JP5668665B2 - Drawing creation support device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a drawing creation support apparatus.

  Conventionally, a CAD (Computer Assisted Drawing) system for electrical drawing is used to draw a design drawing such as a development connection diagram (development diagram) of an electric device, thereby improving the efficiency of creating a development connection diagram. Computer Aided Engineering) is widely performed. In this way, if CAD is used as a drawing creation support apparatus that supports drawing work, the drawing can be handled as an electronic file. For example, a drawing created in the past can be duplicated and reused, thereby saving the drawing creation. Is possible.

  As such a CAD system used to create a developed connection diagram, a similar circuit is extracted and a common circuit pattern is created, and when creating a developed connection diagram, the common circuit pattern is duplicated. Conventionally, it is known that a key is assigned in advance to a change portion of an entry character so that entry characters which are attached information of the common circuit pattern can be changed collectively (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, when editing a new development connection diagram by using the editing source development connection diagram consisting of the circuit symbol and its attached information or a similar circuit diagram, editing that needs to be rewritten in the editing source development connection diagram or similar circuit diagram It is also known in the past that an edit parameter list is created by extracting parameters, and data input to the edit parameter list is reflected in the newly developed connection diagram (see, for example, Patent Document 2). .

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 05-073632 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-340281

  As described above, the conventional drawing creation support apparatuses shown in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 store common circuit patterns and similar circuit diagrams that can be used, and reuse these when creating new drawings. The purpose of this is to support the creation of design drawings (development connection diagrams) of electrical equipment and the like, and to improve the efficiency of the design work. At this time, reusability can be improved by arranging and standardizing the contents of previously created drawings (common circuit patterns and similar circuit diagrams) (hereinafter, the standardized drawings are referred to as “templates”).

  Here, a drawing such as a development connection diagram may cover a large number of pages depending on the scale of the target electrical equipment. When a template is used for a drawing that covers such a large number of pages, in the conventional drawing creation support apparatus, the drawing creator checks and selects a template suitable for the drawing to be created one by one and copies it. There is a problem that it is necessary to do this and is troublesome.

  Further, in the developed connection diagram, the page order of the drawings is not always a continuous serial number, and circuit diagrams that realize the same function are arranged on the same page number even between different electrical devices. Therefore, there is a case where a specific electrical circuit drawing is arranged on a specific page number for the purpose of systematizing and clarifying the description of the call information (Reference) indicating the relationship of circuit connection between the drawings. is there. In such a case, in the conventional drawing creation support apparatus, the drawing creator needs to determine each page number as the duplication destination when duplicating the template, and appropriately arrange the drawing. . For this reason, the drawing creator has to determine the page number of the copy destination, which is cumbersome, and because the human being makes a determination of the page number of the copy destination, the drawing is placed on an incorrect page number. There is a problem that there is a high possibility that it will occur.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such problems, and a first object is to reduce work procedures required when using a template for creating a drawing over a large number of pages, thereby improving work efficiency. A drawing creation support device that can be improved is obtained.
The second object is to obtain a drawing creation support apparatus that can easily arrange a duplicated template on a suitable page number when a drawing having a specific content is arranged on a specific page number. Is.

In the drawing creation support apparatus according to the present invention, a plurality of drawing templates standardized so as to be used as a basis for creating a new drawing file, and a relative page positional relationship between the plurality of drawing templates are defined. a memory device for storing the template arrangement list, the advance of a drawing management unit that can be created by a user's operation and a file arrangement list that defines the page positional relationship of the drawing file and the plurality of drawing files multiple, wherein the drawing management unit, while maintaining the relative page position relationship defined in the template arrangement list, along with creating as the drawing file several things that duplicates the plurality of drawing templates, the registering a plurality of pages positional relationship of the drawing file created in said file allocation list And it formed.

  In the drawing creation support apparatus according to the present invention, when a template is used for creating a drawing over a large number of pages, there is an effect that the operation efficiency can be improved by reducing necessary operation procedures. In addition, there is an effect that the duplicated template can be easily arranged on an appropriate page number for the purpose.

It is a figure which illustrates notionally the whole structure of the drawing creation assistance apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates notionally the whole structure of the drawing creation assistance apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates notionally the whole structure of the drawing creation assistance apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention.

  The present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts, and redundant description thereof will be simplified or omitted as appropriate.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 is a diagram conceptually illustrating the overall configuration of a drawing creation support apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a client terminal composed of an electronic computer, for example, a personal computer (PC), which is operated by a drawing creator (user) to create a desired drawing. The client terminal 1 is provided with a drawing management tool 3 having a user interface (UI) for operation by a drawing creator and constituting drawing management means for creating and editing the drawing file 2. Yes. The drawing management tool 3 is implemented using, for example, software for causing the client terminal 1 to execute specific information processing for realizing a function of executing drawing creation and editing in accordance with an instruction input operation by a drawing creator. be able to.

  A drawing created by a drawing creator is roughly composed of a drawing file 2 and a file arrangement list 4. The drawing file 2 contains entities of drawing information such as developed connection diagrams and circuit diagrams, and one drawing file 2 is created for each page of the drawing. The file arrangement list 4 defines an absolute page positional relationship of each drawing file 2 particularly when the drawing covers a plurality of pages (including a plurality of drawing files 2).

  Each drawing file 2 is provided with uniquely identifiable drawing file identification information. As the drawing file identification information, for example, the file name (or full path name) of each drawing file 2 can be used.

  FIG. 1 shows two examples as specific examples of the drawing file 2 and the file arrangement list 4. On the left side of the drawing, there are two D01 and D02 as the drawing file 2, and an example in which D01 is arranged on page 001 and D02 is arranged on page 002 is shown. Pages 003 to 006 are blank.

  Further, on the lower right side of the drawing, there are two D12 and D16 as the drawing file 2, and an example in which D12 is arranged on page 012 and D16 is arranged on page 016 is shown. Pages 011 and 013 to 015 are blank.

  The client terminal 1 is communicably connected to the server 5. The storage device provided in the server 5 stores a plurality of drawing templates 6 and a template arrangement list 7.

  The drawing template 6 is prepared as a base drawing (base drawing) that can be used for creating a new drawing file 2, and can be used with a common pattern that can be used in common in a plurality of drawings or with little changes. It is a drawing that has been standardized in advance so that it can be reused by organizing the contents of similar patterns and the like from which the drawing can be obtained. For example, if the drawing to be created is a development connection diagram of an electrical device, the drawing template 6 is a standardized arrangement of contents such as common circuit patterns and similar circuit patterns. FIG. 1 illustrates the case where three drawing templates 6 are stored in the server 5.

  Each of the plurality of drawing templates 6 is assigned template identification information that can be uniquely identified. When each drawing template 6 is handled as one file on the storage device of the server 5, the file name (or full path name) of each drawing template 6 can be used as this template identification information. Here, T01, T02, and T03 are assigned as template identification information (file name) of each drawing template 6, respectively.

  The template arrangement list 7 predefines a relative page position relationship recommended when using a plurality of drawing templates 6 stored in the server 5 (storage device thereof). In the template arrangement list 7, the relative positional relationship of the drawing templates 6 is defined by associating the template identification information of each drawing template 6 with the page number serving as a reference for the relative page position.

  In FIG. 1, T02 is arranged at the position of the next page (after one page) of T01 as a recommended relative positional relationship for the three drawing templates 6 (T01, T02, T03) stored in the server 5, An example in which T03 is arranged at a position 4 pages behind T02 is shown. In this example, the position where T01 is arranged is 001 page, T02 is arranged on page 002, and T03 is arranged on page 006. Three pages from page 003 to page 005 are blank.

  The drawing creator uses the drawing management tool 3 operating on the client terminal 1 to create and edit the drawing file 2 and change the file arrangement list 4 to change the page position where the drawing file 2 being edited is arranged. decide. At this time, the drawing management tool 3 of the client terminal 1 refers to the template arrangement list 7 stored in the storage device of the server 5 and acquires the drawing template 6 also stored in the storage device of the server 5. Can do.

  Specifically, the drawing creator refers to the template arrangement list 7 of the server 5 from the drawing management tool 3 and designates the page number of the drawing template 6 to be used. Then, the drawing template 6 corresponding to the designated page number in the template arrangement list 7 is copied from the server 5 to the client terminal 1. Here, the drawing management tool 3 specifies the drawing template 6 corresponding to the designated page number by using the template identification information.

  Thus, by drawing the drawing template 6 copied from the server 5 as the drawing file 2, the drawing template 6 can be used as a basic drawing (base drawing) when the drawing file 2 is created. At this time, the drawing position of the copied drawing template 6 as the drawing file 2 is specified in the file arrangement list 4 on the drawing management tool 3 so that the drawing template 6 is taken in an arbitrary position of the file arrangement list 4. Can do.

  Further, when designating the drawing template 6 with reference to the template arrangement list 7, it is also possible to select and duplicate a plurality of drawing templates 6 at a time. That is, the drawing creator selects a plurality of page numbers in a continuous range including a plurality of drawing templates 6 in the template arrangement list 7 on the drawing management tool 3 to instruct a copy, so that within the selected range. A plurality of drawing templates 6 included in the client can be collectively copied to the client terminal 1 side.

  At this time, the drawing management tool 3 maintains the relative page positional relationship of the plurality of drawing templates 6 defined in the template arrangement list 7 as the drawing file 2 in the file arrangement list 4. sign up.

  Specifically, when page numbers 001 to 002 in the template arrangement list 7 are selected as the copy source, the drawing templates 6 T01 and T02 included in the selected page numbers 001 to 002 are to be copied. When the page number 001 of the file arrangement list 4 is designated as the duplication destination, these T01 and T02 are duplicated while maintaining the relative positional relationship, and T01 is added to the page number 001 of the file arrangement list 4 as the drawing file 2. And D02 is copied as D02 of the drawing file 2 to the page number 002 of the file arrangement list 4 (lower left side in FIG. 1).

  If page numbers 002 to 006 in the template arrangement list 7 are selected as the copy source, the drawing templates 6 T02 and T03 included in the selected page numbers 002 to 006 are to be copied. When the page number 012 of the file arrangement list 4 is designated as the duplication destination, these T02 and T03 are duplicated while maintaining the relative positional relationship, and T02 is copied to the page number 012 of the file arrangement list 4 as the drawing file 2. And T03 is copied as D16 of the drawing file 2 to page number 016 of the file arrangement list 4 (lower right side in FIG. 1).

  Here, since page numbers 003 to 005 of the template arrangement list 7 included in the selection range of the copy source are blank, page numbers 013 to 015 of the file arrangement list 4 are blank.

  The drawing creator can register not only the drawing template 6 from the server 5 to the client terminal 1 but also the drawing template 6 to the server 5 by using the drawing management tool 3 of the client terminal 1. it can. At this time, the template management list 3 can be used to edit the template arrangement list 7, and the recommended relative page position of the created drawing template 6 can also be set.

  Here, the storage device for storing the drawing template 6 and the template arrangement list 7 is provided in the server 5 and the drawing management tool 3 as drawing management means is provided in the client terminal 1, respectively, but the server 5 is not necessarily required. Instead, the storage device and the drawing management means may be provided in one PC or the like.

  The drawing creation support apparatus configured as described above shows a plurality of standardized drawing templates that can be used as a basis for creating a new drawing file, and a relative page positional relationship between the plurality of drawing templates. A storage device that preliminarily stores a template arrangement list to be defined; and a drawing management unit capable of creating a plurality of drawing files and a file arrangement list that defines a page positional relationship between the plurality of drawing files by a user operation. It is provided. Then, the drawing management means registers a copy of a plurality of drawing templates in the file arrangement list as a plurality of drawing files while maintaining the relative page position relationship defined in the template arrangement list.

  For this reason, since multiple drawing templates can be imported as drawing files at the same time, fewer steps are required when using templates to create drawings that span multiple pages than when drawing one drawing at a time. Work efficiency can be improved.

  In addition, by defining the recommended relative page position to be taken into consideration when importing a drawing template in the template arrangement list, the relative position between drawings recommended along with the drawing template import is reflected. Reduces the hassle of page layout when using drawing templates, and can suppress the occurrence of page layout wrinkles due to differences in drawing creators even when multiple people design the same device. It is.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually illustrating the overall configuration of the drawing creation support apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
In the second embodiment described here, in addition to the configuration of the first embodiment described above, in the drawing management tool, the drawing template to be used, the text data reflected in the accompanying text included in the drawing template, and the copy destination By preparing a batch development list in which the page numbers are designated in advance, drawing files can be generated from a drawing template in a batch.

  That is, first, the drawing template 6 stored in the storage device of the server 5 has, as its internal elements, a graphic part and a text field for storing incidental text 8 which is text data incidental to the graphic part. Yes. A plurality of incidental texts 8 may exist in one drawing template 6, and incidental text identification information is given to each incidental text 8 so that each can be uniquely identified.

  As the incidental text identification information, for example, the name of the graphic component or the graphic component number to which the incidental text 8 is attached may be used, or the incidental text number uniquely assigned to each incidental text 8 may be used. it can.

  The drawing file 2 created by using the drawing management tool 3 in the client terminal 1 has a graphic part and an accompanying text 8 which is text data attached to the graphic part as its internal elements.

  The operator of the drawing management tool 3 uses the drawing management tool 3 to create a batch development list 9 that defines batch generation processing of the drawing file 2 using the drawing template 6. The collective expansion list 9 is tabular data, and includes template identification information of the drawing template 6 that is a copy source, text data reflected in the accompanying text 8 included in the drawing template 6, and drawing of the drawing template 6. The page number of the copy destination file arrangement list 4 to be imported as the file 2 is included as its element.

  When a plurality of drawing templates 6 are used when creating the batch development list 9, the creator of the batch development list 9 refers to the template arrangement list 7 and selects a plurality of drawing templates 6 at a time. Can also be specified. In this case, the list creator selects a plurality of page numbers in a continuous range including a plurality of drawing templates 6 in the template arrangement list 7 on the drawing management tool 3 and instructs to copy the selected range. A plurality of drawing templates 6 (template identification information) included therein can be registered in the batch development list 9.

  At this time, the drawing management tool 3 maintains the relative page positional relationship of the plurality of drawing templates 6 defined in the template arrangement list 7 while the duplication destination page numbers of the plurality of drawing templates 6 are collectively expanded list 9. Register with.

  When the drawing creator uses the drawing management tool 3 to instruct the batch generation of the drawing file 2 by the batch development list 9, the drawing management tool 3 executes the batch generation of the drawing file 2 according to the contents of the batch development list 9. To do. The batch generation of the drawing file 2 based on the batch development list 9 by the drawing management tool 3 is performed as follows. Of course, the creator of the batch development list 9 and the creator of the drawing may be the same person.

  First, the drawing management tool 3 specifies a drawing template 6 as a copy source based on the template identification information in the batch development list 9, and copies the specified drawing template 6 from the server 5 side to the client terminal 1 side. . Next, the drawing management tool 3 generates the drawing file 2 by reflecting the text data in the batch development list 9 on the accompanying text 8 in the copied drawing template 6. At this time, the accompanying text 8 that should reflect the text data is specified using the accompanying text identification information. Then, the drawing management tool 3 registers the generated drawing file 2 in the page number designated as the copy destination by the batch development list 9 of the file arrangement list 4.

  In the specific example shown in FIG. 2, the batch development list 9 generates a drawing file 2 in the first line by reflecting the value “Text1” in the accompanying text 8 of the drawing template 6 of T11. A process of importing into the page number 101 of the arrangement list 4 is defined. In the second line of the batch development list 9, the drawing file 2 is generated by reflecting the value “Text2” in the accompanying text 8 of the drawing template 6 of T 12, and the page number 102 of the file arrangement list 4 is set. In the third line of the batch development list 9, the drawing file 2 is generated by reflecting the value "Text3" in the accompanying text 8 of the drawing template 6 of T13, and the file arrangement list No. 4 page number 106 is specified. The page number of the copy destination in the batch development list 9 maintains the relative positional relationship of each drawing template 6 in the template arrangement list 7 of FIG. It is also possible to edit the batch development list 9 and re-specify an arbitrary page number and import it into the file arrangement list 4 at the copy destination.

  When the drawing creator instructs batch generation using the batch development list 9 in the drawing management tool 3, the drawing file 2 of D # 101 is reflected in the accompanying text 8 of the drawing template 6 of T11, reflecting the value "Text1". It is generated and taken into the page number 101 of the file arrangement list 4, and the drawing file 2 of D # 102 is generated by reflecting the value “Text2” in the accompanying text 8 of the drawing template 6 of T12. Processing of generating the drawing file 2 of D # 106 by reflecting the value “Text3” in the accompanying text 8 of the drawing template 6 of T13 and importing it into the page number 106 of the file arrangement list 4 Are automatically performed at once.

Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
In the above description, the second embodiment has been described with reference to the case where the batch generation list 9 performs the batch generation of the drawing file 2 on the premise of the configuration of the first embodiment. However, the batch generation of the drawing file 2 using the batch development list 9 according to the second embodiment can be performed without assuming the configuration using the template arrangement list 7 of the first embodiment.

  In this case, when registering a plurality of drawing templates 6 in the batch development list 9, it is not possible to easily reflect a predetermined recommended relative page positional relationship, and the list creator himself or herself duplicates each drawing template 6. Although it is necessary to specify the previous page number, it is possible to fully enjoy the advantage that the drawing file 2 can be automatically generated collectively by the batch development list 9.

  In the drawing creation support apparatus configured as described above, the drawing management unit collects a plurality of drawing files from a plurality of drawing templates in accordance with a batch development list that defines batch generation processing of drawing files using the drawing templates. It is possible to generate and register it in the file arrangement list, and as a batch development list, information on the drawing template as a copy source, text data reflected in the accompanying text included in the drawing template, A page having at least the page number of the file arrangement list of the copy destination for importing the drawing template as a drawing file is used.

  For this reason, for example, when it is necessary to create a large number of drawings that share the same graphic elements but differ only in the contents of the accompanying text, a drawing file can be automatically created using the batch expansion list. It is possible to save labor greatly in the procedure. At the same time, the contents of incidental text can be managed using a tabular expanded list, so that the occurrence of input errors can be suppressed compared to the case where the creator of the incidental text directly enters the drawing file. It is possible.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram conceptually illustrating the overall configuration of the drawing creation support apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
In the third embodiment described here, in the configuration of the first and second embodiments described above, the server and the client terminal are connected via a communication network, and a plurality of client terminals can execute drawing files and A drawing template can be shared.

  That is, in the third embodiment, the server 5 is a storage server that provides a place for storing and saving drawing data. The server 5 is connected to the plurality of client terminals 1 via the communication network 11 so as to be able to communicate with each other. The storage device provided in the server 5 stores the drawing template 3 and the drawing file 4, and the drawing management database 2 is constructed. The drawing management database 2 stores information for managing the drawing template 3 and the drawing file 4 used by the drawing management tool 6 of the client terminal 1. The management information stored in the drawing management database 10 includes, for example, the template arrangement list 7 and the file arrangement list 4 of the first embodiment.

  The drawing creator can operate the drawing management tool 6 operating on the client terminal 1 to perform processing such as creation / editing of the drawing file 4, creation of the batch development list 9 and registration of the drawing template 3.

  The drawing template 6 and the template arrangement list 7 created by using the drawing management tool 3 at each client terminal 1 are transmitted to the server 5 via the communication network 11 and registered in the storage device of the server 5. In this way, the latest version of the drawing template 3 stored on the server 5 can be referred from any client terminal 1. When the drawing template 3 is registered in the server 5, the file of the drawing template 6 being edited / registered is prevented in order to prevent the same file from being simultaneously overwritten from a plurality of client terminals 1 and causing inconsistency (conflict). Are subjected to exclusive processing such as appropriately locking.

  The drawing creator operates the drawing management tool 6 to call the drawing template 3 stored in the server 5 using, for example, the template arrangement list 7 of the first embodiment or the batch development list 9 of the second embodiment. It can be applied as a basic drawing (base drawing) when the drawing file 4 is created. The editing operation for the drawing file 4 (and the file arrangement list 4) is processed on the client terminal 1 from the viewpoint of processing speed and then uploaded to the server 5 to manage the latest version. In the uploading of the drawing file 2, as in the case of the drawing template 6, exclusive processing is appropriately performed in order to prevent contention from a plurality of client terminals 1.

  Here, the drawing file arrangement list 4 and the drawing template arrangement list 7 are managed and stored in the drawing management database 10 of the server 5, and are used after being appropriately cached in the client terminal 1 as necessary.

Other configurations are the same as those in the first and second embodiments, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
In the above description, the third embodiment is based on the configuration of the first and second embodiments, and the server 5 uses the drawing file 2, the drawing template 6, and the drawing management database 10 (the file arrangement list 4 and the template arrangement). The case of managing the list 7) has been described. However, the management of various data in the server 5 according to the third embodiment can be performed without assuming the configuration of the first or second embodiment.

  In this case, although the template arrangement list 7 and the batch development list 9 are not used in handling a plurality of drawing templates 6, the server 5 manages the drawing file 2, the drawing template 6, and the drawing management database 10 in an integrated manner. The benefits associated with can be fully enjoyed.

  The drawing creation support apparatus configured as described above includes a drawing management unit in a client terminal, a server connected to the client terminal via a communication network so as to be capable of mutual communication, and a storage in the server. The apparatus stores a drawing template and a drawing file, and a drawing management database for managing and saving the template arrangement list and the file arrangement list, and the drawing management unit of the client terminal can register the drawing template in the storage device. The drawing template stored in the storage device is acquired from the server, and a drawing file based on the acquired drawing template can be newly created.

  For this reason, the latest version of the drawing template is always centrally managed by the server, which is a shared drawing storage location, so that the trouble of checking whether the latest version of the drawing template is used when the drawing creator wants to use the drawing template is eliminated. be able to. Further, it is not necessary to individually distribute the latest version of the drawing template to the client terminal 1 of the drawing creator, so that work efficiency can be improved.

  Further, the drawing creator does not need to be aware of the drawing template, the storage location of the drawing file, etc., regardless of which client terminal is operated, and the convenience can be greatly improved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Client terminal 2 Drawing file 3 Drawing management tool 4 File arrangement list 5 Server 6 Drawing template 7 Template arrangement list 8 Attached text 9 Collective expansion list 10 Drawing management database 11 Communication network

Claims (3)

A memory for storing in advance a plurality of standardized drawing templates that can be used as a basis for creating a new drawing file, and a template arrangement list that defines a relative page positional relationship among the plurality of drawing templates. Equipment,
And a drawing management unit that can be created by the user's operation and a file arrangement list that defines the page positional relationship of the drawing file and the plurality of drawing files multiple,
More the drawing management unit, while maintaining the relative page position relationship defined in the template arrangement list, along with creating as the drawing file several things that duplicates the plurality of drawing templates, that the created A drawing creation support apparatus for registering a page positional relationship of the drawing file in the file arrangement list. The drawing management means collectively generates a plurality of the drawing files from a plurality of the drawing templates according to a batch development list that defines a batch generation processing of the drawing files using the drawing template, and creates the file placement list. Can register,
The batch expansion list includes information on the drawing template that is a copy source, text data that is reflected in incidental text included in the drawing template, and a page of the file arrangement list that is a copy destination for importing the drawing template as a drawing file. The drawing creation support apparatus according to claim 1, comprising at least a number as an element. A client terminal comprising the drawing management means;
A server that is connected to the client terminal via a communication network so as to be able to communicate with each other and includes the storage device,
The storage device stores a drawing management database for managing and saving the drawing template and the drawing file, and the template arrangement list and the file arrangement list;
The drawing management means is capable of registering the drawing template in the storage device, acquires the drawing template stored in the storage device from the server, and based on the acquired drawing template The drawing creation support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a drawing file can be newly created.

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