JPH06149969A - Data allocation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable document design on a CAD system to be very easily performed even by a beginner by generating data definition information corresponding to the designation of a position, an area at which data is allocated on graphic data and the name of the data, and generating and printing print data from the information. CONSTITUTION:This system is constitution of a data definition processing part 4 which preserves the position information of the area to be arranged and a data name to be arranged as the data definition information 8 corresponding to the designation of the area in which the data 61 is arranged on the graphic data 71 and the input of the data name, and generates the print data 10 on which the position to be arranged (for example, rectangular upper left coordinates), size (for example, vertical and horizontal size), and the data name to be arranged basing on the data definition information 8 is provided, and the print data 10 generated by the data definition processing part 4 is sent out to a printer, and the data 61 can be printed at the position and area designated by the graphic data 71.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data allocation system for allocating data to graphic data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when the graphic data created by a CAD system and the image data created by another system are fused and printed, the image data A created by another system is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. , The position and magnification of the image on the graphic data B are determined by trial and error while viewing the screen, and then the image is printed. The configuration and operation of FIG. 4 will be briefly described below.

FIG. 4 shows an explanatory view of the prior art. In FIG. 4, the CAD system 21 is a system for creating graphic data.

The printing system 22 is a CAD system 21.
This is a system for aligning and printing the image data A created by another system on the graphic data B created in step 2. Next, the operation will be described.

In FIG. 4, a CAD system 21 is shown.
The graphic data B is created above. , The printing system receives the image data A created by another system. Is the graphic data B notified from the CAD system 21.
(For example, line drawing data B) is displayed on the screen, and the image arrangement position and magnification of the image data A (for example, image data of a photograph) received in are set.

In response to the designation of the image layout position and magnification of the image data A, the image A is displayed as a circle here on the screen at the designated image layout position and magnification.

The image A is displayed on the screen at the image arrangement position and the magnification, but since the size of the image A is small, the magnification is designated again and the large image A is displayed. In this state, the image data A can be displayed at the desired position and size on the graphic data B (line drawing data B), so printing is performed in this state.

[0008]

As described above, conventionally, when it is attempted to print by arranging image data created by another system on the graphic data created by the CAD system 21, it is necessary to change the position and magnification. Since the position and size of the captured image data are changed, it is extremely difficult for an operator who does not know the processing in the CAD system and the printing system to print the image data on the graphic data at a desired position and a desired size. There was a problem that the operation became difficult.

The present invention solves these problems.
Corresponding to the position to allocate the data on the graphic data, the area, and the name of the data, data definition information is automatically created, print data is generated from these, and printed, for example on a CAD system. The purpose is to make it very easy for beginners to design forms.

[0010]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Means for solving the problems will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, data 6
Reference numeral 1 denotes data created by another system, such as image data, document data, line drawing or graph.

The graphic data 71 is graphic data created by a CAD system or the like. The data definition processing 4 is designated in association with the identifier in response to designation of the area (for example, the upper left position and lower right position of the rectangle) in which the data 61 is arranged on the graphic data 71 and input of the data name to be arranged. It is saved as the data definition information 8 in which the coordinates of the area to be arranged and the data name to be arranged are set, and the position to be arranged (for example, the upper left coordinate of the rectangle) and size (for example, vertical / horizontal size)
Also, the print data 10 in which the data name to be arranged is set is generated.

[0012]

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG.
In response to the designation of the area (for example, the upper left position and the lower right position of the rectangle) where the data 61 is to be arranged and the input of the data name to be arranged, the data definition processing 4 associates the identifier with the specified area to be arranged. The data definition information 8 in which the position information and the data name to be arranged are set is stored, and the position to be arranged based on the data definition information 8 (for example, the upper left coordinate of the rectangle),
The print data 10 in which the size (for example, vertical / horizontal size) and the data name to be arranged are set is generated, and the print data 10 is sent to the printing apparatus and printed at the specified position on the graphic data 71 in the specified size. I have to.

Therefore, in response to the designation of the position, area and data name to which the data 61 on the graphic data 71 is assigned, the data is automatically saved as the data definition information 8 and the print data 10 is generated and printed. By doing so, for example, a form can be designed in which even beginners can easily set data (for example, image data, documents, line drawings or graphs) created by another system at any position on the form on the CAD system, It becomes possible to print.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the construction and operation of an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, a computer system 1 performs various processes according to a program, and here, a control unit 2,
Graphic processing 3, data definition processing 4, and input / output control unit 5
It is composed of etc.

The control unit 2 controls the entire system. Graphic processing 3 is a CA for creating graphic data on the screen.
D and so on. The data definition process 4 is specified in association with the identifier in correspondence with the designation of the area (for example, the upper left position and the lower right position of the rectangle) where the data 61 is arranged on the graphic data 71 and the input of the data name to be arranged. Data definition information 8 that sets the coordinates of the area to be placed and the data name to be placed
And the print data 10 in which the position (for example, the upper left coordinate of the rectangle), the size (for example, vertical / horizontal size), and the data name to be arranged are set based on the saved data definition information 8. (Fig. 2,
It mentions later using FIG. 3).

The input / output control unit 5 performs input / output with the display 12, the keyboard 13, the mouse 14, and the like. The data file 6 is a file that stores data 61 created by another system.

The data 61 is created by another system and stored in the data file 6, and includes image data consisting of image data such as photographs, document data, line drawings,
And data such as graphs.

The graphic data file 7 stores the created graphic data 71, the data definition information 8 created by the data definition processing 4, and the like. The data definition information 8 is the data 6
1 is an area for arranging 1 and information for storing these information in response to the input of a data name. For example, as shown in FIG. 2C, the data identifier, the area range, and the data It is made up of names, etc.

The graphic data 71 is data in which graphic data (CAD data) created by the user using the graphic processing 3 is stored. The print data file 9 stores print data 10 created based on the data definition information 8.

The print data 10 is obtained by arranging the data 61 on the graphic data 71 and is created based on the data definition information 8. The print data 10 is output to a printing device (not shown) and printed.

The virtual file 11 stores various data and the like. The display 12 displays a screen, and displays the graphic data 71, and arranges and displays the data 61 on the graphic data 71.

The keyboard 13 is used for inputting various data and various commands. The mouse 14 is used to specify a position where the data 61 is arranged on the screen.

The operation of the configuration shown in FIG. 1 will be sequentially described in detail below. FIG. 2 shows a diagram for explaining the generation of the data definition information of the present invention. Here, the data 61 to be arranged on the graphic data 71
The case where image data is used as will be described below.

FIG. 2A shows the flow of data definition information generation. In FIG. 2A, S1 designates an image area. This is because the upper left position D1 and the lower right position D1 in which the image data is arranged on the graphic data 71 as shown by the dotted arrow in FIG.
Click 2 with the mouse to specify the area to place the image.

In S2, the image name is input. Here, the image name is input as "A". S3 saves. This saves the image area and image name input in S1 and S2 as data definition information 8 as shown in FIG. Here, the data definition information 8
As the data identifier, the area range data name (image name) 101 D1, D2 A is stored.

As described above, the user clicks the upper left position D1 and the lower right position D2 of the rectangle as the area for arranging the image area on the graphic data 71 of the screen of FIG. 2B, and then arranges them here. Corresponding to the input of the image name “A”, it is saved as the data definition information 8 in FIG.

FIG. 2B shows how the image data arranged on the graphic data 71 is arranged. Here, as shown in the figure, the user clicks with the mouse to specify the upper left position D1 and the lower right position D2 of the rectangle in which the image data is to be arranged on the graphic data 71, and the image name to be arranged in this image area is " A state of inputting "A" is shown.

FIG. 2C shows an example of the data definition information 8. The data definition information 8 stores the image area and the image name in which the image data is arranged, corresponding to the designation by the graphic data 71 as shown in FIG. Here, the leading data identifier “10
1 "is the identifier of the data definition information 8, D1 and D2 are the upper left position coordinates and the lower right position coordinates of the rectangle in which the image data is arranged, and A is the image name to be arranged in the image area. Based on the stored data definition information 8, image data (data 61) created by another system is linked according to the description of FIG. 3 described later to create print data 10 to be actually printed.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of print data generation according to the present invention. Here, a case where image data is used as the data 61 arranged on the graphic data 71 will be described below.

FIG. 3A shows a print data generation flow. In FIG. 3A, in S11, graphic data (CAD data) is loaded. As shown on the display 12 in FIG. 3B, the graphic data (line drawing data, etc.) designated from the graphic data file 7 is fetched and displayed.

In step S12, it is determined whether image data has been input. In the case of YES, it progresses to S13. In the case of NO, the process repeatedly waits for the input of image data. In S13, it is determined that the image data is input by YES in S12, that is, it is determined that the data definition information 8 in (c) of FIG. 2 has been stored. Create print data. As shown in FIG. 3B, this is designated in the area of the upper left position D1 and the lower right position D2 designated by the data definition information 8 on the graphic data 71 captured and displayed in S11. The image with the image data name “A” is displayed so as to be embedded, and the print data 10 as shown in FIG. 3C is generated in order to print the displayed state. Here, as the print data 10, an identifier position size data name A0 D1 'vertical / horizontal size image data name "A" is generated.

In step S14, the printing system is activated. S
15 prints. This notifies the print system of the print data 10 of FIG. 3C, and the image displayed on the display 12 of FIG. 3B is printed based on the print data 10 (graphic data 71). Position "D1 '"
To print the image with the image data name "A" within the vertical and horizontal sizes).

As described above, the printing of FIG. 3C in which the image of the set image data name is embedded in the area set in the data definition information 8 stored for the graphic data 71 Data 10 is generated, and a printing system (not shown) prints based on this print data 10. As a result, the user can automatically generate and print the print data 10 by designating the print area of the image data on the graphic data 71 and the name of the image data to be printed.

FIG. 3B schematically shows how the image data is connected to the graphic data 71. Here, the graphic data 71 extracted from the graphic data file 7 is displayed on the display 12 as shown. Next, on the graphic data 71, the specified image data is extracted from the data file 6 created and stored in another system and embedded in the area determined by the specified upper left position D1 and lower right position D2 (this Determine the magnification so that it fits within the area and embed it). Then, in order to print this state, print data 10 as shown in FIG. 3C is created, and printing is performed based on this print data 10.

FIG. 3C shows an example of print data. This print data 10 is displayed on the display 12 of FIG.
The image with the image data name "A" is embedded in the area of the upper left position D1 and the lower right position D2 on the graphic data 71 displayed above. That is, from the beginning, "A0" is an identifier, "D1 '" is, for example, the position coordinate of the upper left of the area, "vertical" and "horizontal" are the size for embedding image data, and "A" is the image for embedding. Image data name "A".

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Corresponding to the position, area and data name to which the data 61 on the graphic data 71 is assigned, the data 61 is automatically saved as the data definition information 8.
Since a configuration for generating and printing is generated, a form or the like for printing data (image data, document, line drawing, graph, etc.) in a specified position at a specified position on the graphic data 71 can be easily designed, Can be printed. These make it extremely easy to design forms and the like on the CAD system, and even users who do not know the processing in the printing system can embed data (image data, documents, line drawings, graphs, etc.) created by other systems on the CAD system. It becomes possible to easily perform the work of creating a form.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of generation of data definition information according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of print data generation according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Computer system 2: Control unit 3: Graphic processing 4: Data definition processing 5: Input / output control unit 6: Data file 61: Data (image data, document, line drawing, graph, etc.) 7: Graphic data file 71: Graphic data 8: Data definition information 9: Print data file 10: Print data 12: Display 13: Keyboard 14: Mouse

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A data allocating method for allocating data to graphic data, in which data is assigned to an identifier in correspondence with designation of an area for allocating data (61) on graphic data (71) and input of a data name to be laid out. The position information of the designated area to be arranged and the data name to be arranged are saved as set data definition information (8), and the position to be arranged based on this data definition information (8) (for example, the upper left coordinate of the rectangle) and size. A data definition process (4) for generating print data (10) in which (for example, vertical / horizontal size) and a data name to be arranged is set, and the print data (1) generated by this data definition process (4) is provided.
0) is sent to the printing device and the data (61) is printed at the position and area designated on the graphic data (71). 2. The data allocation method according to claim 1, wherein the data (61) is image data, document data, a line drawing or a graph created by another system.