JPH05346941A - Designing assistance system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To teach know-how by utilizing a computer by using a specific pro gram and-obtaining designing procedure and designing know-how information stored in a designing know-how storage part as a guidance. CONSTITUTION:The determination result of specifications of equipment based on the guidance is stored as equipment specification information in an equipment specification information storage part 115 by being inputted on the same screen through an input device 19. Finally, the information is outputted in an equipment data sheet by using an output device 20 such as a printer. The revision of the design information stored in the equipment specification information storage part 115 is controlled by an equipment specification information revision control program 116. In this case, an operator 18 can obtain specification determining procedure and determination know-how information stored in an equipment specification determining procedure and determination know-how storage part 113 as the guidance by using a Windows program for the screen control part 11 of the computer 10 without being restricted by the display area on the screen of a display device 12 such as a CRT.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer-aided plant system and equipment design support system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Since there are a wide variety of procedures and know-how in plant system design and equipment design, an engine with a lot of experience has directly passed on the procedure and know-how while instructing an inexperienced engineer. Is the current situation.

On the other hand, as a conventional technique, as shown in FIG. 1, a computer 1 has a guidance information storage section 2 and guidance information display means 3, and a CRT display device 4 is used to provide guidance to an operator 5 on a screen. There was a device to give. FIG. 2 shows a display example of the CRT screen 6 of the conventional apparatus, but the guidance display area 8 and the key input area 9 are fixedly set in the function screen 7.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Design procedures and know-how, which have been handed down by an experienced engineer who directly teaches an inexperienced engineer, are provided from a computer system having a display device such as a storage device or a CRT. By doing so, it is intended to improve the efficiency of design book creation.

A CRT that provides design procedures and know-how
When the guidance display method on the screen must be a fixed display area method as shown in FIG. 2, the number of characters of the guidance and the display content are restricted. Therefore, it becomes difficult to understand the content of the guidance, and there is no choice but to take a method of selecting another screen to explain the content of the guidance in more detail by using an auxiliary key, etc. It will be bad.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention uses a Windows (registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the US) program for the screen control unit 11 in the computer 10 shown in FIG. A design support system capable of obtaining the operator 18 as a guidance, the design procedure, the design procedure stored in the design know-how storage unit 13 and the design know-how information without being restricted by the display area on the screen of the display device 12 such as Is. Further, the design support system invented receives the design procedure and the design know-how on the display device 12 such as a CRT shown in FIG. 3 as guidance, and the result of the design according to the guidance is displayed on the same screen by the input device 19 such as a keyboard. By inputting it, it can be stored in the design information storage unit 15 as design information, and finally can be output as a design book by using the output device 20 such as a printer.

Regarding the revision management of the design information stored in the design information storage unit 15, the status is managed by the design information revision management program 16, and regarding the information not officially stored in the design information storage unit 15 in the middle of the design, , And can be stored in the work information storage unit 17. As for the design calculation program 14 required for designing, the storage unit, the program described above so that the input information necessary for calculation can be input from the input device 19 such as a keyboard while watching the guidance on the display device 12 such as a CRT. In the same manner as described above, the linkage is taken through the Windows program which is the screen control unit 11 and the interface program 12b.

[0008]

According to the present invention, it becomes possible to transfer the design procedure and design know-how, which had been achieved by an engineer with deep experience in direct guidance of an inexperienced engineer, by a design support system using a computer. .. Further, by using this design support system, the operator designs according to the design procedure and design know-how displayed on the CRT screen, and inputs the result on the screen, and the output device such as a printer as the culmination of the design result. It became possible to obtain design books using. Furthermore, by using a Windows program for the screen control unit, it becomes possible to display design procedures, know-how information guidance, etc. on the CRT screen without any area restrictions.

[0009]

[Embodiment 1] An embodiment in the case of constructing a design support system for determining the specification of a device using the present invention will be described.

FIG. 4 shows an outline of a device specification decision support system.

Using a Windows program in the screen control unit 11 of the computer 10, the operator 18 is stored in the device specification determination procedure and the determination know-how storage unit 113 without being restricted by the display area on the screen of the display device 12 such as a CRT. This is a design support system that can obtain the specification decision procedure and decision know-how information that are used as guidance, and can decide the specifications of the equipment according to the guidance. The result of determining the specifications of the device according to the guidance can be stored in the device specification information storage unit 115 as the device specification information by inputting on the same screen with the input device 19 such as a keyboard, and finally output by a printer or the like. It can be output as a device data sheet using the device 20. The revision management of the design information stored in the equipment specification information storage unit 115 is managed by the equipment specification information revision management program 116, and the status is officially managed during the design stage.
Information not stored in 15 can be stored in the work device specification information storage unit 117. As for the routine calculation program 114 necessary for determining the device specifications, the input information necessary for calculation is input to the input device 1 such as a keyboard while watching the guidance on the display device 12 such as a CRT.
In order to be able to input from 9, the linkage is taken through the Windows program which is the screen control section 11 and the interface program 112b like the above-mentioned storage section and program.

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of a work flow for creating a device data sheet by using the device specification determination support system.

When the operator activates the system in step 501, a menu screen requesting selection of a plant system is displayed on a display device such as a CRT (step 50).
2). FIG. 6A shows an example of the system selection menu screen. The system menu display area can be scrolled by the Windows program (the display section can be changed in sequence), so multiple systems can be displayed on the same screen. When a system name is selected from the menu screen in step 503, a menu screen requesting selection of a device name is displayed in a display device such as a CRT in step 504, and a device name for which specifications are to be determined is selected from the menu screen (step 505). ). FIG. 6B shows an example of a device name selection menu screen. Like the system menu display area, the device name display area can be scrolled. When step 505 is realized, the data sheet format of the target device whose device specifications are to be determined is displayed on the display screen (step 50).
6). FIG. 7A shows an example of the data sheet display screen. Step 507 is the hatched part of the data sheet displayed in step 506 (hereinafter referred to as field)
It is an introductory part that decides the specifications of according to the guidance.
After selecting the field for which specifications are to be determined, by selecting "Guide" in the menu bar at the top of the screen, the menu screen of guidance information necessary for determining the specifications of the corresponding field is a display device such as a CRT. It is displayed above (step 508). FIG. 7D shows an example of a menu screen of guidance information. The guidance information menu display area also has a structure that allows scrolling, similar to the system and device menu areas.

When necessary guidance items are selected from the menu in step 509, guidance information is displayed on the screen (step 510). 8 (a), (b), and FIG.
(A) shows three examples of the guidance display screen. Since the guidance display screen has a structure in which the display area size display position can be freely changed on the screen by a Windows program, you can enter the specifications you have decided in the data sheet field on the same screen with the keyboard while viewing the guidance, or you can write the full text of the guidance information. Can be displayed on one screen (steps 511 to 512).

In step 513, it is determined whether or not the specification determination work is to be continued, and if it is to be continued, the specifications to be entered in a new field of the return data sheet of the work procedure in step 507 are determined in accordance with the guidance information. FIG. 9B shows a data sheet completed as a result of repeating the work from step 507 to step 513. In step 514, the data sheet shown in FIG. 6H is requested to be output as a design document.
Step 515 is an operation in which the computer stores the device specification information on the screen in the device specification information storage unit and outputs it as a data sheet in response to the operation requested by the operator.

By the operations of steps 501 to 515 described above, even an inexperienced engineer can determine the specifications of the equipment and prepare the design book according to the guidance information provided by the computer.

<Second Embodiment> FIG. 10 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. In the device specification determination support system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the preceding machine defect case storage unit 118, the preceding machine actual device specification storage unit 119, and an interface program 112f between them and the Windows program which is the screen control unit 11 are provided. 112g is added to improve the reliability of the equipment specification decision design work. Specifically, by adding the above function as shown in FIG. 11, step 8 of the work flow of the first embodiment
Between step 12 and step 816, it is possible to view the preceding device failure case or the preceding device actual device specification information on the display device such as a CRT at the same time as the device specification on the data sheet field determined by the operator. It becomes possible to verify the validity (step 813 to step 81).
5).

FIG. 12 shows a defect example of the preceding machine, and FIG. 13 shows a display example of the preceding machine actual device specification information on the CRT. Since these display screens are also controlled by Windows programs, the display area size and display position can be freely changed on the screen.

<Embodiment 3> FIG. 14 shows a third embodiment of the present invention. Basic specifications of the entire system which cannot be covered by the equipment specification determination support system of the first embodiment shown in FIG. It is a design support system for making decisions. The Windows program is used for the screen control unit 11 of the computer 10 as in the first and second embodiments, but the maximum operating pressure of the system,
In order to support the determination of the system basic specifications such as temperature, it is characterized by having a system basic specification determination procedure, a system basic specification determination procedure for storing know-how for determination, and a determination know-how storage unit 213.

This system includes a storage unit and a routine program 214 necessary for determining the system basic specifications, a system basic specification information storage unit 215, and a system basic specification information revision management program 216 for managing the revision of the system basic specification information work information storage. It is configured by the section 217 and the like.

[0021]

According to the present invention, the design procedure and know-how that have been handed down by an inexperienced engineer directly instructing an inexperienced engineer are provided from a computer system having a display device such as a storage device or a CRT. This makes it possible to improve the efficiency of design book creation.

Also, by using a Windows program for the screen control unit in the computer, it is possible to realize the display of design procedures, guidance of know-how information, etc. on the screen of a display device such as a CRT without controlling the area. ..

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a prior art guidance display device closest to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a CRT display screen of a guidance display device of the related art.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the entire system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an entire device specification determination support system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a work flowchart for creating a device data sheet by using the device specification determination support system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a CRT display screen of the device specification determination support system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a CRT display screen of the device specification determination support system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a CRT display screen of the device specification determination support system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a CRT display screen of the device specification determination support system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an overall case in which a preceding machine failure case and a preceding machine actual equipment specification information storage unit are added to the device specification determination support system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a work for creating a device data sheet by using the device specification determination support system to which a preceding device failure case and a preceding device actual device specification information storage unit are added according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a CRT display screen of a defect case of a preceding machine in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a CRT display screen of the preceding machine achievement device specification information in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing an entire system basic specification determination support system that is an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Calculator, 11 ... Screen control unit, 12 ... Interface program, 18 ... Operator, 19 ... Input device such as keyboard, 20 ... Output device such as printer, 112 ... Interface program, 113 ... Device specification determination procedure, determination know-how Storage unit, 114 ... Routine calculation program necessary for determining device specifications, 115 ... Device specification information storage unit, 116 ... Device specification information revision management program, 117
... Device specification work information storage unit.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Hirotoshi Okuyama 3-2-1, Sachimachi, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A computer-aided design support system having a display device such as a storage device and a CRT that supports design in an interactive manner. Windows software (Note: Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation, USA) is used to obtain design know-how. A design support system characterized by supporting the creation of design documents by providing it as guidance.