levels, wherein the icons for each of the hierarchical levels are displayed in the order of the hierarchical level, and for each of the hierarchical levels, A drawing management method, wherein operation guidance identifying and displaying a selected icon is displayed on the display device. 2. The facility drawing is digitized and managed as digital information, a desired facility drawing is displayed on a display device, and operation items to be searched hierarchically are assigned to icons for each hierarchical level and displayed. A drawing management method, wherein a cursor which is displayed on an apparatus and moved by an operation input means is moved to an icon position displaying an operation item to be operated, and an operation item is selected for each hierarchical level. Wherein the icons for each hierarchical level are displayed in the order of the hierarchical level, and operation guidance for identifying and displaying the icon selected for each hierarchical level is displayed on the display device. 3. The facility drawing is converted into digital information to display desired facility drawings on a display device, and operation items to be searched hierarchically are assigned to icons for each hierarchical level and displayed on the display device. In the drawing management apparatus, an icon of an operation item to be operated is selected for each hierarchical level, icons for each hierarchical level are displayed in the order of the hierarchical level, and an icon selected for each hierarchical level is identified. A drawing management apparatus, comprising: an operation guidance display unit for displaying the displayed operation guidance on the display device. 4. The facility information is converted into digital information and managed, and a desired facility drawing is displayed on a display device, and operation items to be searched hierarchically are assigned to icons for each hierarchical level and the display is performed. In a drawing management apparatus, a cursor displayed on a device and moved by an operation input means is moved to an icon position displaying an operation item to be operated, and an operation item is selected for each hierarchical level. An operation guidance display means for displaying the icons for each hierarchical level in the order of the hierarchical level and displaying on the display device an operational guidance identifying and displaying the icon selected for each hierarchical level. apparatus.