JP6789525B2 - CAD equipment, information processing methods, and programs - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a CAD device for producing or supporting a drawing of a building or the like, particularly a CAD device for building equipment.

Conventionally, there has been a CAD system for buildings capable of predicting and evaluating the environmental load of a building to be designed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-27458

However, in the conventional CAD device, the elements constituting the drawing of the building cannot be properly grouped and the elements cannot be processed for each group.

In the CAD apparatus of the first invention, element information having two or more attribute information including an element identifier that identifies an element constituting a drawing of a building and arrangement information that specifies the position of an element in the drawing of the building is provided. Corresponds to an element information storage unit that stores two or more elements, a correspondence information storage unit that stores one or more correspondence information indicating the correspondence between the type information that is the type of the element and the attribute information, and one or more correspondence information. A grouping unit that groups element information having attribute information for each of two or more attribute information pairs with type information, and an element that outputs element-related information related to element information for each group grouped by the grouping unit. It is a CAD device including an information output unit.

With such a configuration, the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately grouped and the elements can be processed for each group.

Further, the CAD apparatus of the second invention has a hierarchical relationship between two or more types of information with respect to the first invention, and the element information output unit can visually recognize the hierarchical relationship. It is a CAD device that outputs element-related information.

With such a configuration, the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately grouped, the groups can be hierarchized, and the elements can be processed for each group.

Further, in the CAD apparatus of the third invention, with respect to the second invention, the element information output unit has a hierarchical relationship of two or more attribute information paired with two or more types of information having a hierarchical relationship. It is a CAD device that outputs so as to be visually recognizable.

With such a configuration, the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately grouped, and the information about the elements can be appropriately displayed for each group.

Further, in the CAD apparatus of the fourth invention, for any one of the first to third inventions, the element-related information includes the attribute information, and the arrangement of one or more element information of the element information storage unit. A design corresponding to the element information is arranged at the position indicated by the information, and the drawing component unit that constitutes the drawing of the building, the drawing output unit that outputs the drawing configured by the drawing component unit, and the element information output unit output. It also has an attribute information instruction receiving unit that receives attribute information instructions for attribute information, and the drawing output unit visually distinguishes the symbol paired with the attribute information corresponding to the attribute information instruction from other symbols and stands out. It is a CAD device that outputs in a mode.

With such a configuration, the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately grouped, and the information about the elements can be appropriately displayed for each group.

Further, in the CAD apparatus of the fifth invention, with respect to the fourth invention, the drawing output unit receives the attribute information instruction for the attribute information of the upper layer among the layered attribute information. When the department accepts, the attribute information that received the attribute information instruction and the symbol that is paired with the attribute information lower than the attribute information are visually distinguished from other symbols, and the drawing is output so that it stands out. It is a CAD device.

With such a configuration, the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately grouped, and the drawing can be appropriately displayed by using the group.

Further, the CAD apparatus of the sixth invention stores one or more color information indicating a color for the type information or the attribute information in association with the type information or the attribute information for the fourth or fifth invention. A color information storage unit is further provided, and the drawing output unit visually distinguishes a symbol from at least other symbols and outputs color information for type information or attribute information paired with the symbol when the symbol is output in a conspicuous manner. It is a CAD device that outputs a design using the color indicated by.

With such a configuration, the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately grouped, and the drawing can be appropriately displayed by using the group.

Further, the CAD apparatus of the seventh invention includes an attribute information instruction receiving unit that receives an attribute information instruction for the attribute information output by the element information output unit for any one of the first to third inventions. It is a CAD apparatus further including an element identification information output unit which outputs one or more element identification information which can identify one or more element information paired with the attribute information corresponding to the attribute information instruction.

With such a configuration, the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately grouped, and the information of the elements for each group can be appropriately displayed.

Further, the CAD apparatus of the eighth invention corresponds to the element information at the position indicated by the arrangement information of one or more element information of the element information storage unit for any one of the first to third inventions. It further includes a drawing component unit that arranges symbols and constitutes a drawing of a building, a drawing output unit that outputs the drawing, and a symbol instruction receiving unit that receives a symbol instruction for one symbol in the drawing, and outputs element information. The unit is a CAD device that outputs element-related information corresponding to a symbol in response to a symbol instruction in a conspicuous manner in comparison with other element-related information.

With such a configuration, the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately grouped, and the design of the elements can be appropriately displayed for each group.

Further, the CAD apparatus of the ninth invention further includes a grouping information storage unit for storing grouping information for specifying element information to be grouped for any one of the first to eighth inventions. However, the grouping unit is element information having attribute information for each of two or more attribute information pairs with the type information corresponding to one or more corresponding information, and groups the element information specified by the grouping information. It is a CAD device that is transformed into.

With such a configuration, the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately grouped.

Further, the CAD apparatus of the tenth invention receives an element addition instruction for receiving an element addition instruction which is an instruction for adding element information having one or more attribute information for any one of the first to ninth inventions. The element information output unit further includes a unit and a storage unit that stores the element information indicated by the element addition instruction in the element information storage unit, and the element information output unit is an element of the group to which the element information belongs immediately after the storage unit stores the element information. It is a CAD device that updates and outputs related information.

With such a configuration, the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately added.

According to the present invention, the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately grouped, and the elements can be processed for each group.

Block diagram of the CAD device according to the embodiment Flow chart for explaining the operation of the CAD device Data structure diagram of element information Correspondence information data structure diagram The figure which shows one output example of the element information output part The figure which shows the other output example of the element information output part The figure which shows the output example of a drawing output part External view of computer system Diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of a computer system

Hereinafter, embodiments of the CAD device and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment, the components with the same reference numerals perform the same operation, and thus the description may be omitted again.

The CAD device 1 in the present embodiment is usually a CAD device for building equipment. Building equipment is equipment installed in a building. Building equipment is, for example, lighting equipment, air conditioners, and the like.

The luminaire is, for example, a fluorescent lamp. The switch for turning on or off the fluorescent lamp and the wiring between the switch and the fluorescent lamp are also a kind of building equipment and may be considered as a part of the lighting equipment, like the fluorescent lamp. The air conditioner is composed of, for example, an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. The piping between the indoor unit and the outdoor unit is also a type of building equipment and may be considered as a part of the air conditioner. However, the type of lighting equipment and the type of air conditioner do not matter. Further, the building equipment may be any equipment that can be installed in the building.

The CAD device for building equipment is a CAD device that creates or supports the drawing of a building having the building equipment as described above. This type of CAD device (hereinafter, may be simply referred to as a CAD device) manages two or more elements (which may be referred to as parts) constituting the drawing.

The element is, for example, an element corresponding to one or more building facilities provided in the building, but may be an element corresponding to the building itself. The element corresponding to the building equipment may be, for example, an element corresponding to a lighting fixture, an element corresponding to an air conditioner, or an element corresponding to a fluorescent lamp which is a kind of a lighting fixture, which constitutes an air conditioner. It may be an element corresponding to the outdoor unit.

The element corresponding to the building itself is, for example, an element corresponding to one or more floors in the building, an element corresponding to one or more rooms in the floor, and the like, but on the roof of the building. It may be a corresponding element or an element corresponding to the entire building.

In the following, when the term is simply referred to as an element, it is usually an element corresponding to a building facility, but it may be considered that an element corresponding to the building itself is also included.

Specifically, the element is, for example, a set (element information: described later) of various information (type information, arrangement information, symbol information, etc .: described later) relating to its arrangement, its type, its symbol, and the like.

As a basic operation, the CAD device 1 first receives, for example, a drawing read from a recording medium or received from an external device and outputs it to a display. The accepted drawing is, for example, a drawing of the building itself, which is previously drawn by another CAD device for building design or general purpose, but is a drawing of a building having building equipment manufactured by the CAD device 1 in the past. It may be.

Next, the CAD device 1 corresponds to the building equipment by receiving an instruction (for example, an element addition instruction: described later) input to the drawing displayed on the display via an input device such as a mouse or a touch panel. Add one or more elements (eg, place the selected element in a specified position).

In the CAD device 1, for example, the first element corresponding to the main body of the lighting fixture is arranged in a room on the first floor of the building, and the switch of the lighting fixture corresponds to the vicinity of the entrance / exit of the room. When the second element is placed, there is also a function to automatically connect between the first and second elements with the third element corresponding to the wiring routed along the surface of the room. It is preferable to have.

Further, in the CAD device 1, for example, a fourth element corresponding to an indoor unit of an air conditioner is arranged in an office on the first floor of a five-story building, and the outdoor of the air conditioner is placed on the roof of the building. When the fifth element corresponding to the machine is arranged, it is routed between the fourth and fifth elements along the surface of the office, the pillars penetrating each floor, the surface of the roof, and the like. It is more preferable that the sixth element corresponding to the piping also has a function of automatically connecting.

However, since such a basic operation is known and is not directly related to the main features of the present invention, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

One of the main features of the CAD device 1 is the automatic grouping of elements. That is, the CAD device 1 automatically acquires two or more elements constituting the drawing for each one or more attribute information (for example, type information, arrangement information, etc.) of the element information (described later) related to the elements. Group and output element-related information related to element information (for example, the number of elements, a set of one or more element names: described later) for each group. In particular, two or more types of information have a hierarchical relationship such as a floor and a room, a lighting fixture and a fluorescent lamp, and the CAD device 1 is element-related so that the hierarchical relationship can be visually recognized. Output information (for example, displayed in the form of a system diagram such as Windows® Explorer).

Further, another main feature of the CAD device 1 is the manual addition of groups (in other words, customization of element information and the like). That is, the CAD device 1 adds new type information (for example, "system") and corresponding one or more new attribute information (for example, "piping system" and "wiring system"). (Element addition instruction: described later) is received, information indicating the correspondence between the new type information and one or more new attribute information (correspondence information: described later) is configured, and the element name "piping" is supported. New attribute information "piping system" is added to the element information to be added, and new attribute information "wiring system" is added to the element information corresponding to the element name "wiring". As a result, the CAD device 1 can output the output for each group also for the new group (that is, "piping system", "wiring system") added in this way.

The CAD device 1 is realized by, for example, one PC, but may be realized by a server. In the latter case, the CAD device 1 is communicably connected to one or more PCs via a network such as a LAN or the Internet, a wireless or wired communication line, or the like.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the CAD device 1 according to the present embodiment. The CAD device 1 includes a storage unit 11, a reception unit 12, a processing unit 13, and an output unit 14. The storage unit 11 includes an element information storage unit 111, a correspondence information storage unit 112, a color information storage unit 113, and a grouping information storage unit 114. The reception unit 12 includes an attribute information instruction reception unit 121, a symbol instruction reception unit 122, and an element addition instruction reception unit 123. The processing unit 13 includes a grouping unit 131, a drawing component unit 132, and a storage unit 133. The output unit 14 includes an element information output unit 141, a drawing output unit 142, and an element specific information output unit 143.

The storage unit 11 can store various types of information. The various types of information include, for example, element information described later, correspondence information described later, color information described later, grouping information described later, and the like.

Two or more element informations are stored in the element information storage unit 111. The element information is information about the elements constituting the drawing of the building. The building is, for example, a building, a house, or the like, but may be a facility such as a hall or a ball game field, and the type is not limited. The drawings of the building (hereinafter, may be simply referred to as drawings) and their elements will not be repeated as described above.

The element information has one or more attribute information. Attribute information is information about the attributes of an element. The attribute information includes, for example, the arrangement information described later, the type information described above, the element name described later, and the like. In the following, a set of one or more attribute information constituting the element information may be referred to as an "attribute information group".

The element information has, for example, an element identifier and two or more attribute information, and one of the two or more attribute information is arrangement information.

The element identifier is information that identifies an element. The element identifier is, for example, an element number such as "1" or "2", but may be an ID composed of a combination of two or more numbers, alphabets, symbols, etc., as long as the information can identify the element. Anything is fine.

The arrangement information is information for specifying the position of an element in the drawing. The arrangement information is, for example, the coordinate values of the representative points of the elements. The representative point is, for example, a center point, but may be one end point, two points indicating a rectangular area corresponding to the element, or the like, and if it is a point that can represent the element, its type and number. Does not matter. The arrangement information may be, for example, one coordinate value corresponding to one representative point such as a center point, or two coordinate values corresponding to two representative points indicating an area (for example, upper right coordinate, lower left coordinate, etc.). Good.

As described above, the type information is information indicating the type of the element. The type information is, for example, a type name such as "lighting fixture", "floor", or "room", but may be common with an element name described later.

The element name is the name of the element. The name of the element is usually a name indicating the type of the element (that is, the above-mentioned type name), but for example, a name that can identify the element may be used. The element name of the former is, for example, "fluorescent lamp" or "meeting room", and the element name of the latter is, for example, "1F" or "office room" when there is only one office room in the building. And so on.

The attribute information may be called an attribute value. The attribute value is, for example, a room name "office", a floor name "1F", an equipment name "fluorescent lamp", or the like. The equipment name may include information on the type and size of the equipment (“bottom open type 2 lights”, “32W”, etc.). The attribute value may be paired with the attribute name. The attribute names are, for example, "room name", "floor name", "equipment name", and the like. The equipment can be called building equipment.

The element information also has, for example, a symbol. It should be noted that having a symbol includes the case where the symbol is stored as a pair with the element information. Even when the symbol corresponds to the type information, it may be considered that the element information has the symbol. The design is, for example, image data, but may be an ID corresponding to the image data. Specifically, the design is, for example, a line such as a straight line, a curve, or a dotted line, a figure, a symbol, or a symbol in which two or more lines are combined, and the image data is, for example, vector data, a bitmap, or the like. However, the type of design and data format do not matter.

The element information storage unit 111 may be, for example, a database of Rebro (registered trademark).

Correspondence information storage unit 112 stores one or more correspondence information. Correspondence information is information indicating the correspondence between the type information and the attribute information. The type information is information indicating the type of the element. The type information is, for example, floor, room, lighting, and the like. The type information may be, for example, an attribute name. Further, the type information may be common with the element name.

Corresponding information is, for example, information that "the floor has 1st floor, 2nd floor, etc." and "the room has an office, a conference room, etc." Alternatively, the corresponding information is, for example, a pair of type information and two or more attribute information (for example, a pair of type information "floor" and two or more attribute information "1F", "2F", etc., type information "room". ”And two or more attribute information“ office ”,“ meeting room ”, etc.) may be composed. Corresponding information is, for example, "type information: floor | attribute information: 1F, 2F, 3F", "type information: room | attribute information: office, conference room". The data structure of the correspondence information does not matter.

The color information storage unit 113 stores one or more color information in association with the type information or attribute information. The color information is information indicating a color with respect to the type information or the attribute information. The color information is, for example, color names such as "red" and "blue", and information such as RGB, but the expression format is not limited.

The color information storage unit 113 may store, for example, a set of pairs of type information and color information. The set of pairs of type information and color information is, for example, a pair of type information "floor" and color information "green", a pair of type information "lighting fixture" and color information "orange", and the like. The color information storage unit 113 is, for example, "type information = lighting equipment | color information = orange".

Alternatively, the color information storage unit 113 may store, for example, a set of pairs of attribute information other than type information and color information. The set of pairs of attribute information other than type information and color information is, for example, a pair of floor name "1F" and color information "yellowish green", a pair of floor name "2F" and color information "dark green", etc. Is.

Grouping information is stored in the grouping information storage unit 114. The grouping information is information that identifies the element information to be grouped. The grouping information is, for example, a set of one or more attribute values that specify the element information to be grouped. The attribute value is, for example, type information such as "floor" or "lighting fixture", but may be an element name. The element name is, for example, a floor name such as "1F", an equipment name such as "fluorescent lamp", or the like.

Alternatively, the grouping information may be a set of one or more attribute values that specify element information that is not the grouping target.

Specifically, the grouping information storage unit 114 may store, for example, grouping information (for example, "lighting equipment") that specifies element information to be grouped in advance. The grouping information stored in the grouping information storage unit 114 in advance or at the present time may be changed by the grouping unit 131 when, for example, the reception unit 12 receives an instruction to change the grouping information. Good. Such instructions may have new grouping information (eg, "lighting fixtures, switches, and wiring"), in which case the pre- or current stored grouping information is the new grouping. It is changed to the information.

Further, the grouping information may have a group identifier. The group identifier is information that identifies a group. The group identifier may be, for example, the type information when the grouping information has only one type information (for example, "lighting fixture"). Further, for example, when the grouping information has two or more types of information (for example, "lighting equipment, switch, and wiring"), the group identifier is the highest type information (for example, lighting equipment) among them. , New type information (eg, "wiring system", etc.) may be used.

The reception unit 12 receives various types of information. The various types of information are, for example, instructions such as attribute information instructions described later, symbol instructions described later, and element addition instructions described later. The reception unit 12 may also receive other instructions (for example, instructions for changing the grouping information described above) and information other than the instructions. This also applies to the attribute information instruction reception unit 121 and the like.

The reception unit 12 normally accepts information input via an input device such as a keyboard, but may accept information received from a terminal such as a PC via a network or the like, or from a recording medium such as a disk. The read information may be accepted. It should be noted that such matters are also common to the attribute information instruction receiving unit 121 and the like.

The attribute information instruction receiving unit 121 receives the attribute information instruction. The attribute information instruction is an instruction for the attribute information output by the element information output unit 141. The attribute information instruction may be, for example, an instruction to select one of the two or more output attribute information.

Specifically, for example, the element information output unit 141, which will be described later, outputs two or more attribute information to the display, and the attribute information instruction reception unit 121 outputs one of the two or more attribute information displayed on the display. The attribute information instruction to be selected may be accepted.

The symbol instruction receiving unit 122 receives the symbol instruction. The symbol instruction is an instruction for one symbol in the drawing. The symbol instruction may be, for example, an instruction to select one of two or more symbols in the drawing displayed on the display.

For example, the element information output unit 141, which will be described later, outputs a drawing having two or more symbols via the display, and the attribute information instruction reception unit 121 is one of the two or more symbols in the drawing displayed on the display. The instruction attribute information instruction to select the symbol of is accepted.

The element addition instruction receiving unit 123 receives the element addition instruction. The element addition instruction is an instruction to add element information. The element addition instruction usually includes element information to be added. The element information included in the element addition instruction includes, for example, an element identifier and two or more attribute information including arrangement information.

The element addition instruction receiving unit 123 receives, for example, an element addition instruction including element information as described above in response to a new design being arranged in the drawing of the building output by the drawing output unit 142. You may.

Specifically, the element addition instruction receiving unit 123 is an element corresponding to one symbol in response to the selection of one symbol among two or more symbols via an input device such as a mouse or a touch panel, for example. The identifier is acquired by using the element information corresponding to the one symbol among the two or more element information stored in the element information storage unit 111.

Next, the element addition instruction receiving unit 123 acquires the arrangement information regarding the arrangement of the one symbol in response to the arrangement of the one symbol in the drawing of the building based on the coordinates from the input device. Next, the element addition instruction receiving unit 123 is attribute information other than the arrangement information, and one or more attribute information corresponding to the one symbol is provided, and element information corresponding to the one symbol of the element information storage unit 111 is provided. Get using.

The element addition instruction receiving unit 123 may accept one or more attribute information other than the element identifier, the arrangement information, and the arrangement information thus acquired as the element addition instruction including the element information as described above.

The processing unit 13 performs various processes. The various processes are, for example, processes of the grouping unit 131, the drawing component unit 132, the storage unit 133, and the like. In addition, the various processes include, for example, determination and determination described in the flowchart. Other processes will be described in a timely manner.

The grouping unit 131 groups the element information stored in the element information storage unit 111. The group referred to in the present embodiment is a set of two or more element information having the same type of attribute information. It should be noted that the group may include a group containing only one element information. Grouping the element information may be, for example, acquiring a set of two or more element information having the same type of attribute information, or a set of two or more element identifiers corresponding to the two or more element information. You may also get it. In the following, the process of grouping element information using attribute information may be referred to as grouping process.

Specifically, the grouping process is, for example, a process of acquiring an element identifier for each group, but may be a process of adding a group identifier to the element information, and a process of grouping the element information based on the attribute information. Anything is fine as long as it is. The group identifier to be added may be, for example, type information such as "floor" or "lighting equipment", element name such as "1F" or "office", or an ID corresponding to the type information or the like. It may be.

For example, the grouping unit 131 may group two or more stored element information and acquire one or more group information. Group information is information about a group. The group information has, for example, a group identifier and one or more element identifiers. The details of the group information will be described with a specific example.

The grouping unit 131 groups, for example, element information having the attribute information for each of two or more attribute information pairs with the type information corresponding to each of the one or more correspondence information stored in the correspondence information storage unit 112. To become. Details of the grouping process in such a case will be described with reference to specific examples.

The grouping unit 131 is, for example, element information having the attribute information for each of two or more attribute information paired with the type information corresponding to one or more corresponding information stored in the corresponding information storage unit 112. Yes, it is preferable to group the element information specified by the grouping information stored in the grouping information storage unit 114. The details of the grouping process in such a case will also be described with specific examples.

The drawing component 132 constitutes a drawing of the building. The drawing of the building is usually a drawing of a building having building equipment, but may be a drawing of the building itself before the building equipment is installed. Buildings, building equipment, and building drawings are not repeated as described above.

For example, the drawing configuration unit 132 arranges a symbol corresponding to the element information at a position indicated by the arrangement information of one or more of the two or more element information stored in the element information storage unit 111. And compose the drawing of the building. As described above, the symbol is included in the element information, for example, but may be managed as a pair with the element name or the type information by using the symbol management information or the like. The symbol management information is information for managing the symbol. The symbol management information is, for example, a set of pairs of element name or type information and a symbol, but its data structure does not matter.

The storage unit 133 stores the element information indicated by the element addition instruction received by the element addition instruction reception unit 123 in the element information storage unit 111.

As described above, the element addition instruction usually includes the element information, and the storage unit 133 stores the element information included in the element addition instruction received by the element addition instruction reception unit 123 in the element information storage unit 111. ..

The output unit 14 outputs various information. The various types of information include, for example, element-related information described later, a drawing of the building described above, element specific information described later, and the like. Output means, for example, display on a display, sound output from a speaker, printout by a printer, storage on a recording medium, delivery of processing results to another processing device or another program, and to an external device. It is a concept that includes the transmission of.

The output unit 14 normally outputs information such as element-related information via an output device such as a display, but may be transmitted to a terminal such as a PC via a network or the like, regardless of the output mode. Absent. It should be noted that such matters are also common to the element information output unit 141 and the like.

The element information output unit 141 outputs element-related information. Element-related information is information related to element information. The element-related information is, for example, element information, but may be a part of the element information. The part of the element information is, for example, attribute information, but may be an element identifier. As described above, the attribute information is, for example, an element name, an arrangement information, or the like. Further, the element-related information may be type information indicating the type of attribute information. Alternatively, the element-related information may be information related to the number of element information, or any information related to the element information.

The element information output unit 141 outputs element-related information for each group grouped by the grouping unit 131. To output element-related information for each group, for example, the number of elements belonging to the group (hereinafter, the number of elements) may be output, or the attribute information (element name, arrangement information, etc.) of the elements belonging to the group may be output. It may be output. To output the element-related information for each group is to output the element-related information so that the group can be recognized or the group can be recognized.

The element information output unit 141 may output element-related information for each group by using, for example, one or more group information acquired by the grouping unit 131.

The element information output unit 141 outputs element-related information so that the hierarchical relationship of two or more types of information can be visually recognized. The hierarchical relationship is usually a hierarchical relationship of type information, but it is also a hierarchical relationship of attribute information corresponding to the type information. The hierarchical relationship of two or more types of information is, for example, the hierarchical relationship "floor-room-lighting equipment" between the three types of information "floor", "room", and "lighting equipment".

Specifically, for example, the storage unit 11 stores the hierarchical information indicating the above-mentioned hierarchical relationship, and the grouping information storage unit 114 stores the type information "lighting fixture" as the grouping information. In this case, the element information output unit 141 may output the number of lighting fixtures in the entire building, the number of lighting fixtures for each floor, and the number of lighting fixtures for each room as element-related information. At that time, it is preferable that the element information output unit 141 also outputs the type information "lighting equipment".

The element information output unit 141 outputs two or more attribute information pairs with two or more types of information having a hierarchical relationship so that the hierarchical relationship can be visually recognized. The element information output unit 141 may output two or more attribute information paired with two or more types of information having a hierarchical relationship, for example, in the form of a system diagram according to the hierarchical information stored in the storage unit 11. Good.

The element information output unit 141 outputs the element-related information corresponding to the symbol for the symbol instruction received by the symbol instruction receiving unit 122 in a conspicuous manner in comparison with other element-related information. To output in a conspicuous manner, for example, it is displayed in a conspicuous color, but it may be displayed brightly or may be displayed in a thick line. Alternatively, to output in a conspicuous manner, for example, other element-related information may be displayed inconspicuously.

The element information output unit 141 updates and outputs the element-related information of the group to which the element information belongs immediately after the storage unit 133 stores the element information. The element-related information includes, for example, attribute information, and it is preferable that the element information output unit 141 also outputs the type information indicating the type of the attribute information when outputting the element-related information.

The drawing output unit 142 outputs the drawing configured by the drawing component unit 132.

When outputting the configured drawing, the drawing output unit 142 visually distinguishes the symbol paired with the attribute information corresponding to the attribute information instruction received by the attribute information instruction receiving unit 121 from other symbols. Output in a prominent manner.

When the attribute information instruction receiving unit 121 receives the attribute information instruction for the attribute information of the upper layer among the layered attribute information, the drawing output unit 142 pairs with the attribute information that received the attribute information instruction. In addition to the symbol, one or two or more symbols that are paired with the attribute information lower than the attribute information are also visually distinguished from other symbols, and a drawing configured to be conspicuous is output. To do. The conspicuous mode is, for example, that the color is different from the others, the brightness is different from the others, the background is different from the others, etc., and it may be widely understood and the display situation is different from the others.

The drawing output unit 142 uses the color indicated by the color information for the type information or attribute information paired with the symbol when the symbol is visually distinguished from at least other symbols and output in a conspicuous manner. Output the design.

The element identification information output unit 143 outputs one or more element identification information that can identify one or more element information paired with the attribute information corresponding to the attribute information instruction received by the attribute information instruction reception unit 121. The element identification information to be output may be any information that can identify the element, for example, an element name such as an equipment name or a room name, but may be attribute information other than the element name. The element specific information may have two or more attribute information including the element name.

The element identification information output unit 143 is, for example, a set of one or more element names paired with the above attribute information (for example, "fluorescent lamp bottom open type 2 lamps", "fluorescent lamp bottom open type 2 lamps". ", ..., etc.) may be output. Further, the element specific information output unit 143 may output a set of such element names in the form of a list, for example.

The storage unit 11, the element information storage unit 111, the corresponding information storage unit 112, the color information storage unit 113, and the grouping information storage unit 114 are preferably non-volatile recording media such as a hard disk or a flash memory, but RAM. It can also be realized with volatile recording media.

The process of storing information in the storage unit 11 or the like does not matter. For example, information may be stored in the storage unit 11 or the like via a recording medium, or information transmitted via a network, a communication line, or the like may be stored in the storage unit 11 or the like. Well, or the information input via the input device may be stored in the storage unit 11 or the like. The input device may be, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, or the like.

The reception unit 12, the attribute information instruction reception unit 121, the symbol instruction reception unit 122, and the element addition instruction reception unit 123 may or may not include an input device. The reception unit 12 and the like can be realized by the driver software of the input device or by the input device and its driver software.

The processing unit 13, the grouping unit 131, the drawing configuration unit 132, and the storage unit 133 can usually be realized from an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the processing unit 13 and the like is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as ROM. However, the processing procedure may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

The output unit 14, the element information output unit 141, the drawing output unit 142, and the element specific information output unit 143 may or may not be considered to include an output device such as a display or a speaker. The output unit 14 and the like can be realized by the driver software of the output device, or by the output device and its driver software.

The reception function of the reception unit 12 is usually realized by a wired or wireless communication means (for example, a communication module such as a NIC (Network interface controller) or a modem), but a means for receiving a broadcast (for example, broadcast reception). It may be realized by a module).

Further, the transmission function of the output unit 14 is usually realized by a wired or wireless communication means, but may be realized by a broadcasting means (for example, a broadcasting module).

Next, the operation of the CAD device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the CAD device 1.

(Step S201) The processing unit 13 determines whether or not to perform grouping. The processing unit 13 determines that grouping is performed, for example, when two or more element information is stored in the element information storage unit 111. After grouping the two or more element information once, the processing unit 13 may determine that the grouping is performed when new element information is added. If grouping is performed, the process proceeds to step S202, and if not, the process proceeds to step S204.

(Step S202) The grouping unit 131 executes a grouping process for grouping element information using the attribute information. Since the grouping process has been described above, it will not be repeated.

(Step S203) The element information output unit 141 outputs element-related information (for example, attribute information such as an element name) related to the element information for each group grouped in step S202. At that time, the element information output unit 141 includes two or more attribute information (for example, the type information "room") paired with two or more types of information having a hierarchical relationship (for example, "whole-room-floor"). Hierarchical relationship can be visually recognized for two paired room names "office room" and "meeting room" and two floor names "F1" and "F2" paired with type information "floor") As you can see, a system diagram like Explorer (for example, the element name "whole" in the reference layer, the element name "floor" in the first layer, the element name "room" in the second layer, and the elements in the third layer. The system diagram in which the name "lighting equipment" is arranged: see FIG. 5) is output. After that, the process returns to step S201.

(Step S204) The processing unit 13 determines whether or not to output the drawing. It should be noted that the output of the drawing includes the case where the output of the drawing is continued. For example, the processing unit 13 determines that the drawing will be output at the time of startup, then continues the positive determination, and determines that the drawing is not output at the end. If the drawing is to be output, the process proceeds to step S205, and if not, the process proceeds to step S207.

(Step S205) The drawing configuration unit 132 arranges a symbol corresponding to the element information at a position indicated by the arrangement information of one or more element information of the element information storage unit 111 to form a drawing of the building. The drawing component 132 performs such processing at the time of activation, and thereafter, only when element information is added in step S212, which will be described later, or when arrangement information is changed in another step (not shown). , Add or move symbols.

(Step S206) The drawing output unit 142 outputs the drawing configured in step S205. After that, the process returns to step S201.

(Step S207) The processing unit 13 determines whether or not the attribute information instruction receiving unit 121 has received the attribute information instruction. If the attribute information instruction receiving unit 121 has received the attribute information instruction, the process proceeds to step S208, and if not, the process proceeds to step S209.

(Step S208) The element information output unit 141 visually distinguishes a symbol paired with the attribute information corresponding to the attribute information instruction received in step S207 from other symbols, and outputs the symbol in a conspicuous manner. After that, the process returns to step S201.

(Step S209) The processing unit 13 determines whether or not the symbol instruction receiving unit 122 has received the symbol instruction. If the symbol instruction receiving unit 122 has received the symbol instruction, the process proceeds to step S210, and if not, the process proceeds to step S211.

(Step S210) The element information output unit 141 outputs the element-related information corresponding to the symbol for the symbol instruction received in step S209 in a conspicuous manner in comparison with other element-related information. After that, the process returns to step S201.

(Step S211) The processing unit 13 determines whether or not the element addition instruction receiving unit 123 has received the element addition instruction. If the element addition instruction receiving unit 123 has received the element addition instruction, the process proceeds to step S210, and if not, the process proceeds to step S211.

(Step S212) The storage unit 133 receives element information (for example, an element addition instruction indicating element information 7 related to a switch, an element addition instruction indicating element information 8 related to wiring, etc.) received in step S211. , Element information 7, element information 8, etc.) are stored in the element information storage unit 111.

(Step S213) The element information output unit 141 updates the element-related information of the group to which the element information belongs (for example, two new element names "switch" and "wiring" are added to the fourth layer of the above system diagram. ) And output. After that, the process returns to step S201.

In the flowchart of FIG. 2, the process starts when the power of the CAD device 1 is turned on or the program is started, and the process is terminated by the power off or the interrupt of the process end. However, the trigger for the start or end of processing does not matter.

Hereinafter, the specific operation of the CAD device 1 in the present embodiment will be described. The following description can be changed in various ways and does not limit the present invention in any way.

For example, two or more element information as shown in FIG. 3 can be stored in the element information storage unit 111. FIG. 3 is a data structure diagram of element information. The element information includes an element identifier, an attribute information group, a symbol (not shown), and the like. The element identifier is, for example, an element number such as "1" or "2", and the element information or the element is identified by such an element number. The attribute information group includes placement information, type information, and element names. The element name consists of a floor name, a room name, and an equipment name. The design may be image data or an ID.

The element information identified by the element number "1" (hereinafter, may be referred to as element information 1) includes the arrangement information "(x11, y11, z11), (x12, y12, z12)" and the type information "room". , And the element name "1F, office, Null" and the design of the office. In addition, "Null" is a flag indicating that the corresponding information does not exist.

Similarly, the element information (element information 2) identified by the element number “2” includes the arrangement information “(x21, y21, z21), (x22, y22, z22)”, the type information “room”, and the element name. It has "1F, conference room, Null" and the design of the conference room. The element information 3 has arrangement information “(x31, y31, z31), (x32, y32, z32)”, type information “room”, element names “1F, Null, Null”, and a floor design. The element information 4 has an arrangement information "(x4, y4, z4)", a type information "lighting fixture", an element name "1F, an office, a fluorescent lamp", and a fluorescent lamp design. The element information (element information 2) identified by the element number "5" includes the arrangement information "(x51, y51, z51), (x52, y52, z52)", the type information "room", and the element name "2F,". It has a conference room, Null, and a design of the conference room. The element information 6 has an arrangement information "(x6, y6, z6)", a type information "lighting fixture", an element name "1F, an office, a fluorescent lamp", and a design of the fluorescent lamp.

Further, the element information 7 has an arrangement information "(x7, y7, z7)", a type information "switch", an element name "1F, an office, a fluorescent lamp SW", and a switch design. The element information 8 includes arrangement information "(x81, y81, z81) to (x8m, y8m, z8m)", type information "wiring", and element name "1F, office, fluorescent lamp / SW wiring". Has a design of.

At present, it is assumed that only the element information 1 to 6 is stored in the element information storage unit 111, and the element information 7 and 8 are not yet stored.

For example, two or more correspondence information as shown in FIG. 4 can be stored in the correspondence information storage unit 112. FIG. 4 is a data structure diagram of correspondence information. Correspondence information is composed of a pair of type information and two or more attribute information. Each of the two or more stored correspondence information corresponds to an ID (for example, "1", "2", etc.).

For example, the correspondence information (correspondence information 1) corresponding to the ID "1" is composed of a pair of the type information "floor" and two or more attribute information "1F", "2F" and the like. Similarly, the correspondence information 2 is composed of a pair of type information “room” and two or more attribute information “office room”, “meeting room”, and the like. Correspondence information 3 is composed of a pair of type information "lighting equipment" and two or more attribute information "fluorescent lamp", "switch", "wiring" and the like.

At present, the correspondence information storage unit 112 stores the correspondence information 1 to 3, but the correspondence information 3 uses only the "fluorescent lamp" as the attribute information paired with the type information "lighting fixture". Has, and does not yet have "switches" and "wiring".

In the color information storage unit 113, for example, a pair of type information "floor" and color information "green", a pair of type information "room" and color information "blue", a type information "lighting fixture" and color information " A set of pairs of type information and color information, such as a pair of "orange", is stored in advance.

In the grouping information storage unit 114, for example, grouping information "lighting equipment" that specifies element information to be grouped is stored.

Further, for example, the hierarchical information "whole-floor-room-lighting fixture" is stored in the storage unit 11.

When the CAD device 1 is activated, the grouping unit 131 includes the correspondence information 1 to 3 stored in the correspondence information storage unit 112, and the grouping information "lighting equipment" stored in the grouping information storage unit 114. The element information 1 to 6 are grouped by using one or more attribute information of each of the element information 1 to 6 stored in the element information storage unit 111.

Specifically, for example, the grouping unit 131 first groups element information 1 to 6 for each of two or more attribute information "1F" and "2F" paired with the type information "floor" corresponding to the correspondence information 1. To become. As a result, the element information 1 to 6 constitutes a group of five element information 1 to 4 and 6 corresponding to the attribute information "1F" and a group of the element information 5 corresponding to the attribute information "2F". The grouping unit 131 has the attribute information "1F" and the five element identifiers "1 to 4, 6" corresponding to the five element information 1 to 4, 6 as the group information related to the former group. A second group that acquires group information "1F: 1 to 4, 6" and has attribute information "2F" and element identifier "5" corresponding to element information 5 as group information related to the latter group. The information "2F: 5" is acquired.

Next, the grouping unit 131 groups element information 1 to 6 for each of two or more attribute information "office" and "meeting room" paired with the type information "room" corresponding to the correspondence information 2. .. As a result, from element information 1 to 6, three groups of element information 1, 4 and 6 corresponding to the attribute information "office" and two groups of element information 2 and 5 corresponding to the attribute information "meeting room" And are configured. The grouping unit 131 acquires the third group information "office: 1, 4, 6" as the group information about the former group, and the fourth group information "office work" as the group information about the latter group. Room: Get 2,5 "and.

Next, the grouping unit 131 groups element information 1 to 6 for the attribute information "fluorescent lamp" paired with the type information "lighting fixture" corresponding to the correspondence information 3, thereby element information 1 to 6. Therefore, a group of two element information 4 and 6 corresponding to the attribute information "fluorescent lamp" is formed. The grouping unit 131 uses the fifth group information "fluorescent lamp: 4, 6" as group information regarding the group. To get.

In addition, the grouping unit 131, for example, by combining two or more of the first to fifth group information acquired in this way, the sixth group information "1F, office: 1, 2", the seventh group. Information "1F, conference room: 2, 6" and the like may also be acquired.

Further, the grouping unit 131 groups, for example, the element information 4 and 6 specified by the grouping information “lighting fixture” stored in the grouping information storage unit 114 by the above procedure, for example. The eighth group information "1F, office, fluorescent lamps: 4, 6" may also be acquired.

The element information output unit 141 uses one or more of the two or more group information (for example, the first to eighth group information) acquired in this way to provide element-related information in a hierarchical relationship for each grouped group. Outputs to the display in the form of a visually recognizable system diagram. As a result, the display displays, for example, a window including a system diagram as shown in FIG. This system diagram has a type information "whole" arranged in the reference layer, a type information "floor" arranged in the first layer, and a type information "room" arranged in the second layer.

In the above system diagram, when the type information "floor" is instructed, the element information output unit 141 decomposes the type information "floor" into two or more attribute information "1F" and "2F", and "1F" and The type information "room" is arranged below each of the "2F". Further, when the lower "room" of "1F" is instructed, the element information output unit 141 decomposes the "room" into "office room" and "meeting room". Further, when a lower "room" of "2F" is instructed, the element information output unit 141 decomposes the "room" into a "meeting room" or the like.

Then, the element information output unit 141 displays the number of lighting fixtures in association with each element such as "whole", "1F", and "office" constituting the system diagram. As a result, the system diagram in the window is updated as shown in FIG. 6, for example. In this system diagram, for example, "(100)" is displayed in association with "whole", "(60)" is displayed in association with "1F", and in the "office" below "1F". “(40)” is displayed in association with it, “(20)” is displayed in association with the “meeting room” below “1F”, and “(40)” is displayed in association with “2F”. Is displayed, and "(30)" is displayed in association with the "meeting room" below "2F". The number in parentheses is the number of lighting fixtures installed in the element.

The drawing composition unit 132 arranges a symbol corresponding to the element information at a position indicated by the arrangement information of each of the element information 1 to 6 of the element information storage unit 111, and constitutes a drawing of the building. The drawing output unit 142 outputs the drawing thus configured to the display. Thereby, for example, the display further displays, for example, in place of or in addition to the window containing the system diagram shown in FIG. 6, another window containing the drawings as shown in FIG. This drawing has six symbols corresponding to element information 1-6. Each symbol is displayed in a color corresponding to the color information of the color information storage unit 113 (for example, the floor is green, the room is blue, and the lighting fixture is orange).

When the attribute information instruction receiving unit 121 receives, for example, the attribute information instruction indicating "1F" with respect to the system diagram of FIG. 6, the element information output unit 141 uses the element information 1 to 4 and 6 to perform the attribute information instruction. The design of the 1st floor that is paired with the attribute information "1F" corresponding to the attribute information instruction, and each design of the room, lighting equipment, etc. on the 1st floor are paired with another design (for example, "2F"). It is visually distinguished from the design on the second floor (such as the conference room on the second floor) and output in a conspicuous manner (for example, red).

When the symbol instruction receiving unit 122 receives, for example, a symbol instruction indicating a symbol of the conference room on the second floor with respect to the drawing of FIG. 7, the element information output unit 141 uses the element information 5 to receive the symbol for the symbol instruction. The element-related information corresponding to (for example, "meeting room (30)" lower than "2F") is output in a conspicuous manner (for example, in bold) in comparison with other element-related information.

After that, it is assumed that the element addition instruction receiving unit 123 receives the element addition instruction for adding the switch corresponding to one fluorescent lamp in the office on the first floor and the wiring between the two. The element addition instruction is given by the processing unit 13 in response to the user arranging the switch symbol at a desired position in the drawing (for example, dragging and dropping the switch symbol into the first floor conference room). It has two attribute information groups corresponding to the attribute information group possessed by the element information 7 and the attribute information group possessed by the element information 8.

Of the above two attribute information groups, the storage unit 133 constitutes two element information 7 and 8 by associating the element identifier "7" with the former and the element identifier "8" with the latter, and the element information storage unit. Accumulate in 111.

The grouping unit 131 adds two attribute information "switch" and "wiring" in association with the type information "lighting fixture" possessed by the correspondence information 3 of the correspondence information storage unit 112. As a result, the attribute information 3 includes the attribute information composed of the type information “lighting fixture” and two or more attribute information “fluorescent lamp”, “switch”, “wiring”, etc., as shown in FIG. Become.

The element information output unit 141 updates the element-related information of the group of lighting fixtures to which the two element information 7 and 8 belong (for example, two new element names "switches" are added to the fourth layer of the system diagram of FIG. And "wiring" is added) and output.

The drawing output unit 142 displays the switch design and the wiring design in the same color as the fluorescent lamp design.

In the same procedure as above, the element addition instruction receiving unit 123 receives the type information "air conditioner", the three attribute information "indoor unit", "outdoor unit" and "piping", and the element information including their symbols. Upon receiving the element addition instruction for instructing addition, the storage unit 133 stores the element information as element information 9 (not shown) in the element information storage unit 111, and the grouping unit 131 stores the element information in the corresponding information storage unit 112. Correspondence information 4 (not shown) composed of a pair of information "air conditioner" and three attribute information "indoor unit", "outdoor unit" and "piping" is accumulated, and the drawing output unit 142 of the indoor unit The design, the design of the outdoor unit, and the design of the piping between the two may be displayed in the same color (for example, purple). Further, the grouping unit 131 has a correspondence information 5 (not shown) composed of, for example, a pair of type information "system" and two attribute information "wiring system" and "piping system" in the correspondence information storage unit 112. ) May also be accumulated.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the element information storage unit 111 contains two or more attributes including an element identifier that identifies an element constituting the drawing of the building and arrangement information that specifies the position of the element in the drawing of the building. Two or more element information having information is stored, and one or more correspondence information indicating the correspondence between the type information which is the type of the element and the attribute information is stored in the correspondence information storage unit 112, and the CAD device 1 stores the element information. Group element information having attribute information for each of two or more attribute information pairs with type information corresponding to one or more corresponding information, and output element-related information related to element information for each grouped group. Allows the elements that make up a building drawing to be properly grouped and processed for each group.

Further, the two or more types of information have a hierarchical relationship, and the CAD device 1 appropriately outputs the element-related information so that the hierarchical relationship can be visually recognized, so that the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately recognized. You can group and layer groups and process elements for each group.

Further, the CAD device 1 constitutes a drawing of a building by outputting two or more attribute information pairs with two or more types of information having a hierarchical relationship so that the hierarchical relationship can be visually recognized. You can group elements appropriately and display information about the elements appropriately for each group.

Further, the element-related information includes attribute information, and the CAD device 1 arranges a symbol corresponding to the element information at a position indicated by the arrangement information of one or more element information of the element information storage unit 111, and draws a building. Is configured, the constructed drawing is output, the attribute information instruction for the output attribute information is accepted, and the symbol paired with the attribute information corresponding to the attribute information instruction is visually distinguished from other symbols and stands out. By outputting in the mode, the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately grouped, and the information about the elements can be appropriately displayed for each group.

Further, when the CAD device 1 receives the attribute information instruction for the attribute information of the upper layer among the layered attribute information, the CAD device 1 pairs the attribute information that received the attribute information instruction with the attribute information lower than the attribute information. By outputting the drawing so as to visually distinguish the symbol that becomes the other symbol from other symbols and to make it stand out, the elements that make up the drawing of the building are appropriately grouped, and the drawing is used by using the group. Can be displayed properly.

Further, the color information storage unit 113 stores one or more color information indicating a color for the type information or the attribute information in association with the type information or the attribute information, and the CAD device 1 stores a symbol at least another symbol. When the design is visually distinguished from the above and output in a conspicuous manner, the elements that make up the drawing of the building are output by outputting the design using the color indicated by the color information for the type information or attribute information that is paired with the design. The drawings can be displayed appropriately by grouping them appropriately and using the groups.

Further, the CAD device 1 receives an attribute information instruction for the output attribute information, and outputs one or more element identification information capable of specifying one or more element information paired with the attribute information corresponding to the attribute information instruction. By doing so, the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately grouped, and the information of the elements for each group can be appropriately displayed.

Further, the CAD device 1 arranges a symbol corresponding to the element information at a position indicated by the arrangement information of one or more element information of the element information storage unit 111, constitutes a drawing of the building, outputs the drawing, and draws the drawing. By accepting the symbol instruction for one of the symbols and outputting the element-related information corresponding to the symbol for the symbol instruction in a conspicuous manner in comparison with the other element-related information, the elements constituting the drawing of the building are appropriate. The design of the element can be displayed appropriately for each group.

Further, the grouping information storage unit 114 stores grouping information for specifying element information to be grouped, and the CAD device 1 has two or more pairs of type information corresponding to one or more corresponding information. Each attribute information is element information having attribute information, and by grouping the element information specified by the grouping information, the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately grouped.

Further, the CAD device 1 receives an element addition instruction which is an instruction for adding element information having one or more attribute information, stores the element information indicated by the element addition instruction in the element information storage unit 111, and accumulates the element information. After that, by immediately updating and outputting the element-related information of the group to which the element information belongs, the elements constituting the drawing of the building can be appropriately added.

Further, the processing in the present embodiment may be realized by software. Then, this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Further, this software may be recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and disseminated. It should be noted that this also applies to other embodiments herein.

The software that realizes the information processing device according to the present embodiment is, for example, the following program. That is, a computer-accessible recording medium has element information having an element identifier that identifies an element constituting a drawing of a building and two or more attribute information including arrangement information that specifies the position of an element in the drawing of the building. However, this program includes an element information storage unit 111 that stores two or more elements, and a correspondence information storage unit 112 that stores one or more correspondence information indicating the correspondence between the type information that is the type of the element and the attribute information. Is a grouping unit 131 that groups the element information having the attribute information for each of two or more attribute information pairs with the type information corresponding to one or more corresponding information, and the grouping unit. This is a program for functioning as an element information output unit 141 that outputs element-related information related to element information for each group grouped by 131.

FIG. 8 is an external view of a computer system 900 that implements the CAD device 1 by executing the program according to the present embodiment. This embodiment can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed on the computer hardware. In FIG. 8, the computer system 900 includes a computer 901 including a disk drive 905, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, and a display 904. The entire system including the keyboard 902, the mouse 903, and the display 904 may be called a computer.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the computer system 900. In FIG. 9, the computer 901 is connected to the MPU 911, the ROM 912 for storing a program such as a boot-up program, and the MPU 911 in addition to the disk drive 905, and temporarily stores the instructions of the application program and temporarily. It provides a RAM 913 that provides a storage space, a storage 914 that stores application programs, system programs, and data, a bus 915 that interconnects the MPU 911, ROM 912, and the like, and a connection to a network such as an external network or an internal network. It includes a network card 916. The storage 914 is, for example, a hard disk, an SSD, a flash memory, or the like.

The program that causes the computer system 900 to execute the function of the CAD device 1 may be stored in a disk 921 such as a DVD or a CD-ROM, inserted into the disk drive 905, and transferred to the storage 914. Alternatively, the program may be transmitted to computer 901 over the network and stored in storage 914. The program is loaded into RAM 913 at run time. The program may be loaded directly from disk 921 or the network. Further, the program may be read into the computer system 900 via another removable recording medium (for example, a DVD, a memory card, etc.) instead of the disk 921.

The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS), a third-party program, or the like that executes the function of the CAD device 1 in 901 showing the details of the computer. The program may contain only a portion of instructions that call the appropriate function or module in a controlled manner to achieve the desired result. It is well known how the computer system 900 works, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

However, the above is an example, and the hardware configuration of the computer that realizes the CAD device 1 does not matter.

In the above program, in the transmission step of transmitting information and the receiving step of receiving information, processing performed by hardware, for example, processing performed by a modem or interface card in the transmission step (only performed by hardware). Processing that is not done) is not included.

Further, the number of computers that execute the above program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the two or more communication means (reception function of the reception unit 12, transmission function of the output unit 14, etc.) existing in one device may be physically realized by one medium. Needless to say.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, each process (each function) may be realized by centralized processing by a single device (system), or by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. May be done.

It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made, and these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the CAD device according to the present invention has the effect of appropriately grouping the elements constituting the drawing of the building and processing the elements for each group, and is useful as a CAD device or the like.

1 CAD device 11 Storage unit 12 Reception unit 13 Processing unit 14 Output unit 111 Element information storage unit 112 Corresponding information storage unit 113 Color information storage unit 114 Grouping information storage unit 121 Attribute information instruction reception unit 122 Design instruction reception unit 123 Element addition Instruction reception unit 131 Grouping unit 132 Drawing composition unit 133 Storage unit 141 Element information output unit 142 Drawing output unit 143 Element specific information output unit

Claims (10)

Element information storage unit that stores two or more element information having an element identifier that identifies an element that constitutes a drawing of a building and two or more attribute information including arrangement information that specifies the position of an element in the drawing of the building. When,
A correspondence information storage unit that stores one or more correspondence information indicating the correspondence between the type information which is the type of the element and the attribute information, and
A grouping information storage unit that stores grouping information that identifies element information to be grouped,
A grouping unit that groups element information specified by the grouping information, which is element information having the attribute information for each of two or more attribute information pairs with the type information corresponding to one or more corresponding information. When,
A CAD device including an element information output unit which is information on element information for each group grouped by the grouping unit and outputs element-related information including the number of elements related to the number of element information belonging to the group. Two or more types of information have a hierarchical relationship and
The element-related information includes two or more attribute information paired with two or more types of information having a hierarchical relationship.
The element information output unit is
The two or more attribute information is output so that the hierarchical relationship can be visually recognized, and the type information lower than the type information paired with the attribute information is associated with each of the two or more attribute information. The CAD device according to claim 1 , which is element information corresponding to the information and outputs the number of elements related to the number of element information specified by the grouping information so as to be visually recognizable. The element-related information includes attribute information.
A drawing component unit that forms a drawing of a building by arranging a symbol corresponding to the element information at a position indicated by the arrangement information possessed by one or more element information of the element information storage unit.
A drawing output unit that outputs a drawing configured by the drawing component unit,
It further includes an attribute information instruction receiving unit that receives an attribute information instruction for the attribute information output by the element information output unit.
The drawing output unit
The CAD device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a symbol paired with the attribute information corresponding to the attribute information instruction is visually distinguished from other symbols and output in a conspicuous manner. The drawing output unit
When the attribute information instruction receiving unit receives an attribute information instruction for the attribute information of the upper layer among the layered attribute information, the attribute information for which the attribute information instruction is accepted and the attribute information lower than the attribute information are received. The CAD device according to claim 3, wherein the symbol paired with the symbol is visually distinguished from other symbols, and the drawing is output so as to be in a conspicuous manner. Further provided with a color information storage unit for storing one or more color information indicating a color for the type information or attribute information in association with the type information or attribute information.
The drawing output unit
A claim for outputting the symbol using the color indicated by the color information for the type information or attribute information paired with the symbol when the symbol is visually distinguished from at least another symbol and output in a conspicuous manner. The CAD device according to claim 3 or 4. An attribute information instruction receiving unit that receives an attribute information instruction for the attribute information output by the element information output unit, and an attribute information instruction receiving unit.
The first or second aspect of claim 1 or 2, further comprising an element-specific information output unit that outputs one or more element-specific information that can identify one or more element-specific information paired with the attribute information corresponding to the attribute-information instruction. CAD device. A drawing component unit that forms a drawing of a building by arranging a symbol corresponding to the element information at a position indicated by the arrangement information possessed by one or more element information of the element information storage unit.
A drawing output unit that outputs the drawing and
Further provided with a symbol instruction receiving unit for receiving a symbol instruction for one symbol in the drawing.
The element information output unit is
The CAD device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the element-related information corresponding to the symbol in response to the symbol instruction is output in a conspicuous manner in comparison with other element-related information. An element addition instruction receiving unit that receives an element addition instruction that is an instruction to add element information having one or more attribute information,
It further includes a storage unit that stores the element information indicated by the element addition instruction in the element information storage unit.
The element information output unit is
The CAD device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the storage unit immediately updates and outputs the element-related information of the group to which the element information belongs after accumulating the element information. Element information storage unit that stores two or more element information having an element identifier that identifies an element that constitutes a drawing of a building and two or more attribute information including arrangement information that specifies the position of an element in the drawing of the building. , Correspondence information storage unit that stores one or more correspondence information indicating the correspondence between type information that is the type of element and attribute information, and grouping information storage that stores grouping information that identifies the element information to be grouped. An information processing method realized by a unit, a grouping unit, and an element information output unit.
The grouping unit is element information having the attribute information for each of two or more attribute information paired with the type information corresponding to one or more corresponding information , and the element information specified by the grouping information is used. Grouping steps to group and
The element information output unit is an element information output step that outputs element-related information including the number of elements related to the number of element information belonging to the group, which is information related to the element information for each group grouped by the grouping unit. Information processing methods including. Computer-accessible recording media
Element information storage unit that stores two or more element information having an element identifier that identifies an element that constitutes a drawing of a building and two or more attribute information including arrangement information that specifies the position of an element in the drawing of the building. When,
A correspondence information storage unit in which one or more correspondence information indicating the correspondence between elements types in which the type information and the attribute information are stored,
It includes a grouping information storage unit that stores grouping information that specifies element information to be grouped .
The computer
A grouping unit that groups element information specified by the grouping information, which is element information having the attribute information for each of two or more attribute information pairs with the type information corresponding to one or more corresponding information. When,
A program for functioning as an element information output unit that outputs element-related information including the number of elements related to the number of element information belonging to the group, which is information related to element information for each group grouped by the grouping unit.

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