JP6087756B2 - Drawing system and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for performing drawing editing processing (plotting) and a program thereof, and more particularly to improvement of an operation menu for selecting an operation tool used for drawing in a selectable manner.

Conventionally, various drawing systems have been provided, and work efficiency has been improved by utilizing various methods. One of them is the menu design that lists various operation tools necessary for editing.
Functions (operation items) called operation tools are assigned to each menu button that accepts activation requests, but with multi-function CAD, they have hundreds of operation items, Alternatively, a tool box in which similar operation items are collected, or a tool box in which a plurality of operation items grouped based on a certain common property are collected and used appropriately for display processing or non-display processing.

  In particular, in a drawing system with many operation items, when a single menu button is pressed, a new form or new tool box is displayed with the grouped menu button in the vicinity of the button, and the new tool box is displayed. When one menu button displayed on the screen is pressed, a new tool box or the like is displayed in the same manner, and a limited screen is filled with a plurality of tool boxes or the like.

  Although such a conventional technique has an advantage that a number of operation items can be enumerated and a desired function can be reached with one click, in addition to the problem that the screen is buried with a plurality of toolboxes and the work area becomes narrow, display There is a problem that operation items that cannot be processed or unnecessary operation items are still displayed in the toolbox inside.

  Among them, for example, in the following Patent Document 1, for the purpose of easy drawing, a child toolbox, a grandchild toolbox, and the like can be selected from the items displayed in the toolbox on the screen by a pull-down operation. A method of displaying a hierarchical pull-down menu in a plurality of stages and selecting an operation item from there, and a method of displaying an operation item having a predetermined drawing processing function in a new tool box according to the selection. It is disclosed.

JP 2003-132095 A

  However, the conventional method including the technique described in the above publication changes the selected operation item, and the displayed toolbox and the status at that time are erased or left unattended, and the drawing function is resumed. When selecting, unless you set a shortcut, you have to select again from the top toolbox, and it is not easy to tell which toolbox the desired menu button is in. There is a problem that workability is bad.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a drawing system that satisfies both operability and visibility by leaving necessary menus and histories and deleting unnecessary menus and histories, and The purpose is to provide the program.

The drawing system according to the present invention made to solve the above-described problems is a drawing system that performs drawing by combining graphic data that can be processed by a computer.
The drawing system includes data including a combination of a plurality of toolboxes each having a single or a plurality of related operation items, and a tool function assigned to the operation items and performing a graphic editing process. A selection means for displaying function data and a lower-level toolbox assigned to the operation item by pointing to the operation item or starting a specific function assigned to the operation item, and a new operation item The selection cancels the selection of the operation item at the same level that was omitted from the selection, and also maintains the display of the toolbox that includes the released operation item and the toolbox that exists as an upper hierarchy of the operation item, and then cancels the selection. Tool management means for canceling the selection and display of toolboxes existing as a lower hierarchy of the selected operation item, Serial selecting means and said tool toolbox displayed by the management means, by the tool managing means and said selecting means, together with arranging from the upper layer in a row on top of the edit screen in the order of the lower layer, said tool function The display is maintained even when activated .

  The drawing system may include the selection unit that highlights a menu button that is valid for selection and the tool management unit that highlights a menu button that is not valid for selection.

It is good also as a drawing system provided with the said selection means to highlight-display only the toolbox displayed on the lowest layer.

A drawing program according to the present invention made to solve the above-described problems is a drawing program for drawing by combining graphic data that can be processed by a computer.
And this drawing program is a tool function for performing a graphic editing process assigned to the operation items and data obtained by hierarchically combining a plurality of tool boxes each having a single or a plurality of related operation items. A selection function for displaying data of a specific function including a point, a toolbox in a lower hierarchy assigned to the operation item by pointing to the operation item, or starting a specific function assigned to the operation item; With the new selection of, the selection of the operation item of the same level that was omitted from the selection is canceled, and the display of the toolbox including the released operation item and the toolbox existing as the upper hierarchy of the operation item is maintained. Tool tube that cancels the selection and display of toolboxes that exist as a lower hierarchy of the released operation item Comprising means, said selecting means and said tool toolbox displayed by the management means, by the tool managing means and said selecting means, together with arranging from the upper layer in a row on top of the edit screen in the order of the lower layer, When the tool function is activated, it is made to function as a drawing system that maintains its display .

  A drawing program for causing a computer to function as a drawing system including the selection unit that highlights a menu button for which selection is valid, and the tool management unit that does not highlight a menu button for which selection is not valid. Also good.

It may be a drawing program that causes a computer to function as a drawing system including the selection unit that highlights only the toolbox displayed in the lowest layer.

As described above, according to the drawing system and the program thereof according to the present invention, it is possible to display all the tool boxes constituting a single system from the main menu to the current operation according to the user's needs at the time of work . The associated tools contained in the displayed toolbox can be used immediately with a single launch request. That is, it is possible to easily reach the relevant function just before or several times ago.

  Also, based on a common property or a toolbox that collects similar or similar operation items from upper operation items to lower operation items, such as editing target, editing content, work content, and processing content For example, editing a section view of a beam by displaying all the toolboxes that make up a single system up to the current operation after hierarchizing a toolbox that collects multiple operation items grouped together Just like following the toolbox that is displayed, you can check what components, such as stairs and frameworks, are being edited, such as editing a section or column.

  In addition, by performing the process of highlighting the menu buttons for which the selection is valid, it is only necessary to follow the highlights. Specifically, for example, all the tool boxes of a single system are arranged in the top horizontal row. If displayed, the last toolbox of those toolboxes is the currently active toolbox, and the menu button highlighted in that toolbox is the currently active tool Simple visibility can be obtained and the work history can be confirmed.

  On the other hand, everything except the toolboxes that make up other systems and the lower-level toolbox displayed as the activation of a specific function due to a new activation request has been deleted. For example, if all the toolboxes of a single system are displayed in the uppermost horizontal row without being filled with the toolbox used in the previous work, the editing screen is not wasted and a wide editing screen is displayed. There is an advantage that you can work in.

It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of transition of the toolbox displayed by the drawing system by this invention, and a drawing program. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hierarchical structure of the toolbox displayed by the drawing system and drawing program by this invention, and the system | strain which the specific function started by the drawing system and drawing program by this invention traces. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process which the selection means and tool management means in the drawing system and drawing program by this invention perform. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process which the tool management means in the drawing system and drawing program by this invention performs. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the edit screen displayed by the drawing system and drawing program by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the drawing system by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the specific means of the drawing system by this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a drawing system and a program thereof according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
The example shown in FIG. 6 is a drawing system that performs drawing by combining computer-processable graphic data using a computer system, and includes an input device 1, a control device 2, an output device 3, and a recording device 4. Composed.

The input device 1 is a device for inputting data readable by the control device, such as a keyboard and a pointing device, by a user operation.
The control device 2 is obtained by installing a drawing program for causing a computer system to function as a drawing system in hardware including a CPU, a memory, and an input / output interface.
The output device 3 is a display device that displays an edited graphic so as to be visible, a printer that prints on paper, or the like.
The recording device 4 is various recording media such as a hard disk and a USB memory.

In this example of the computer system, an application program (plotting program) stored in the hard disk starts up and functions as a plotting system by the above configuration.
The graphic data to be edited is input or stored by reading / writing with respect to the recording device 4 composed of various recording media or by operation through the input device 1, and the graphic data editing processing is performed by a tool (function that is provided in the drawing system). ) And the position data given by the input device 1.

  In order to perform the editing process as described above, the drawing system includes data (tool data) obtained by hierarchically combining a plurality of tool boxes each including a single or a plurality of related operation items, and a specification assigned to the operation item. Function data (function data) and a selection means for displaying a toolbox in a lower hierarchy assigned to the operation item by pointing to the operation item or starting a specific function assigned to the operation item, Tool management means is provided for canceling selection of an operation item in the same hierarchy that has been omitted from selection as a result of a new selection of the operation item, and canceling selection and display of a toolbox that exists as a lower hierarchy of the canceled operation item ( (See FIG. 7).

<Tool data>
The tool data includes a menu button object, a tool box object, and a map object.
The menu button object is a button index (ID) for specifying the menu button (operation item), and button area data (display) for defining an area (display area, in this example, a rectangle) for displaying the menu button. (Width × height), button color data for determining the color of the display area (during highlighting and non-highlighting), button position data for determining the display position of the display area, and modeling processing applied to the display area Button image data and function name data that determines the function name assigned to the menu button (if the assigned function is a tool function described later, the function name data of the tool function with the toolbox index (ID) described later) Is provided.

  The tool box object includes a tool box index (ID) for specifying the tool box, one or a plurality of button indexes (ID) included in the tool box, and an area for displaying the tool box (display area. In this example, the toolbox area data (display width × height) that determines the rectangle, the toolbox color data that determines the color of the display area (highlighted and non-highlighted), and the display position of the display area Includes toolbox position data to determine.

The map object includes hierarchical data indicating a connection state of each toolbox and a rank of each toolbox in a hierarchical structure.
The tool data is, for example, a tool box that collects a plurality of similar or similar operation items from an upper operation item to a lower operation item, such as editing target, editing content, work content, and processing content, Alternatively, a hierarchical structure of a tool box in which a plurality of operation items grouped based on a certain common property is collected is formed (see FIG. 2A).

<Function data>
The function data includes a tool function for performing editing processing of a graphic assigned to the menu button, and a menu function for displaying a tool box and a menu button included therein and waiting for an activation request to the selection means.
Depending on the processing content, the tool function takes in various data necessary for editing, such as position data and material data generated by the user's editing operation, from the input device 1 as parameters of the tool function, and the tool function The image data obtained by performing the used arithmetic processing is stored in the memory or the recording device 4.

  By selecting an edit-related button in the main menu that is displayed when the drawing program is activated, the menu function is activated and the top-level toolbox is displayed.

  The selection means detects a mouse click (pointing operation: activation request), compares the coordinates of the mouse click with the button position data of each menu button, identifies the selected menu button, and is newly selected The selection of the menu button is validated, the specific function assigned to the operation item of the selected menu button is activated, and the menu button whose selection is valid is highlighted (see FIG. 3B).

  Here, the menu button whose selection is valid is a menu button that has received a new activation request (newly selected) and a menu button that exists in the upper hierarchy of the same system as the menu button. Further, the system is a system determined by the hierarchical data, and is a line connected by one or a plurality of menu buttons that have received activation requests in each tool box traced until the lowest-level tool box is displayed. (Refer to the solid line in FIG. 2B).

  At that time, if there is a menu button already selected in the toolbox of the same hierarchy based on the map object, the tool management means cancels the selection of the menu button (cancels the activation of the function). At the same time, the menu button whose selection has been canceled is not highlighted (see FIG. 3A).

  The tool management means displays the menu function assigned to the deselected menu button when the toolbox in the lower hierarchy of the menu button deselected and non-highlighted is displayed. Delete the toolbox display of the lower hierarchy that has been deleted (maintain the display of the toolbox including the menu button that has been deselected and the existing toolbox that exists as an upper hierarchy), and the deleted tool The selection of the menu button selected in the box is canceled (the activation of the specific function assigned to the menu button is canceled) (see FIG. 3C).

In this way, the tool management means checks whether or not a lower-level toolbox of the toolbox whose activation has been canceled is displayed, and if it is displayed, deletes the lower-level toolbox. (The display of the already displayed toolbox existing as the upper hierarchy of the toolbox whose activation has been canceled is maintained), and the same processing is performed by shifting attention to the lower hierarchy of the deleted toolbox.
After the above process, all the menu buttons in the lower hierarchy displayed by the menu function of the menu button that has been omitted from the activation request in the toolbox including the menu button that received the new activation request are deleted, and the menu button is displayed. Release the activation of the allocated function (see FIG. 4).

Subsequently, the selection unit confirms whether the specific function assigned to the menu button that has received the new activation request is the menu function or the tool function.
When the specific function assigned to the menu button is the menu function, the menu function is a toolbox index determined by the menu function as a toolbox in a lower hierarchy of the toolbox that has received the activation request. The predetermined toolbox based on the toolbox area data and the toolbox color data is displayed at a predetermined position determined by the toolbox position data (see FIG. 3D).

  The menu function displays a predetermined menu button based on various data included in the menu button object based on the button index in the tool box, and waits for an activation request via the selection unit.

  In the example shown in Fig. 1, the top-level toolbox displayed by selecting the editing-related buttons in the main menu has elements in common as structural elements such as bases, columns, beams, slabs, walls, and stairs. Are listed as options to be edited (see FIG. 5).

  The second-level toolbox in this example is added to the right side of the top-level toolbox, for example, and when the base menu button is selected in the top-level toolbox, list editing, frame layout, Menu buttons displaying elements having common points as editing contents such as reinforcing bar arrangement are listed, and listed as options for editing contents (see the second row in FIG. 1).

  The third-level toolbox in this example is added to the right side of the second-level toolbox, for example, and when the rebar editing menu button is selected in the second-level toolbox, the edit contents Menu buttons displaying elements having common points as work contents such as calculation, editing, deletion, and processing table according to the above are listed, and listed as options for each work contents (see the third row in FIG. 1).

The fourth-level toolbox in this example is added to the right side of the third-level toolbox, for example, and when the edit menu button is selected in the third-level toolbox, In response, menu buttons displaying elements having common points as processing contents such as addition, expansion / contraction, rotation, bending, cutting, and movement are listed, and listed as options for each processing content (see the fourth row in FIG. 1).
With respect to the fifth layer in this example, for example, when a menu button for movement is selected, a tool function is activated instead of a menu function, and rebar movement is executed.

  At this time, as shown in the fourth row of FIG. 1 and FIG. 5, four tool boxes are displayed in a line at the top of the editing screen by the functions of the selection means and the tool management means. The selected base, rebar edit, edit, and move menu buttons are highlighted, and the toolbox at the lowest level is also highlighted. It is possible to recognize at a glance the toolbox to which it belongs, and the system consisting of the structural elements, editing contents, work contents, and machining contents that have been traced so far.

In this state, for example, if the editing content selection is changed from reinforcing bar editing in the second layer to frame arrangement, the menu button highlight display in the second layer is displayed as shown in the fifth row of FIG. From the 4th layer to the 2nd layer, and the work contents such as new, change, and deletion that should be displayed when the frame layout menu button is selected soon. A third-level toolbox listing menu buttons displaying elements having points is displayed with highlighting (see the sixth row in FIG. 1).
At this time, the tool management means erases all the toolboxes in the fourth hierarchy that were displayed as toolboxes lower than the third hierarchy.

The third hierarchy is added to the right side of the second hierarchy toolbox, for example, and when the change is selected as the work content in the second hierarchy toolbox, the third hierarchy toolbox is selected. The box enumerates menu buttons displaying elements having common points as work contents such as height, rotation, expansion / contraction, elevation editing, and movement in accordance with the work contents, and lists them as options for each work contents (FIG. 1 See bottom row).
When, for example, a high and low menu button is selected as the processing content in the fourth-level toolbox, a tool function is activated instead of a menu function, and the height change is executed.

  At this time, as shown in the bottom row of FIG. 1, four toolboxes are displayed in a line at the top of the editing screen, and for each toolbox, a menu of base, chassis arrangement, change, and elevation is selected. Since the button is highlighted and the toolbox of the lowest hierarchy is also highlighted, the currently activated specific function and the toolbox to which it belongs, and the components of the chassis that have been traced so far, A system consisting of editing contents, work contents, and processing contents can be recognized at a glance.

  As described above, each toolbox collects and lists a plurality of operation items grouped based on a common property or a tool box that collects similar or similar operation items. Accordingly, it is possible to perform an efficient work while displaying menu buttons to which related functions closely related to the current work are assigned in the vicinity of each other.

    1 input device, 2 control device, 3 output device, 4 recording device,

Claims (2)

In a drawing system that draws by combining graphic data that can be processed by a computer,
Data obtained by hierarchically combining a plurality of toolboxes having a single or a plurality of related operation items;
Data of a specific function including a tool function assigned to the operation item and performing a graphic editing process ;
A selection means for displaying a toolbox in a lower hierarchy assigned to the operation item by pointing to the operation item or activating a specific function assigned to the operation item;
By selecting a new operation item, the selection of the operation item at the same level that was omitted from the selection is canceled, and the display of the toolbox that includes the released operation item and the toolbox that exists as a higher hierarchy of the operation item is maintained. The tool management means for canceling the selection and display of the toolbox existing as a lower hierarchy of the canceled operation item,
It said selecting means and the tool displayed Toolbox by the management means, by the tool managing means and said selecting means, together with arranging from the upper layer in a row on top of the edit screen in the order of the lower layer, said tool function A drawing system that maintains its display even when activated . In a drawing program that draws by combining graphic data that can be processed by a computer,
On the computer,
Data obtained by hierarchically combining a plurality of toolboxes having a single or a plurality of related operation items;
Data of a specific function including a tool function assigned to the operation item and performing a graphic editing process ;
A selection means for displaying a toolbox in a lower hierarchy assigned to the operation item by pointing to the operation item or activating a specific function assigned to the operation item;
By selecting a new operation item, the selection of the operation item at the same level that was omitted from the selection is canceled, and the display of the toolbox that includes the released operation item and the toolbox that exists as a higher hierarchy of the operation item is maintained. The tool management means for canceling the selection and display of the toolbox existing as a lower hierarchy of the canceled operation item,
It said selecting means and the tool displayed Toolbox by the management means, by the tool managing means and said selecting means, together with arranging from the upper layer in a row on top of the edit screen in the order of the lower layer, said tool function A plotting program that functions as a plotting system that maintains its display even when activated .

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