JP3048186B2 - Method and apparatus for automatic creation and conversion of drawing drawing output command information - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drawing function in a CAD / CAM system, and more particularly to a drawing drawing for automatically converting drawing drawing information on a computer into drawing drawing instruction information for outputting as a drawing to an output device. The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for automatically creating and converting output command information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a method and an apparatus for converting this type of chart drawing information are described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-50776, for example, in which a coordinate conversion method of a figure drawing instruction sequence is automatically created and converted. And automatically performs conversion such as reduction and enlargement in accordance with the drawing coordinate range of the output device. For this reason, the chart drawing information on the computer and the drawing information output to the output device are equivalent information, and drawing information such as a drawing frame is necessary in the chart drawing information on the computer in advance in order to output the drawing. Was.

[0003]

In the above prior art, drawing information such as a drawing frame is required in drawing drawing information on a computer in advance for drawing a drawing.
When editing and working with drawing information in an AM system, etc., not only edit and create the figures and tables on the drawings, but also edit and create the drawing frames, the layout of the figures on the drawings, and the reduction and enlargement of the figures on the drawings. There was a problem that it had to be troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to separate the work of editing / creating a drawing on a drawing from the work of designating a drawing format and the work of designating a drawing on a drawing to be drawn on a drawing. It is possible to improve work efficiency including maintenance by reusing designated drawing format drawing information and drawing editing rule drawing drawing rule information, and drawing and drawing drawing information on drawing on a computer. And a drawing rule information on a drawing are separately stored, and by using these information in combination, a method and an apparatus for automatically creating and converting drawing drawing output command information capable of achieving a reduction in memory usage as compared with the related art are provided. Is to do.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a method and an apparatus for automatically creating and converting drawing drawing output command information according to the present invention convert drawing drawing information on a computer into drawing table drawing information on a drawing and drawing format drawing. By separately providing information and drawing rule information on a drawing and storing them in respective storage means, and providing drawing data generation and conversion means for generating drawing drawing output command information from the information, storage of drawing table drawing information on a drawing is provided. In the means, the diagram information to be drawn on the drawing is stored as drawing information independent from the drawing output without considering the drawing output, and the drawing frame drawing information for outputting as a drawing is stored in the drawing format drawing information storage means. The drawing number, date, name and drawing range information in the drawing frame are stored, and the drawing table drawing information and the drawing format drawing information are stored in the storage means of the drawing rule information on the drawing. Drawing rule information including layout rule information for generating a drawing, reduction / enlargement range designation information, and page division rule information for dividing and outputting a diagram into a plurality of drawings. Drawing drawing output command information for processing and synthesizing drawing chart drawing information and drawing format drawing information based on drawing drawing rule information and outputting the drawing is generated.

In order to facilitate the conversion of drawing information into drawing drawing output instructions in the drawing drawing drawing information on the drawing, the record structure is a tree structure corresponding to the hierarchical relationship between drawing figures. Further, in order to facilitate conversion from drawing chart drawing information on drawings in drawing drawing output command information,
The unit command in the drawing drawing output command information is made to correspond to a drawing component program for performing drawing output.

[0007]

In the method and apparatus for automatically creating and converting drawing drawing output commands, the drawing table drawing information takes the form of independent drawing information that does not take into account the format of the output drawing and the layout on the drawing, etc. Provide drawing information of the drawing table to be drawn on the drawing, and the drawing information in drawing format consists of drawing frame drawing information, drawing number, date and name, drawing range information in drawing frame, etc. for outputting as a drawing. Provide drawing format information for drawing output to the drawing data generation / conversion means, and draw rule information on the drawing to specify the figure layout in the drawing frame, specify the reduction / enlargement range of the figure, and output the divided drawing into a plurality of drawings. Providing rule information for combining drawing table drawing information and drawing format drawing information on the drawing to the drawing data generation / conversion means,
The drawing data generation / conversion means converts drawing drawing instruction information to a drawing output device for processing and synthesizing drawing drawing drawing information and drawing format drawing information on the drawing based on the drawing rule information on the drawing and outputting the drawing. Generate.

[0008] Further, by converting the record configuration in the drawing drawing information in the drawing into a tree structure corresponding to the hierarchical relationship between drawing figures, it is easy to convert the drawing into drawing drawing output instructions. Further, the conversion from the drawing drawing information on the drawing is facilitated by making the unit command in the drawing drawing output instruction information correspond to the drawing part program for performing drawing output in the drawing drawing output command information.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a method and an apparatus for automatically creating and converting drawing drawing instruction information according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, the drawing drawing output command information automatic creation and conversion apparatus includes a first storage unit 1 for drawing table drawing information on a drawing, a second storage unit 2 for drawing format drawing information, and a second storage unit 2 for drawing rule drawing information on a drawing. 3, a drawing data generation / conversion means 4 for generating drawing drawing output instruction information from the information, and a drawing output device 5 for outputting a drawing in accordance with the drawing drawing output instruction information.

In this configuration, the first storage means 1 for the drawing information on the drawing on the drawing is set on a memory (not shown) on the CAD / CAM system, for example. The table drawing information on the table drawing is stored. The second storage means 2 for the drawing format drawing information is also set in, for example, a memory, which includes drawing frame drawing information, drawing numbers, dates, names, and drawing frame range information to be output as drawings. Format drawing information is stored. The third storage means 3 of the drawing rule information on the drawing is also set on a memory, for example,
This includes drawing table drawing information and drawing format drawing information, such as layout rule information for arranging figures and figures within the drawing frame, reduction / enlargement range designation information, and page division rule information for dividing and outputting the figures and tables into a plurality of drawings. Drawing drawing rule information for combining with information is stored.

Here, the drawing data generating / converting means 4 takes out the drawing / drawing drawing information on the drawing stored in the first storage means 1 and converts it in accordance with the drawing rule information on the drawing stored in the third storage means 3. By processing and synthesizing this with the drawing format drawing information stored in the second storage means 2,
A series of drawing drawing output command information for drawing output is generated. At this time, the drawing data generating and converting means 4 stores the drawing drawing information on the drawing stored in the first storage means 1 and the drawing format drawing information stored in the second storage means 2 and the drawing format drawing information stored in the third storage means 3. Drawing drawing command information including drawing frame drawing command information and drawing page division control command information, as well as converting the drawing coordinate system into drawing table drawing command information in which the drawing coordinate system has been modified so as to be within the drawing frame drawing range according to the drawing rule information on the drawing. To generate drawing drawing output command information corresponding to the drawing output device. Thus, the drawing output device 5 performs drawing output as a print output device in accordance with the drawing drawing output command information generated by the drawing data generating and converting means 4.

In order to make it easy to convert drawing drawing table drawing information stored in the first storage means 1 into drawing drawing output command information, the record configuration is a tree corresponding to the hierarchical relationship between drawing figures. It can be structured. A drawing component program for performing drawing output of a unit command in the drawing drawing output command information in the drawing drawing output command information generated by the drawing data generation / conversion means 4 in order to facilitate conversion from the drawing drawing table drawing information on the drawing. Can be made to correspond.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a method and apparatus for automatically creating and converting drawing drawing instruction information according to the present invention.
1 is a configuration diagram of a drawing drawing system for AD / CAM. FIG.
In this CAD / CAM drawing drawing system, C
AD / CAM input terminal device 6, drawing table drawing information file 7, drawing format drawing information file 8, drawing rule information file 9, drawing program prepared by CAD / CAM drawing drawing system It comprises a library file 10, a drawing drawing program generation / execution program 11, a drawing drawing program file (for example, a PostScript language program) 12, and a CAD / CAM drawing output device (for example, a PostScript language compatible printer) 13. . The configuration of the drawing program in the drawing program file 12 is, for example, a drawing component definition unit (lower-order drawing subroutine group) 121, a drawing condition data definition unit 122, and a chart drawing data definition unit 123.
Drawing frame drawing unit 124 and drawing main program unit 1
25.

With this configuration, the CAD / CAM input terminal device 6 preliminarily edits the chart and generates a chart drawing information file 7 on the drawing containing information such as a graphic code, coordinates, size, identification name, character string, and graphic hierarchical relationship. Generate. Similarly, through a drawing format designation operation, a drawing format drawing information file 8 including information such as drawing number and name, font change, paper size designation and drawing frame designation is generated. Similarly, a drawing rule information file 9 including information such as layout specification, page division, reduction / enlargement range specification, and drawing number update specification is generated through a drawing rule specification operation. Thereafter, similarly, the drawing / drawing program generation / execution program 11 is started and executed by the drawing output designation operation, so that the CAD / CAM is executed.
The drawing output device 13 outputs a drawing. In this case, the drawing drawing program generation / execution program 11 firstly prepares the drawing drawing table drawing information file 7, drawing format drawing information file 8, drawing drawing rule information file 9, and CA
The drawing drawing program of the drawing drawing program file 12 is generated by synthesizing and converting with the drawing program library file 10 prepared by the drawing drawing system for D / CAM, and then the drawing drawing program of the generated drawing drawing program file 12 is converted. Start and execute to output the drawing.

In the configuration of the drawing drawing program file of the drawing drawing program file 12 generated here, the drawing part definition unit 121 is a part that defines a group of lower-level subroutines for drawing. File 7
In the drawing program library file 10, a drawing code program corresponding to a graphic code (graphic type information) corresponding to a graphic code (graphic type information) is prepared in advance. It is generated by synthesizing the drawing program template parts in the file 10 and the information in the drawing format drawing information file 8. The drawing condition data definition unit 122 is a part that defines a data group that is used as an argument (parameter) when executing a drawing subroutine, and mainly includes information in the drawing format drawing information file 8. The chart drawing data definition unit 123 also defines a data group serving as an argument when the drawing subroutine is executed. Here, the coordinates, size, character strings, and the like in the chart drawing information file 7 on the drawing are data objects. Becomes The drawing frame drawing unit 124 is a drawing subroutine for drawing a drawing frame. This drawing subroutine is a drawing program library file 1 as a drawing frame drawing component corresponding to the drawing frame specification in the drawing format drawing information file 8.
0 is prepared in advance. Drawing main program part 1
Reference numeral 25 denotes a main routine for drawing a drawing, a template of which is prepared in advance as a drawing program template part in the drawing program library file 10, and a drawing subroutine according to the drawing rule in the drawing rule information file 9 on the drawing. A startup procedure is generated.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are explanatory diagrams showing an example of the record format of the on-drawing chart drawing information of the on-drawing chart drawing information file 7 in FIG. 2 and the correspondence relationship between the drawing figures.
In FIG. 3A, the information items on the record of the diagram drawing information on the drawing include an identification name (label), a graphic type (graphic code),
Relative coordinates (Xs, Ys), size (Xw, Yw),
It consists of a hierarchical relationship between records (parent and child siblings) and a group of unique drawing parameters for each figure type. In FIG. 3B, the record of the diagram drawing information on the drawing forms a tree structure corresponding to the hierarchical relationship of the graphic elements of the drawing graphic.

The identifier on the record in FIG. 3A is for handling a group of drawing figures under an arbitrary hierarchy.
The composite graphic 1 (F) of FIG.
(F4) is handled in an integrated manner. Similarly, the composite figure 2 (F3) is replaced with the figure 3 (F3-1) and the figure 4 (F3-1).
(F3-2) is to be handled as a whole. FIG.
The graphic type of (a) is for identifying the type of graphic to be drawn (circle, line, rectangle, etc.) and the attribute of a record such as character string data or an upper-layer record. Does not have direct data necessary for drawing. The relative coordinates in FIG. 3A indicate the relative position of the upper layer record from the drawing reference coordinate system. The size in FIG. 3A is for indicating the drawing area of the record, and the drawing area of the lower layer record is included in the drawing area of the upper layer record in principle. The hierarchical relationship between records in FIG. 3A is information indicating the hierarchical relationship between records (parent and child) and the record order relationship between hierarchical levels at the same level (brother and brother).
3 (F) shown in FIG. 3B.
Is the figure 1 (F1), the figure 2 (F2) and the composite figure 2 (F
3) and FIG. 5 (F4) in a parent-child relationship.
(F1), figure 2 (F2), composite figure 2 (F3), and figure 5 (F4) have a sibling relationship to each other, and similarly, composite figure 2 (F3) has figure 3 (F3-1) and figure 4 ( F3-
2) has a parent-child relationship with FIG. 3 (F3-1) and FIG.
(F3-2) has a sibling relationship. The drawing parameter group for each figure type in FIG. 3A is a drawing parameter corresponding to the figure type.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the correspondence between the table drawing information on the drawing and the table drawing information file 7 in FIG. 2 as an example. In the example of the table drawing shown in FIG. 4, the table includes a title, a heading column, and a matrix column. The heading column further includes individual heading data (b1, b
2, b21, b22), and the heading data may have a hierarchical relationship (parent-child, sibling) as shown in the figure. The matrix column further includes matrix data (c11 to c4).
As shown in the figure, records are connected between row data in a parent-child relationship and column data between siblings.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the table drawing of the table drawing information file 7 in the drawing of FIG. 2 as an example, down to the lower drawing parts constituting the table drawing function. As shown in FIG. 5, the table drawing includes title name drawing, heading column drawing, and matrix column drawing. Title drawing is a function of character string drawing, and heading column drawing and matrix column drawing can be regarded as a set of BOX drawing with character string drawing. In other words, the table drawing function is a character string drawing function and a BO with a character string drawing.
It can be reduced to the function of X drawing. (A) Information items necessary for the character string drawing function are, for example, drawing start coordinates (Xr, Yr)
And a drawing character string (string). (B) The information items necessary for the function of the BOX drawing with character string drawing include, for example, drawing start coordinates (Xr, Yr), the vertical and horizontal sizes (Xn, Yn) of the BOX drawing, and the drawing character string in the BOX (string).
g).

FIGS. 6A and 6B are explanatory diagrams showing a part of a drawing command program generated by taking a table drawing as an example using the PostScript language as the drawing command of the drawing program file 12 of FIG. is there. FIG. 6A is an example in which the function of the BOX drawing with character string drawing described in FIG. 5 is realized by using the PostScript language. In this example, drawing with character string drawing is defined as a part program definition as shown in FIG. , Definition of parameters used at the time of drawing, and activation of a component program. FIG.
(B) is an example in which the table drawing function is realized by using a postscript language. In this example, the table drawing is similarly performed as shown in the figure by a part program group definition unit and a drawing use parameter group definition unit. And start of the table drawing component program
It consists of one procedure department. The table drawing part program definition (/ List draw) in the part program group definition part is composed of title name drawing, heading column drawing and matrix column drawing as described in FIG. In the title drawing, a character string drawing (string drawing), which is a lower part program, is called, and in the heading column drawing and the matrix column drawing, a BOX drawing with character string drawing (box st) is a lower part program.
ring draw) is activated a number of times corresponding to the number of corresponding data defined in the drawing use parameter group definition unit. Here, the drawing use parameter group definition unit is extracted, converted, and generated from the hierarchical record group of the chart drawing information on the drawing described in FIG.

FIG. 7 shows the drawing format drawing information file 8 of FIG.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a method of editing and inputting drawing format drawing information and drawing rule information on a drawing in a drawing rule information file 9 on the drawing. FIG. 7 shows an example of a drawing output control file obtained by combining the drawing format drawing information file 8 and the drawing rule information file 9 shown in FIG. 701 in the figure
(Print Control Define) and 71
2 (End) is a procedure indicating the start and end of the definition of drawing format drawing information and drawing rule information on a drawing. 702 (La
Yout Define is a procedure for arranging the drawing drawing information on the drawing specified by the identification name at the designated coordinates in the drawing drawing area. At this time, it is possible to individually specify the drawing / drawing information on the drawing. 703 (Font De
“fine” is a procedure for designating a character typeface in the case where a character string is drawn in the figure drawing table drawing information specified by the identification name. 704 (Minimum Reduction)
Rate) is a procedure for defining an allowable reduction ratio when automatically reducing the figure drawing information to fit within the designated drawing drawing area. In the present embodiment, when performing automatic reduction, the reduction ratio having the same value on both the X axis and the Y axis is used. Take. 705 (Auto P
"Age Devide" is a procedure for selectively designating whether or not to automatically divide pages when the chart drawing information does not fit in the designated drawing drawing area. 706 (Dr
awAreaDefine) is a procedure for designating the coordinate area of the drawing area. 707 (Paper
Size) is a procedure for specifying the paper size of the output drawing. 708 (Border File) is a procedure for designating a component program file name for drawing frame drawing according to the type of drawing frame. 709 (FigureN
o) is a procedure for designating a drawing number to be entered in a drawing number entry column in a drawing frame. Similarly, 710 (Nam
e) is a procedure for designating a name to be entered in a name entry column in the drawing frame, and 711 (Date) is a procedure for designating a date to be entered in a date entry column in the drawing frame.

FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (b) are explanatory diagrams showing the functions of automatic reduction and automatic page break in a drawing in drawing rule information in a drawing in the drawing rule information file 9 of FIG. 2 as an example. It is. As shown in FIG. 8A, the automatic reduction of the chart in the drawing in FIG. 8A is to reduce the coordinate system of the chart drawing information on the drawing so that it falls within the drawing area of the designated drawing frame. As shown in the drawing, the automatic page break of the table drawing shown in FIG. 8B is divided into pages when the drawing target table does not fit in the drawing area of the designated drawing frame, and the title name and the heading column are always drawn in each drawing. Things.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure for generating a drawing drawing program (a drawing drawing command in the PostScript language) using the PostScript language as the drawing drawing command of the drawing drawing program generation / execution program 11 of FIG. In the procedure of generating the drawing drawing program in FIG. 9, first, drawing drawing information and drawing drawing rule information are loaded onto the memory from the drawing format drawing information file 8 and drawing drawing rule information file 9 in the storage means of the storage destination (FIG. 9). Process 901).
Next, a group of identifiers of the chart drawing information to be drawn is extracted from the loaded information, and the corresponding chart drawing information is loaded from the drawing chart drawing information file 7 in the storage means into the memory. (Process 902). Next, a list of graphic types used on the loaded drawing drawing table drawing information is created, and a drawing part program corresponding to the graphic type is extracted from the drawing program library file 10 and the drawing drawing of the drawing drawing program file 12 is performed. The drawing part definition unit 121 of the program is generated (processing 90
3). Next, the drawing condition data definition unit 122 is generated from the paper size, name, date, drawing area, and the like of the loaded drawing format drawing information (process 904). Next, the drawing diagram information on the drawing loaded on the memory is converted into coordinate system data according to the layout designation of drawing rule information on the drawing, and the size of the drawing area is calculated from the converted drawing information on the drawing (step 905). ). Then, the calculated drawing area size is compared with the coordinate area of the drawing area of the designated drawing frame, and an automatic reduction ratio for storing the chart drawing information in the designated drawing drawing area is calculated (step 906). Then, check whether the calculated automatic reduction ratio exceeds the allowable reduction ratio of the drawing rule information on the drawing, and if it is exceeded and if the automatic page division is specified, the process proceeds to the page division processing of the chart drawing information. (Process 907).

Next, in the page dividing process of the drawing drawing information on the drawing, first, the number of page divisions within the range of the designated allowable reduction ratio and the reduction ratio are calculated again (process 908). Next, together with the calculation of the number of page divisions, the drawing drawing information on the loaded drawing is divided into drawing information in page units. In addition to the re-correction of the coordinate system data of the drawing drawing information accompanying the page division, FIG. As described in), when the table is drawn across pages, the table title and the heading column are also drawn for each table on each page, and the hierarchical structure between records in the chart drawing information is also corrected (processing 90
9). Next, in the processing after the page division processing, the chart drawing data definition unit 123 of the drawing program is generated from the corrected and converted chart drawing information (step 910). Next, according to the drawing frame designation in the drawing format drawing information, the corresponding drawing frame drawing component program is extracted from the drawing program library file 10 and the drawing frame drawing unit 1 of the drawing drawing program is extracted.
24 (process 911). The drawing main program unit 125 of the drawing drawing program is generated based on the finally calculated number of page divisions, reduction ratio, and the like and the template program in the drawing program library file 10. The drawing main program section is synthesized by embedding it in the template program as a parameter of the drawing component program started by the program, or embedding it in the template program as a condition parameter of repetitive processing (for example, drawing output for the number of page divisions).

[0025]

According to the present invention, the work of editing / creating a drawing on a drawing, the work of designating a drawing format, and the work of specifying a drawing on a created drawing are separated from the drawing on a drawing of a created drawing. There is an effect that the work efficiency including the maintenance by reusing the drawing information, the drawing format drawing information of the drawing format designation, and the drawing rule information on the drawing of the drawing editing rule can be improved. Further, by separately storing the drawing information on the drawing on the drawing, the drawing information on the drawing format, and the drawing rule concession on the computer, and using these information in combination, it is possible to achieve a reduction in the memory usage as compared with the conventional case. There is also an effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of an automatic creation and conversion method of drawing drawing output instruction information and an apparatus therefor according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a CAD showing an embodiment of a method and an apparatus for automatically creating and converting drawing drawing instruction information according to the present invention;
Of CAM / CAM Drawing Drawing System

3 (a) and 3 (b) are explanatory diagrams showing an example of a record format of drawing information on the drawing in FIG. 2 and a correspondence relationship between the drawing figure and the drawing information.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view specifically showing a correspondence relationship with chart drawing information on the drawing taking the table drawing of FIG. 2 as an example;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the table drawing of FIG. 2 as an example, down to lower-level drawing parts constituting a table drawing function;

6 (a) and 6 (b) are explanatory diagrams showing a part of a drawing command program generated by taking a table drawing as an example using the postscript language as the drawing drawing command of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an edit input method of drawing format drawing information and drawing rule information on a drawing in FIG. 2;

8 (a) and 8 (b) are explanatory diagrams showing the functions of automatic reduction and automatic page break in a drawing table in drawing rule information on a drawing, taking the table drawing of FIG. 2 as an example.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure for generating a drawing drawing program using a postscript language for the drawing drawing command of FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... 1st memory | storage means, 2 ... 2nd memory | storage means, 3 ... 3rd memory | storage means, 4 ... Drawing data generation conversion means, 5 ... Drawing output device, 6 ... CAD / CAM input terminal device, 7 ... Drawing table drawing information file on drawing, 8 drawing information file on drawing format, 9 drawing rule information file on drawing, 10 drawing program library file, 11 drawing drawing program generation / execution program, 12 drawing drawing program file, 13 drawing file CAD / CAM drawing output device, 121 ...
Drawing part definition unit, 122... Drawing condition data definition unit, 12
3 ... Drawing table drawing data definition unit, 124 ... Drawing frame drawing unit, 1
25 Drawing main program section

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yoichi Morimoto 180th Totsukacho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Within Hitachi Communication Systems Co., Ltd. (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 17 / 50

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A drawing drawing source in an automatic creation and conversion method of drawing drawing output instruction information for generating drawing drawing output instruction information to an output device in order to output a drawing from drawing drawing information on a computer. Drawing information including drawing frame drawing information, drawing number, date, name, drawing frame information in drawing frame, etc. for storing drawing drawing information on a drawing of a table in a first storage means and outputting it as a drawing. Including layout rule information for arranging a diagram in a drawing frame, reduction / enlargement range designation information, and page division rule information for dividing and outputting the diagram into a plurality of drawings. The upper drawing rule information is stored in a third storage means, and the drawing drawing table drawing information stored in the first storage means by the drawing data generation / conversion means is stored in the drawing format drawing information stored in the second storage means. Note 3 In accordance with the drawing rule information on the drawing stored in the storage means, the drawing coordinate system is converted into drawing table drawing command information in which the drawing coordinate system is modified so as to be within the drawing frame drawing range, and drawing frame drawing command information and drawing page division control command Converting the drawing information into drawing drawing instruction information including the drawing information, generating drawing drawing output instruction information, and outputting the drawing from the drawing output device based on the drawing drawing output instruction information generated by the drawing data generation and conversion means. Automatic creation and conversion method of drawing drawing output command information. 2. A drawing drawing source in an automatic creation and conversion method of drawing drawing output command information for generating drawing drawing output command information to an output device to output a drawing from drawing drawing information on a computer. Drawing information including drawing frame drawing information, drawing number, date, name, drawing frame information in drawing frame, etc. for storing drawing drawing information on a drawing of a table in a first storage means and outputting it as a drawing. Including layout rule information for arranging a diagram in a drawing frame, reduction / enlargement range designation information, and page division rule information for dividing and outputting the diagram into a plurality of drawings. The upper drawing rule information is stored in a third storage means, and the drawing drawing table drawing information stored in the first storage means by the drawing data generation / conversion means is stored in the drawing format drawing information stored in the second storage means. Note 3 In accordance with the drawing rule information on the drawing stored in the storage means, the drawing coordinate system is converted into drawing table drawing command information in which the drawing coordinate system is modified so as to be within the drawing frame drawing range, and drawing frame drawing command information and drawing page division control command Converting the drawing information into drawing drawing instruction information including information, generating drawing drawing output instruction information, and outputting the drawing from the drawing output device based on the drawing drawing output instruction information generated by the drawing data generating and converting means; and In order to facilitate the conversion of the drawing drawing table drawing information stored in the first storage means into drawing drawing output command information, the record structure is characterized by a tree structure corresponding to the hierarchical relationship between drawing figures. Automatic creation and conversion method of drawing drawing output command information. 3. An automatic drawing and conversion method of drawing drawing output command information for generating drawing drawing output command information to an output device to output a drawing from drawing drawing information on a computer, Drawing information including drawing frame drawing information, drawing number, date, name, drawing frame information in drawing frame, etc. for storing drawing drawing information on a drawing of a table in a first storage means and outputting it as a drawing. Including layout rule information for arranging a diagram in a drawing frame, reduction / enlargement range designation information, and page division rule information for dividing and outputting the diagram into a plurality of drawings. The upper drawing rule information is stored in a third storage means, and the drawing drawing table drawing information stored in the first storage means by the drawing data generation / conversion means is stored in the drawing format drawing information stored in the second storage means. Note 3 In accordance with the drawing rule information on the drawing stored in the storage means, the drawing coordinate system is converted into drawing table drawing command information in which the drawing coordinate system is modified so as to be within the drawing frame drawing range, and drawing frame drawing command information and drawing page division control command Converting the drawing information into drawing drawing instruction information including information, generating drawing drawing output instruction information, and outputting the drawing from the drawing output device based on the drawing drawing output instruction information generated by the drawing data generating and converting means; and In the drawing drawing output command information generated by the drawing data generation / conversion means, the unit command of the drawing drawing output command information is made to correspond to a drawing component program for performing drawing output in order to facilitate conversion from the drawing drawing table drawing information on the drawing. An automatic creation and conversion method for drawing drawing output instruction information. 4. An automatic drawing conversion method for drawing drawing output instruction information for generating drawing drawing output instruction information to an output device for outputting a drawing from drawing drawing information on a computer. Storage means for storing drawing drawing information on drawings and tables, drawing drawing data including drawing frame drawing information, drawing numbers, dates, names, drawing frame information within drawing frames, etc. for outputting as drawings. Second storage means for storing information; layout rule information for arranging a chart in a drawing frame; reduction / enlargement range designation information; and page division rule information for dividing and outputting the chart into a plurality of drawings. A third storage unit for storing drawing rule information on the drawing including the drawing table drawing information stored in the first storage unit and a drawing format drawing information stored in the second storage unit and a third storage unit Stored in the means Drawing drawing information including drawing frame drawing command information and drawing page division control command information in which the drawing coordinate system has been modified so as to be within the drawing frame drawing range according to the drawing rule information on the drawing. A drawing data generation / conversion unit configured to generate drawing drawing output instruction information by converting the drawing data into instruction information; and a drawing output device configured to output a drawing based on the drawing drawing output instruction information generated by the drawing data generation / conversion unit. An automatic creation and conversion device for drawing drawing output command information. 5. An automatic drawing conversion device for drawing drawing output command information for generating drawing drawing output command information to an output device to output a drawing from drawing drawing information on a computer, Storage means for storing drawing drawing information on drawings and tables, drawing drawing data including drawing frame drawing information, drawing numbers, dates, names, drawing frame information within drawing frames, etc. for outputting as drawings. Second storage means for storing information; layout rule information for arranging a chart in a drawing frame; reduction / enlargement range designation information; and page division rule information for dividing and outputting the chart into a plurality of drawings. A third storage unit for storing drawing rule information on the drawing including the drawing table drawing information stored in the first storage unit and a drawing format drawing information stored in the second storage unit and a third storage unit Stored in the means Drawing drawing information including drawing frame drawing command information and drawing page division control command information in which the drawing coordinate system has been modified so as to be within the drawing frame drawing range according to the drawing rule information on the drawing. A drawing data generating / converting unit that converts the drawing data into instruction information to generate drawing drawing output instruction information; and a drawing output device that outputs a drawing based on the drawing drawing output instruction generated by the drawing data generation / converting means. In addition, in order to facilitate conversion into drawing drawing output instruction information in drawing drawing table drawing information stored in the first storage means, the record structure has a tree structure corresponding to a hierarchical relationship between drawing figures. An automatic creation and conversion device for drawing drawing output command information. 6. An automatic drawing / conversion device for drawing drawing output command information for generating drawing drawing output command information to an output device for outputting a drawing from drawing drawing information on a computer. Storage means for storing drawing drawing information on drawings and tables, drawing drawing data including drawing frame drawing information, drawing numbers, dates, names, drawing frame information within drawing frames, etc. for outputting as drawings. Second storage means for storing information; layout rule information for arranging a chart in a drawing frame; reduction / enlargement range designation information; and page division rule information for dividing and outputting the chart into a plurality of drawings. A third storage unit for storing drawing rule information on the drawing including the drawing table drawing information stored in the first storage unit and a drawing format drawing information stored in the second storage unit and a third storage unit Stored in the means Drawing drawing information including drawing frame drawing command information and drawing page division control command information in which the drawing coordinate system has been modified so as to be within the drawing frame drawing range according to the drawing rule information on the drawing. A drawing data generating / converting unit that converts the drawing data into instruction information to generate drawing drawing output instruction information; and a drawing output device that outputs a drawing based on the drawing drawing output instruction generated by the drawing data generation / converting means. In order to facilitate conversion from drawing table drawing information on the drawing in drawing drawing output command information generated by the drawing data generation and conversion means, a drawing component program for performing drawing output of a drawing drawing output command information unit command An automatic creation / conversion device for drawing drawing output command information, which is made compatible.