JPH01292578A - Editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the load of an operator by securing such a constitution where one of the circuit information and the pattern information is automatically retrieved after retrieval of the other one of both information and these two information related to each other are displayed on a single display screen. CONSTITUTION:The circuit diagram information and the pattern diagram information are stored in a magnetic disk and the instructions of a keyboard 3, a tablet 5 and a data cursor 6 are sent to a CPU 1. Then the designated information is read out and stored in a memory device 31. When a drawing read command is inputted, this command is sent to the CPU 1. If said command instructs the information on a circuit diagram, the corresponding information is taken out of the memory device 31 and displayed on a CRT 4 in an appropriate size. When a circuit element 32 and a signal line 33 are pointed by the tablet 5 and the cursor 6 on the screen of the CRT 4, this information is sent to the CPU 1. Thus the screen data including the corresponding pattern diagram information is retrieved out of the memory 31 and displayed on the CRT 4. In such a way, both circuit and pattern diagrams are displayed side by side on the same screen. As a result, the operator's mistakes can be decreased.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an editing device that can simultaneously edit a circuit diagram and a pattern diagram.

[Conventional technology]

This type of conventional editing device has a configuration as shown in FIG. 4 as a device for editing a circuit diagram and a pattern diagram corresponding thereto. In the figure, (1) is a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU), (2) is a magnetic disk for holding information on circuit diagrams and corresponding pattern diagrams, and (3) is cpu (1). (4) is a display device (hereinafter referred to as CRT) for displaying circuit diagrams and pattern diagrams.

The CRT (4) is equipped with a tablet (5) and a data cursor (6) for operating the display screen and giving instructions to the CPU (1). In addition, (7) is a plotter device for outputting circuit diagrams and pattern drawings, and (8) is a printer device (for outputting circuit diagrams and pattern diagrams after processing information).
(hereinafter referred to as LP).

These constituent devices are interconnected by a bus (9) to exchange information.

Next, an editing process for editing a circuit diagram and a pattern diagram corresponding thereto using the editing apparatus configured as described above will be described.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a circuit diagram display screen on the CRT (4), and FIG. 6 shows an example of a pattern diagram display screen on the CRT (4). When the operator specifies the drawing name of the circuit diagram or pattern diagram to be processed using the keyboard (3), the CPU (1) retrieves the corresponding drawing information or pattern information from the magnetic disk (2) based on the command. is displayed on the CRT (4).

In this state, when the operator manually inputs commands via the tablet (5) and data cursor (6), the CRT (4)
You can perform editing operations such as adding and deleting screens.

FIG. 5(a) shows an example of the circuit diagram displayed on the CRT (4) by the above operations. In this drawing (I
t), (12), (13) are Kate, (14
), (15) are input/output pins, (16), (1
7) and (18) respectively show signal lines connecting these.

Figure 5(b) shows an example of the display screen after adding and deleting the circuit diagram, with the gate (13), human output pin (15)
and signal line (18) are deleted, and signal line (16).

(17) has been changed, gate (19), signal line (20),
(21) has been added.

Next, a method for modifying the wiring pattern on the board that is actually wired in accordance with these changes to the circuit diagram will be described.

First, the operator should check the plotter device (7) as shown in Figure 5 (before modification).
The circuit diagram in a) and the circuit diagram in FIG. 5(b) after modification are output. Next, a pattern diagram (a) corresponding to FIG. 5(a) is first displayed on the CRT (4) using the tablet (5) and data cursor (6).

Here, (22) is the part containing the gate (11),
(23) is the part containing the gate (12), (24
) respectively indicate parts including the gate (13). Therefore, while referring to the two types of circuit diagrams output to the plotter device (7), the tablet (5) and data cursor (6) are displayed on the pattern diagram displayed on the CRT (4).
) to make corrections.

FIG. 6(b) is a display example of a pattern diagram obtained as a result of the above operations. As shown in Figure 6(b), the gate (19
) is included in the component (22), and the human output pin (15)
, signal line (18), and component (24) are deleted, and the signal line (
16), (17) are updated and the signal lines (20), (2
1) is added.

Finally, whether the changes made manually in this way are correct is checked by outputting the pattern diagram information to L P (8).

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As explained above, conventional editing devices treat circuit diagram information and pattern diagram information independently, making it difficult to determine changes made to the circuit diagram on the pattern diagram.
Moreover, in order to check whether the corrected pattern diagram was corrected as expected, I had to print out the list and look at it.

The problem was that it was difficult to detect editing errors and that editing took time.

This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and by displaying either circuit information or pattern information, it is possible to easily modify the other, thereby reducing the burden on the operator. The purpose is to obtain an editing device that can.

[Means for Solving the Problems] An editing device according to the present invention stores circuit diagram information and pattern diagram information corresponding to each other in association with each other in a storage means, and stores the circuit diagram information and the corresponding pattern diagram information in a storage means in accordance with an instruction from a man-machine interface. When searching either circuit diagram information or pattern diagram information, the other corresponding information is searched.

Furthermore, the drawing display means displays the search results on a single display screen, and the circuit diagram editing means stores corrections such as additions and deletions made to the circuit diagram on the screen. When a change is made to a diagram, the pattern diagram editing means uses this modified information and compares it with the circuit diagram modification information previously stored by the circuit diagram editing means to verify whether the same information has been processed. .

In addition, the portion of the pattern diagram corresponding to the changed portion added to the circuit diagram is displayed in association with the screen so that it can be understood.

[Effect]

In this invention, when either circuit diagram information or pattern diagram information is retrieved, the corresponding information is simultaneously retrieved and displayed correspondingly on a single display screen. - It also stores information on circuit diagram changes and displays the corresponding changes on the pattern diagram in association with each other on the screen, making it possible to process quickly and without mistakes.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. The circuit diagram information is stored in the circuit diagram information storage means (25), and the pattern diagram information corresponding thereto is stored in the pattern diagram information storage means (26), and are stored in relation to each other. Further, circuit diagram information editing means (27) is provided for searching the circuit diagram information storage means (25) and holding change information added to the circuit diagram. Further, pattern diagram information editing means (28) is provided for searching the pattern diagram information storage means (26) and comparing change information added to the pattern diagram with change information of the circuit diagram.

A screen display means (19) for displaying the circuit diagram and pattern diagram obtained by further searching on the screen in an appropriate size.
is provided. Furthermore, a man-machine interface means (30) for giving instructions from an operator is provided, and information is transmitted to each of the aforementioned means.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific configuration example for realizing these functions, and the same parts as those of the conventional device shown in FIG. 4 are given the same reference numerals.

The difference from the conventional device shown in FIG. 4 is that the plotter device (7) and L P (8) are removed, and a memory device (31) is added. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained in the third section.
This will be explained in detail with reference to the example display screen shown in the figure.

First, circuit diagram information and pattern diagram information are stored on a magnetic disk (2), and a keyboard (3').

The instructions of the tablet (5) and data cursor (6) are communicated to the CPU (1), and the specified information is read out and stored in the memory device (31).

At this time, the circuit diagram information and the pattern diagram information are stored in association with each other so that necessary information can be retrieved. The above operation is performed by the circuit information storage means (30) based on the operation of the man-machine interface means (30) in FIG.
25) and the storage operation of the pattern diagram information storage means (26).

Next, when a command to read and display a drawing is input from the keyboard (3) or tablet (5) and data cursor (6), this command is transmitted to cpU (1). If this command is, for example, a command to display circuit diagram information, the circuit diagram information is extracted from the memory device (31) and displayed on the CRT (4) in an appropriate size.

The above operations correspond to the operations of the man-machine interface means (30), the circuit diagram information editing means (27) and the screen display means (29) in FIG.

FIG. 3(a) shows an example of a display screen in this case, in which (32) represents a circuit element and (33) represents a signal line. Next, point out a circuit element (32) or signal line on the display screen using the tablet (5) and data cursor (6), and this information will be sent to the CPU.
(1), the screen data including the corresponding pattern diagram information is retrieved from the memory device (31) and CR', T
(4) Displayed on top.

The above operation is based on the operation of the man-machine interface means (30) shown in FIG.
8) corresponds to the search and display operation by the screen display means (29).

FIG. 3(a) shows an example of a display screen in which circuit diagram information and pattern diagram information are juxtaposed.
) shows a circuit diagram, and (35) shows a pattern diagram, respectively.

Note that (36) is a component including a circuit element (32), and (37) is a component including a circuit element (32).
) respectively indicate patterns on the substrate corresponding to the signal lines (33). Furthermore, the operation when the pattern diagram is modified in conjunction with the modification of the circuit diagram will be explained.

First, the circuit diagram on the CRT (4) is modified by adding or deleting parts or signal lines using the tablet (5) and data cursor (6). This information is then transmitted to the CPU (1) and the circuit information in the memory device (31) is rewritten. The above operations &; handle. At this time, the history of circuit diagram editing is stored in the circuit diagram information editing means (27). Next, the pattern diagram is corrected using the tablet (5) and data cursor (6) in accordance with the circuit diagram changed on the CRT (4).

Then, the modification history stored in the circuit diagram information editing means (27) and the pattern diagram information stored in the pattern diagram information storage means (26) are compared by the pattern diagram information editing means (28), and the pattern to be deleted is determined. The information is stored in the pattern diagram information editing means (28) as information on the sections and parts and the sections and parts of the pattern to be added. An operator uses a tablet (5) and a data cursor (6) to
(4) When the above pattern diagram is corrected, the pattern diagram can be easily modified using the addition and deletion information stored as described above.

FIG. 3(b) shows an example in which a circuit diagram and a pattern diagram modified in this manner are displayed side by side on the same screen. The circuit diagram (38) is the element (32) of the circuit diagram (34).
) has been deleted and element (40) has been added. A signal line (41) is also added. In the pattern diagram (39), the pattern (37) has been changed compared to the pattern diagram (35), and the pattern (42) which should be deleted is displayed in a different color. In addition, a straight line is displayed between two points where the pattern (43) corresponding to the new signal line (41) should be displayed.

The component (44) is displayed in a different color to indicate that it is a new component that includes the element (40).

In this manner, in this embodiment, when the circuit diagram is changed, the relevant part on the board to be operated is displayed on the screen, thereby reducing the burden on the operator.

In addition, in the embodiment described above, a case has been shown where patterns and parts to be deleted are displayed with different colors, but they may also be displayed with different brightness on the screen, or may be configured to be printed. . Although the two points of the pattern to be added are shown as straight lines, the space between the two points may be shown using any type of line segment, circle mark, or the like.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in this invention, when either circuit information or pattern information is searched, the corresponding information is automatically searched, and the two related pieces of information are displayed on a single display screen. Since the structure is such that the position on the pattern diagram to be corrected related to the correction can be easily understood, the burden on the operator is reduced and editing errors can be reduced as much as possible.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific example of the configuration shown in FIG. 1,
3(a) and 3(b) are explanatory views of examples of display screens for explaining the operation of the embodiment, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional device, and FIG. 5(a). 6(b) and FIGS. 6(a) and 6(b) are explanatory diagrams of examples of display screens for explaining the operation of the conventional apparatus. (25) is a circuit diagram information storage means, (26) is a pattern diagram information storage means, (27) is a circuit diagram information editing means, (28) is a pattern diagram information editing means, (29) is a screen display means, (30) ) is a man-machine interface means. In addition, in the figures, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a circuit diagram information storage means and a pattern diagram information storage means for storing a circuit diagram and a pattern diagram corresponding thereto in association with each other; and a circuit within the circuit diagram information storage means in response to a command from a man-machine interface means. circuit diagram information editing means that performs editing processing on diagram information and stores it together with an editing history; and circuit diagram information editing means that performs editing processing on associated pattern diagram information in the pattern diagram information storage means in response to the editing processing of the circuit diagram information. a screen for reading the edited circuit diagram information and the pattern diagram information from the circuit diagram information editing means and the pattern diagram information means, respectively, and displaying the edited circuit diagram information and pattern diagram information in correspondence within the same display screen; An editing device comprising a display means.