JP5532811B2 - Parts catalog creation support device, program, and parts catalog creation support method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to parts management technology, and more particularly, to a parts catalog creation support apparatus, a program, and a parts catalog creation support method for associating parts in a product with parts in a design.

  In recent years, products such as electrophotographic copying machines, multifunction machines, facsimile machines, image readers, cameras, automobiles, and the like have been manufactured by assembling tens of thousands of parts. In order to construct a machine product, a system that uses a three-dimensional CAD and creates a parts catalog at the design stage by directly using the three-dimensional CAD data is currently known. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2007-219907 (Patent Document 1) uses a three-dimensional CAD data to visually select, exchange, or create a part for a service parts catalog creation system. It is possible to do.

  From the viewpoint of improving the subsequent usability, it is preferable that the configuration set of the three-dimensional CAD data in the design stage including the technique of Patent Document 1 has a part configuration mounted on the machine. However, the design data of the three-dimensional CAD is hardly maintained after the part design process is completed, and is only used as data such as a log as it is.

  Also, at the product production site, a parts list suitable for the production / assembly process is used, and there is no excess or deficiency of parts for the product. Parts identification values such as part names assigned to parts (hereinafter referred to as part IDs) are assigned to the parts list for production, and parts identification values such as names of parts to be listed, The part hierarchy designation on the parts list is not necessarily consistent with the identification value (hereinafter referred to as the data identification value) for designating the three-dimensional CAD data or its hierarchical structure, The sticking may disappear. For this reason, the image reference structure obtained from the three-dimensional CAD data and the image reference relationship between the parts list of the product and the three-dimensional CAD data are lost.

  If the image reference structure disappears, efficient processing using visual effects is difficult even if a parts catalog creation system is used to efficiently search for parts using an information processing device such as a computer. It may become. For this reason, in order to improve the retrieval efficiency of the parts catalog creation system and the efficiency of matching between parts, the coincidence of the part ID of the parts list and the data ID of the 3D model data is improved, and the image reference structure is shared. It is preferable to carry out. For this purpose, modifying the configuration set of the 3D model data so that the 3D CAD data corresponds to the parts list has a heavy burden on the operator, and the use of the 3D CAD data at the end of the design process. Since most of the process has been completed, it is time-consuming and inefficient from the viewpoint of data redundancy.

  The parts list used at the production site may be registered as a three-dimensional image, but it may be registered as a front view or plan view format, or as multiple images with different viewpoint angles. Sometimes it is. In this case, assuming that the number of parts may exceed tens of thousands of tasks in which the operator manually matches the correspondence between the data, the operator is required to maintain a high spatial recognition capability. It is also not realistic.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the present invention provides a parts catalog creation system for efficiently associating a part list created at a production site with three-dimensional model data for a parts catalog creation system. It is an object to provide a support device, a program, and a parts catalog creation support method.

  In the present invention, the parts catalog creation support device acquires a parts list and three-dimensional CAD data used at the production site as data, and enables automatic association and association by manual operation.

  The parts catalog creation support device acquires a parts list and 3D CAD data used at a production site, first calls an automatic link unit, and uses a part ID registered in the parts list as a search key as a data ID of 3D CAD data. The part ID is matched with the data ID while referring to the part hierarchical structure between the parts list and the three-dimensional CAD data, and the data is associated with each other.

  The search is performed by text comparison and hierarchical structure comparison between the part ID and the data ID. In the text comparison, a search is performed using an exact match or a partial match as appropriate. The result of the text comparison is ANDed with the result of the matching of the hierarchical structure, and a successful matching is determined based on the matching of the part ID, the data ID, and the hierarchical structure. When the matching is successful, the parts catalog creation support device indicates that the association is completed and the image reference structure is shared on a graphical user interface (hereinafter referred to as GUI) indicating the association state. An icon image is assigned to the part ID and data ID and displayed.

  On the other hand, for a part ID for which matching has not been completed, an image for which matching has not been completed is displayed in association with the part ID and data ID. Then, the parts catalog creation support device calls the manual link unit, and enables manual link processing with reference to the GUI by the operator. The manual link process is based on a process of manually searching for a part ID that has not been matched by an operator from a data set of 3D CAD data with reference to an icon image. At this time, the parts catalog creation support device provides a display unit that displays the part ID together with its hierarchical structure and a display unit that lists the data ID together with the hierarchical structure as a GUI. At the same time, the parts catalog creation support device tries to match The image referenced by each data is displayed in a GUI such as a single part drawing, assembly drawing, perspective view, etc. on the GUI in association with each display unit, and the consistency with the non-corresponding part ID is concretely specified. Presentation as a simple shape and support manual association.

  Furthermore, in the parts list, when the parts have the same part ID and are registered as a plurality of different parts, matching is completed for the remaining parts that have not been matched. Cross-reference is enabled by linking to dimensional CAD data.

  According to the present invention, the work of associating the parts list used at the work site with the three-dimensional CAD data at the design stage is made efficient, and the three-dimensional CAD data is used as it is for creating a parts catalog at the time of machine mounting. It is possible to provide a parts catalog creation support apparatus, a program, and a parts catalog creation support method capable of creating part catalog data.

The hardware block diagram of the parts catalog creation assistance apparatus 100 of this embodiment. The software block diagram of the parts catalog creation assistance apparatus 100 of this embodiment. The figure which showed embodiment of the data structure 300 of the parts list which the parts catalog creation assistance apparatus 100 of this embodiment utilizes. The figure which showed the list structure 400 of the three-dimensional CAD data used by this embodiment. The figure which showed embodiment of GUI500 which the parts catalog creation assistance apparatus 100 of this embodiment produces | generates on a display apparatus. The figure which showed the detailed structure of the link legend display part 530 demonstrated in FIG. The flowchart of the parts catalog creation process part which the parts catalog creation assistance apparatus 100 of this embodiment performs. The figure which showed embodiment of GUI800 which the parts catalog creation assistance apparatus 100 displays in the process stage which the automatic link process which the automatic link part 212 performed in this embodiment completed. FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of each display unit in an embodiment of the GUI 900 when an extended menu is displayed on the GUI 800 shown in FIG. 8. The figure which showed embodiment of GUI1000 which the parts catalog creation assistance apparatus 100 displays after the coincidence of the three-dimensional CAD data which the part ID demonstrated in FIG. 9 and data ID refer is established. The figure which showed embodiment of GUI1100 of the data acquisition wizard which the parts catalog creation assistance apparatus 100 of this embodiment displays in order to select a parts list and three-dimensional CAD data in order to create a parts catalog. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a GUI 1200 for input support displayed by selecting a button and inputting an event when inputting in a field 1104 for inputting a reference model in FIG. 11. The figure which showed the data structure of the parts catalog data 1300 produced in this embodiment. The figure which showed data structure 1410 embodiment of the parts catalog data 1400 of this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, although this invention is demonstrated with specific embodiment, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned later. FIG. 1 is a hardware block diagram of a parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 of this embodiment. The parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 of this embodiment can be implemented using a personal computer or a workstation. The parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 102 and a memory 104 including a set of cache memories such as a system memory, a system cache, an L2 cache, and an L3 cache that enables high-speed access to data used by the CPU 102. .

  The CUP 102 and the memory 104 are connected to other devices, drivers, for example, a graphics driver 108 and a network device (NIC) 112 via the system bus 106. The graphics driver 108 is connected to the display device 110 via a bus such as a VGA or XGA standard, and displays the processing result by the CPU 102 on the display screen via the GUI. The network device 112 connects the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 to a network such as a local area network (LAN) or the Internet at the transport layer level and the physical layer level, and a server apparatus (not shown) is connected to the network device 112 via the network. To establish a session with

  An I / O bus bridge 114 is further connected to the system bus 106. A hard disk device 118 is connected to the downstream side of the I / O bus bridge 114 by an IDE, ATA, ATAPI, UATA, SATA, SCSI, USB, or the like via an I / O bus 116 such as PCI. An input device 120 such as a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse is connected to the I / O bus 116 via a bus such as a USB, and receives inputs and commands from an operator such as a system administrator.

  More specifically, as the CPU 102 used by the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100, for example, PENTIUM (registered trademark) to PENTIUM IV (registered trademark), PENTIUM DUO (registered trademark), CORE2 DUO (registered trademark), CORE2 QUAD ( (Registered trademark), PENTIUM (registered trademark) compatible CPU, POWER PC (registered trademark), MIPS, and the like.

  As operating systems (OS) to be used, MacOS (trademark), Windows (registered trademark), Windows XP (registered trademark), Windows Vista (registered trademark), Windows 7 (registered trademark), Windows (registered trademark). A 200X Server, UNIX (registered trademark), AIX (registered trademark), LINUX (registered trademark), or any other suitable OS may be mentioned. Further, the parts catalog creation support device 100 executes an application program written in an object-oriented programming language such as C, C ++, Visual C ++, Visual Basic, Java (registered trademark), Perl, Ruby, etc., which operates on the OS described above. Store the memory 104 as an execution space, and execute the execution code of the application program.

  FIG. 2 is a software block diagram of the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 of this embodiment. The software block 200 shown in FIG. 2 is a software block in which the hardware of the information processing apparatus is shown in FIG. 2 by the CPU 102 executing the execution code developed in the memory 104 by the program installed in the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100. It is made to function as a means for providing 200 functions.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 includes a parts list acquisition unit 208 and a CAD data acquisition unit 210 as functional units. The parts list acquisition unit 208 is externally connected. The service parts list and the parts list are acquired from a storage medium such as a hard disk, CD-ROM, DVD, or USB memory via an appropriate interface. The service parts list is a file that lists only parts of units supplied by the repair service, and the parts list is a file that lists all parts that make up the entire machine. The parts list has a tree structure.

  The CAD data acquisition unit 210 acquires three-dimensional CAD data from a recording medium via an appropriate interface, and is used for matching with a part ID registered in the parts list. The parts list can be created as a file format such as text, CSV, HTML, XHTML, and XML, and the 3D CAD data can be created as a standard format such as STEP or IGES. Then, it is not limited to a specific format. However, the parts list and the three-dimensional CAD data have a structure describing a hierarchical structure of parts and subparts constituting the part as its data structure. The parts list and the three-dimensional CAD data are each configured as a relational database list or table, and can be cross-referenced.

  The parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 further includes an automatic link unit 212 and a manual link unit 218. The automatic link unit 212 and the manual link unit 218 constitute individual modules of the link processing unit 240, and the link processing unit 240 is called when the parts catalog creation support process is started. First, the link processing unit 240 calls the automatic link unit 212 to execute automatic link processing. The automatic link process is performed by text search of part ID and data ID and hierarchical structure search, and an icon image indicating that the automatic link process is successful is assigned and displayed to the part ID and data ID that have been successfully searched. Then, when there is a part ID for which the automatic link process has failed, the link processing unit 240 calls the manual link unit 218 to assist the association between the manual part ID and the CAD data.

  The automatic link unit 212 includes a tree analysis unit 214 and a link setting unit 216 for performing automatic link processing. The tree analysis unit 214 displays the parts list in association with the hierarchical structure of parts and subparts on the GUI, and improves the accuracy of the part and subpart search processing using the part ID and hierarchical information. In addition, the tree structure of the parts list and the 3D CAD data is matched. Further, the link setting unit 216 executes a process of automatically linking an image referred to by the three-dimensional CAD data with respect to a part ID that has been successfully matched in the automatic link process.

  Since the link has a relation between the part ID of the parts list and the data ID of the three-dimensional CAD data, it may be a line number of each other's data or may be a hyperlink format.

  The manual link unit 218 is called after the automatic link unit 212 finishes the matching process, and an image reference structure of a part ID and a data ID by manual operation is provided for a part ID for which the automatic link unit 212 has failed to match. It is made common. For this purpose, the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 displays an icon image corresponding to the matching state on the GUI so as to correspond to the part ID and data ID, and supports manual link processing by the operator. The manual link unit 218 includes a tree display control unit 220 and a link setting unit 222. The tree display control unit 220 has a hierarchical structure in which a part ID and a data ID currently processed are displayed in a tree. A process for correcting the association in is performed. In addition, the link setting unit 222 sets the link so that the part ID and the data ID that have been matched by the manual operation refer to the common three-dimensional CAD data, thereby sharing the image reference structure. Yes.

  The parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 further includes a work data management unit 224. The work data management unit 224 reads the work file 206 stored in the recording medium through an appropriate interface, stores it in a temporary storage device such as a RAM, and responds to requests from the processing units of the parts catalog creation support device 100, The work data acquired by the work data acquisition unit 226 is handed over and the processing can be continued. In addition, the work data storage unit 228 stores the updated work data in a recording medium, and enables subsequent processing. The service parts list / parts list 202, the CAD data 204, and the work file 206 shown in FIG. 2 may be stored in a local storage, or when the recording medium is managed by a secure server, an appropriate secure It can be accessed using communication.

  The parts catalog creation support device 100 includes a GUI processing unit 230. The GUI processing unit 230 provides a user interface on the display device of the part catalog creation support device 100, and performs 3D CAD data as necessary. When the image is rendered or the already stored image can be used as it is, the image is read from the database 250 and a three-dimensional image corresponding to the three-dimensional CAD data is displayed. In addition, the GUI processing unit 230 includes an attribute data setting unit 234. The attribute data setting unit 234 performs processing for designating or setting display attributes when displaying three-dimensional CAD data as a three-dimensional image. Display attributes such as diagrams, assembly diagrams, wire frames, perspective views, and viewpoint angles are set.

  The parts catalog generation unit 236 links an image based on the data ID linked to the part ID according to the association input by the operator or user to the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 and an image referenced by the part ID. Is created and recorded on an appropriate recording medium so that the parts catalog data 238 can be used. The format of the parts catalog data 238 is not particularly limited, but is preferably created as a structured document such as XML in consideration of versatility and device independence.

  FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a parts list data structure 300 used by the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 of this embodiment. The data structure 300 shown in FIG. 3 is configured by associating a part number 310 assigned at the time of mounting in the work department with a part name 320. Further, the part number 310 is assigned hierarchical data, and in the illustrated embodiment, the hierarchical structure corresponds to the number of asterisks “*”. For example, a part number designated by “*” indicates a waste toner processing system, a writing system, a fixing system, and the like corresponding to a functional element of the machine, and constitutes a top node in the machine function.

  A double asterisk “**” indicates a sub-part included in the top node indicated by the immediately preceding single asterisk, and a triple asterisk “***” indicates a further sub-part of the sub-part. The data structure 300 can be a legacy format such as a text file, a CSV file, and a space delimiter in consideration of versatility, but the versatility and searchability may be further improved as a structured document such as XML. Each part ID is configured such that an image used at a work site can be referred to via a database.

  FIG. 4 shows a list structure 400 of three-dimensional CAD data used in this embodiment. The design structure 410 and the design name 420 are also associated with the list structure 400 shown in FIG. Also, the hierarchical structure of the design configuration 410 is designated by an asterisk. The data structure 300 shown in FIG. 3 and the list structure 400 shown in FIG. 4 may differ from the hierarchical assignment of the three-dimensional CAD data in the hierarchical structure assignment referred to in the work department. In some cases, a name to be handled in units of work elements in the work department may be assigned. Furthermore, images with different viewpoint angles may be linked to the same part ID.

  For this reason, the part catalog creation support apparatus 100 may not be able to completely associate the part ID with the data ID just by activating the automatic link unit 212. When the matching between the part ID and the data ID fails, the automatic link unit 212 displays an icon image indicating that the matching cannot be performed on each display unit, and supports manual verification by the operator. The list structure 400 shown in FIG. 4 enables reference to the database. The list structure 400 is searched by referring to a database storing three-dimensional CAD data using the design configuration 410 and / or the design name 420 as search keys. The three-dimensional CAD data can be rendered according to the attribute data using the set attribute data, or the corresponding three-dimensional CAD data can be directly called for rendering display.

  FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of a GUI 500 that the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 of this embodiment generates on a display device. A GUI 500 illustrated in FIG. 5 corresponds to a GUI displayed when the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment has completely finished matching parts. The configuration of the GUI 500 in FIG. 5 will be described. The GUI 500 includes a display unit 510 that hierarchically displays a parts list (service parts list) 202 and a display unit 520 that hierarchically displays a list structure 400 of three-dimensional CAD data. Has been.

  Furthermore, a display area for displaying the parts of the associated parts list (service parts list) 202 and the three-dimensional CAD data is generated in the GUI 500. In the embodiment shown in FIG. Attached diagrams are displayed as a pair. The assembly drawing is displayed in the display format specified in the attribute data, and the arrangement in the machine element 516 to which the part 515 is assembled is displayed by changing the display color and the rendering type.

  Further, in order to facilitate the confirmation of the association state by the operator, the display unit 510 and the display unit 520 are hierarchically displayed so that the part ID and the data ID can visually recognize the hierarchical structure in the machine element. Yes. In the hierarchical display, icon images 512 and 522 indicating the link state are shown in a display format corresponding to the matching state. Details of the icon image will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

  Also for 3D CAD data, the 3D CAD data referenced in the database is used for the purpose of improving the recognizability of parts diagram 524 and parts using the display color and rendering type specified by the attribute data, respectively. The assembling diagrams 526 displayed in different display formats are displayed in the display areas to be displayed. In each display area of the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100, an image corresponding to the part ID or data ID currently selected on the display unit 510 or the display unit 520 is displayed. When the associated part ID and data ID are selected, the same image is referred to.

  The GUI 500 includes a link legend display unit 530 for explaining a link state, a control part 540 for enlarging or reducing an image displayed on the display unit, and a radio button and text for specifying a search condition. An input field 550 or the like for inputting a keyword is provided, and an operator can graphically evaluate the result of the automatic link process and search again if necessary.

  FIG. 6 shows a detailed configuration of the link legend display unit 530 described with reference to FIG. In the link legend display unit 530, an icon image indicating a link state is displayed together with a link state to which the icon image is to be assigned. 6 includes, for example, all linked 532, linked 534, no link (child node is linked) 536, link reference 538, 3D shape reference 540, no link 542, service part 544, service An icon image of rank mask 546, normal link 548, forced link 550, all linked child elements 552, no corresponding part number 554, and description thereof are given.

  For example, all linked 532 indicates that the link including the subpart is completed, linked 534 indicates the link state at the part and subpart level, no link 536 indicates the no link state, etc. As described above, at each hierarchical level, an icon image that can visually recognize the link state is prepared and displayed in correspondence with the link state. It should be noted that the link reference 538 is already stretched when 3D CAD data already linked to another part is used in the work site where parts with different display formats for the same part are used. By referring to the link, it is shown that the link is a formed part.

  Further, the link legend display unit 530 shown in FIG. 6 also displays icon images 546 and 548 that indicate whether the part is a basic part or a service part, and the operator can display a parts list (service parts list) 202. You can also refer to the parts configuration in. It should be noted that other link legends can be added depending on the specific application.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a parts catalog creation processing unit executed by the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 of the present embodiment. The process of FIG. 7 starts from step S700, and a parts list (service parts list) is read in step S701. In step S702, CAD data is read. It is preferable that the CAD data is originally configured as three-dimensional CAD data. In step S703, an instruction from the operator is received and the automatic link unit is activated to execute text search and a hierarchical structure check between the part ID and the data ID to execute automatic link.

  In step S704, a manual link instruction from the operator is received, and the link destination linked to the data ID designated by the operator from the three-dimensional CAD data currently linked to the part ID by the designated three-dimensional CAD data. The link destination is updated by overwriting with.

  Thereafter, in step S705, the part ID, data ID, and image ID are generated as an associated parts catalog, the work file and the parts catalog data are stored, and the process ends in step S706.

  FIG. 8 is an embodiment of the GUI 800 displayed by the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 at the processing stage when the automatic link processing performed by the automatic link unit 212 is completed in the present embodiment. The configuration of the GUI 800 is the same as that of the GUI 500. However, in the display unit 810 and the display unit 820, the association state is indicated by an icon image, and the icon image shown in FIG. 6 is added in front of the component name and the configuration name, respectively. The operator refers to the icon image shown on the GUI 800 and determines the success / failure of the association between the part ID and the data ID.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the part ID 812 that has not been successfully matched by the automatic link process is shown together with the icon image 536 without a link. Further, in the hierarchical display of the design names shown on the display unit 820, an icon image 554 indicating that there is no corresponding part number is displayed. When the operator selects the part ID 812 for confirmation, the part ID 812 is highlighted, and an assembly diagram 818 including the part unit 814 and the part unit 816 is displayed in the display area formed below the display unit 810.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, when the operator traces the hierarchical structure of the design name displayed on the display unit 820 and superimposes the mouse cursor on the target design name, the display formed below the display unit 820 is displayed. A part 824 having a data ID corresponding to the design name on which the mouse cursor is currently superimposed on the part and an assembling diagram 826 are displayed, and a mutual comparison of parts that failed to be matched can be compared as a three-dimensional image.

  When the content of the mismatch between the part ID and the data ID is graphically identified by comparing FIG. 8, the operator can use the mouse cursor of the display unit 820 to associate the three-dimensional CAD data with the part number at the work site. In a state of overlapping, for example, a specific event such as right mouse click, single mouse click, or double click is performed. When an event is defined for a specific key, an extended menu is displayed on the GUI 800 by performing a key operation such as “crtl + option_key”.

  FIG. 9 is an enlarged view showing each embodiment of the GUI 900 when the extended menu is displayed on the GUI 800 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, an extended menu 924 is displayed on the display unit 920. In the extended menu 924, items such as link setting, 3D format reference setting, Undo, and copy of component information are displayed in an active manner. The setting of the 3D reference format specifies processing for linking directly to an image ID or for copying and using a link reference structure of an image ID for which a link has already been generated.

  In the state shown in FIG. 9, the part ID 912 and the data ID 922 are associated with each other. When the operator selects “link setting” from the extended menu 924, the link destination of the part ID is selected on the display unit 920. The link destination of the data ID 922 is rewritten, and the link destination of the part ID and the data ID can be matched. As a result, the coincidence of the three-dimensional CAD data referred to by the three-dimensional CAD data and the part ID can be established, and the creation of a catalog using the three-dimensional CAD data can be made more efficient.

  FIG. 10 shows an embodiment of the GUI 1000 displayed by the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 after the coincidence of the three-dimensional CAD data referred to by the part ID and the data ID described in FIG. 9 is established. In the GUI shown in FIG. 10, the part ID is displayed on the display unit 1010, and the data ID is displayed on the display unit 1020. In FIG. 10, the part ID 1012 and the data ID 1022 described in FIG. 9 are associated with each other by highlighting, and the three-dimensional corresponding to the updated link destination is displayed below the display unit 1010. A part diagram obtained by rendering CAD data is displayed in a display area 1014. In the display area 1016, a corresponding assembly diagram is shown as a wire frame.

  Further, another display unit 1024 is displayed below the display unit 1020 in FIG. 10, and the same 3D image as the 3D image displayed in the display region 1014 is displayed in the display region 1024. , Making it easy to visually check the correspondence. Note that the display unit 1026 is a display unit on which an assembly drawing is displayed, but only a part of the display unit 1026 is shown for convenience of explanation.

  FIG. 11 shows an embodiment of a GUI 1100 of a data acquisition wizard displayed when the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 of the present embodiment selects a parts list and three-dimensional CAD data in order to create a parts catalog. A GUI 1100 shown in FIG. 11 displays a field 1102 for designating a project name used for identifying a work for creating a parts catalog and an output destination for outputting parts catalog data. A field 1104 is a field for designating a reference model to be used as a reference for association, and allows an operator to designate a parts list that serves as a reference for a machine to be worked on.

  A field 1106 is a field that allows a setting corresponding to a standard machine grade or option to be added. By selecting an “add button” and inputting an event, the field 1106 is referred to as a small model. Supports input by displaying wizards, pull-down menus, pop-up menus, etc. that enable input of grades and option names.

  Further, a field 1108 is a field that is abbreviated as a parts list and 3D component, and is formed for designating three-dimensional CAD data. A field 1110 is provided for specifying a service parts list, a grade of a model, and the like. Each field 1110 is provided with a button for displaying a GUI that supports input, and supports an operator's input. When the operator generates a mouse event for the “OK” button after making a predetermined input on the GUI 1100, the parts catalog creation process is started as a new project.

  FIG. 12 shows an embodiment of a GUI 1200 for input support that is displayed by selecting a button and inputting an event when inputting in the field 1104 for inputting a reference model in FIG. The operator designates design component information (which is abbreviated as a design component) for self-association via the GUI 1200 shown in FIG. 12 and an optional service parts list. Note that the GUI 1200 shown in FIG. 12 also has buttons for supporting input, and supports selection processing by the operator.

  When the setting described in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 is completed, the parts catalog creation processing is started. When the parts catalog creation processing is completed with the assistance of creation of the automatic link unit 212 and the manual link unit 218 described above, the parts catalog generation unit 236 is completed. Acquires a part ID, a data ID associated with the part ID, and a set of link destination information from the final work data management unit 224, and creates a parts catalog. The parts catalog generation unit 236 includes an XML editor, creates work data acquired from the work data management unit 224 as an XML document, and outputs the data as part catalog data 238.

  FIG. 13 shows a data structure of parts catalog data 1300 created in the present embodiment. The parts catalog data 1300 is configured as a tree structure, and includes a model name indicating that the root node 1302 is catalog data unique to the machine. Further, version information 1304 and model version 1306 are described as child nodes. The version information 1304 describes the version of the catalog data, etc., and the model version 1306 describes the small model name, service option name, and the like, and enables a parts catalog search using DOM, SAX, or the like.

  As child nodes of the model version 1306, a unit data node 1308, a PDF node 1310, an image node 1312, a parts image node 1314, an entire model image node 1316, a model / design data node 1318, and the like are described. The unit data 1308 is a node describing data of units constituting the model version 1306, and includes a unit related image file 1320 and a list file 1322 as child nodes.

  The PDF node 1310 constitutes a root node of a PDF file having a PDF file 1324 expressing additional information such as a design change and a circuit diagram as a child node. Further, the image node 1312, the part image node 1314, and the entire model image node 1316 constitute a top node for describing image data.

  When the parts catalog creation support apparatus 100 displays a 3D image, a corresponding image is searched from each node, and the image file is generated, or an already generated 3D image is read into a display unit to be displayed. Display with. The model / design data node 1318 is a node for describing comments, annotation data related to the model / design, and the like. The parts catalog generator 236 improves the usability and searchability of the parts catalog by generating the parts catalog shown in FIG.

  FIG. 14 shows a data structure 1410 embodiment of the parts catalog data 1400 of this embodiment. The parts catalog data 1400 is described in an XML document, and a unit is specified in an area 1420 specified by a tag <unit id> tag for specifying a unit ID. This node corresponds to the unit data node 1308 in FIG. As unit data, designation of various keywords is described. As a child node of the node specified by the <unit id> tag, an image corresponding to the unit-related image file node 1320 or the list file node 1322 specified in the area 1430 specified by the <list> tag is described. . The designation of the display unit for displaying the 3D image and the image ID of the 3D image are described in the area designated by the <box> tag.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 14, the 3D image registered for each part is shared by the link processing unit 240 so as to correspond to the parts list created in the work department, and the 3D CAD data itself is stored. It is possible to reflect the three-dimensional CAD data on the parts list without correction.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to associate the parts list created at the time of machine mounting in the work department with the three-dimensional CAD data, so that an efficient parts catalog can be created.

  The above functions of the present embodiment can be realized by a device-executable program written in an object-oriented programming language such as C ++, Java (registered trademark), JavaScript (registered trademark), Perl, or Ruby. It can be stored in a device-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, MO, flexible disk, EEPROM, EPROM and distributed, and can be transmitted via a network in a format that other devices can.

  Although the present embodiment has been described so far, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and other embodiments, additions, changes, deletions, and the like can be conceived by those skilled in the art. It can be changed, and any aspect is within the scope of the present invention as long as the effects and effects of the present invention are exhibited.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Parts catalog creation assistance apparatus, 102 ... CPU, 104 ... Memory, 106 ... System bus, 108 ... Graphics driver, 110 ... Display device, 112 ... Network device, 114 ... I / O bus bridge, 116 ... I / O bus 118 ... Hard disk device, 120 ... Input device, 200 ... Software block, 202 ... Parts list (service parts list), 204 ... CAD data, 206 ... Work file, 208 ... Parts list acquisition unit, 210 ... CAD data acquisition unit, 212 ... Automatic link unit, 214 ... Tree analysis unit, 216 ... Link setting unit, 218 ... Manual link unit, 220 ... Tree display control unit, 222 ... Link setting unit, 224 ... Work data management unit, 226 ... Work data acquisition unit 228 ... Work data storage , 230 ... GUI processing unit 234 ... attribute data setting unit, 234 ... attribute data setting unit, 236 ... parts catalog generation unit, 238 ... parts catalog data, 240 ... link processing unit, 250 ... database

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Claims (12)

A parts catalog creation support device for creating a parts catalog constituting a machine, wherein the parts catalog creation support device
A parts list acquisition means for acquiring a parts list of parts mounted on the machine;
CAD data acquisition means for acquiring CAD data which is design information for designing the part;
The part ID of the part and the data ID of the CAD data are collated, and in response to the collation result of the part ID and the data ID of the CAD data, the part ID and the data ID of the CAD data Link processing means for updating the link so that the image reference structure is shared,
A parts catalog creation support apparatus, comprising: a part catalog generation unit that generates part catalog data in which a part ID of the part that shares an image, a data ID of the CAD data, and the image are associated with each other. The link processing means includes
An icon image indicating that the image reference structure between the part ID and the CAD data data ID is shared when the part ID and the CAD data data ID are successfully verified. An automatic linking means for assigning each of them to be displayed on the GUI,
When collation between the part and the CAD data fails, an icon image indicating that the image reference structure is not shared is assigned to the part ID and the data ID, respectively, and displayed on the GUI. The part catalog creation support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: manual link means for supporting a link update for the part by a manual operation using the icon image indicating that the structure is not shared. The link processing means performs the collation based on a text mismatch between the part ID of the part and the data ID of the CAD data, or a mismatch of the mutual hierarchical structure between the part ID of the part and the data ID of the CAD data. The part catalog creation support device according to claim 2 , wherein the failure is determined. The manual linking means designates a part that has failed to be collated and CAD data to be collated, and sets an image reference structure of a part ID of the part to a data ID of the CAD data to be collated. 4. The parts catalog creation support according to claim 2 , wherein an icon image indicating that the image reference structure is shared is assigned to each image display structure and displayed on the GUI. apparatus. The manual link means assigns the image reference structure of the CAD data corresponding to the part to the part ID when the part ID of the part does not accompany the image reference structure . The parts catalog creation support device described in item 1 . An apparatus-executable program for causing an information processing apparatus to function as a parts catalog creation support apparatus for creating a parts catalog that constitutes a machine, the program comprising:
A parts list acquisition means for acquiring a parts list of parts mounted on the machine;
CAD data acquisition means for acquiring CAD data which is design information for designing the part;
The part ID of the part and the data ID of the CAD data are collated, and in response to the collation result of the part ID and the data ID of the CAD data, the part ID and the data ID of the CAD data Link processing means for updating the link so that the image reference structure is shared,
A program that functions as a part catalog generation unit that generates part catalog data in which a part ID of the part that shares an image, a data ID of the CAD data, and the image are associated with each other. The information processing apparatus;
An icon image indicating that the image reference structure between the part ID and the CAD data data ID is shared when the part ID and the CAD data data ID are successfully verified. Automatic link means for assigning to each and displaying on the GUI,
When collation between the part and the CAD data fails, an icon image indicating that the image reference structure is not shared is assigned to the part ID and the data ID, respectively, and displayed on the GUI. The program according to claim 6, wherein the program functions as manual link means for supporting a link update for the part by manual operation using the icon image indicating that the structure is not shared.   The link processing means performs the collation based on a text mismatch between the part ID of the part and the data ID of the CAD data, or a mismatch of the mutual hierarchical structure between the part ID of the part and the data ID of the CAD data. The program according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the failure is determined. The manual linking means designates a part that has failed to be collated and CAD data to be collated, and sets an image reference structure of a part ID of the part to a data ID of the CAD data to be collated. 9. The program according to claim 7 , wherein after matching the image reference structures, an icon image indicating that the image reference structure is shared is assigned to each image display structure and displayed on the GUI. 10. The manual link means, when the part ID of the part does not accompany the image reference structure, assigns the image reference structure of the CAD data corresponding to the part to the part ID . The program according to item 1 . A parts catalog creation support method for creating a parts catalog that constitutes a machine executed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
Obtaining a parts list of parts mounted on the machine;
Obtaining CAD data which is design information for designing the part;
The part ID of the part and the data ID of the CAD data are collated, and in response to the collation result of the part ID and the data ID of the CAD data, the part ID and the data ID of the CAD data Updating the link to share the image reference structure;
Executing a step of generating part catalog data in which a part ID of the part that shares an image, a data ID of the CAD data, and the image are associated with each other;
In the step of updating the link, when the collation between the part ID and the data ID of the CAD data is successful, the image reference structure between the part ID and the data ID of the CAD data is shared. Assigning an icon image indicating that the image has been displayed to each GUI, and
When collation between the part and the CAD data fails, an icon image indicating that the image reference structure is not shared is assigned to the part ID and the data ID, respectively, and displayed on the GUI. And a step of supporting a link update for the part by manual operation using the icon image indicating that the structure is not shared.   The step of updating the link includes a text mismatch between the part ID of the part and the data ID of the CAD data, or a mismatch of the mutual hierarchical structure between the part ID of the part and the data ID of the CAD data. The part catalog creation support method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of determining whether the collation has failed.