JPH06187385A - Drawing retrieval system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a drawing which needs to be corrected in relation to the correction of one drawing from being overlooked by displaying constitution information when the drawings on CAD are corrected. CONSTITUTION:Corresponding constitution information is retrieved in a constitution information data base 4 in an operation step S2 on the basis of the drawing name for retrieval inputted in an operation step S1, and the retrieved constitution information is displayed in an operation step S3. The drawing to be corrected in the constitution information is selected and corrected in the operation step S4, and drawing data read out of a drawing data base 5 are displayed in an operation step S5. The drawing data are corrected in an operation step S6 and the constitution information and drawing data which are corrected are outputted to the constitution information data base 4 and the drawing data base 5 in an operation step S7. Other relative drawings are similarly processed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a drawing retrieval system for retrieving a modified drawing at the time of design change using a CAD device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional drawing search system searches a drawing database for drawing data with a design change by inputting a target drawing name or a search attribute added to the drawing, and the target drawing data is searched. Is output on the display screen.

FIG. 5 is a system configuration diagram showing a conventional example.

The drawing retrieval system shown in FIG. 5 comprises a central processing unit 1, an input / output unit 2, a CAD unit 3, and a drawing database 5.

The central processing unit 1 has operation steps S1 and S.
The operations of 4 to S7 are performed to correct and output the drawing.

As shown in FIG. 3, the drawing database 5 stores drawing information including a drawing name f and drawing data g in a record corresponding to each drawing.

Next, the operation of the conventional example shown in FIG. 5 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in the operation step S1, the input / output device 2
The drawing name z to be searched for correction is input to the central processing unit 1.

Based on this drawing name z, operation step S4
Then, the drawing database 5 is searched, and the drawing information including the drawing name f and the drawing data g that match the drawing name z is read.

In operation step S5, the CAD device 3 displays the drawing on the input / output device 2 based on the drawing data g read from the drawing database 5.

At operation step S6, the drawing displayed on the input / output device 2 is corrected by using the CAD device 3, and the drawing data g corrected at operation step S7 is the drawing database 5
Is output (registered) to. As described above, only the drawing for which the design is changed is searched, and other drawings affected by the design change must be searched by inputting the drawing name z separately.

[0012]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional drawing retrieval system, when a design change is made to a CAD drawing, the data for one target drawing is searched and the display screen is displayed. Although it is possible to output to the above, as the drawing data is modified, there will be no indication or notification of other drawing data for which related modifications will be made. When inputting a CAD drawing, it is a work only on the basis of the thinking of the user who inputs the CAD drawing. Therefore, it is impossible to input and correct all the related drawing names accurately, and the CAD drawing should have been corrected. It had the drawback of overlooking the data.

The present invention has solved the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object thereof is to display on the display screen the configuration of a drawing which is corrected in accordance with a design change and transmit it to the user. It is in.

[0014]

The drawing retrieval system of the present invention comprises a drawing name input means for inputting a design change target drawing name,
Configuration information search means for searching the configuration of other drawings related to this drawing from the drawing name obtained from the drawing name input means, and configuration information searched by the configuration information search means from the configuration information database to be searched is displayed. Configuration information display means for displaying on the screen, modified drawing selection means for selecting a drawing to be modified from the displayed configuration, drawing display means for displaying this drawing on the display screen from the drawing database, Drawing creation / correction means for making corrections and design changes to the displayed drawings using the CAD function, and drawing output means for outputting the drawings whose design has been changed by the drawing creation / correction means to the configuration information database and the drawing database. It is configured to include and.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a record layout diagram of the configuration information database shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a record layout diagram of the drawing database shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. It is a related drawing display figure which shows one example of a display of the structural information searched in the Example shown in FIG.

The drawing retrieval system shown in FIG. 1 comprises a central processing unit 1, an input / output unit 2, a CAD unit 3, a configuration information database 4 and a drawing database 5.

The central processing unit 1 has operation steps S1 to S.
The operation of 7 is performed to search, correct, and output the drawing.

As shown in FIG. 2, the configuration information database 4 includes a record corresponding to each drawing in its own drawing name a, parent drawing identifier b, parent drawing name c, child drawing identifier d and child drawing name e.
It stores configuration information consisting of.

Further, the drawing database 5 stores drawing information including a record drawing name f and drawing data g corresponding to each drawing as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, in the operation step S1, the central processing unit 1 reads the drawing name for the search input from the input / output device 2, and in the operation step S2, the configuration information database 4 is searched using the drawing name a1 as the search key. . That is, in the record layout of the configuration information database 4 shown in FIG. 3, the configuration information including the own drawing name a that matches the drawing name f for the search read by the central processing unit 1 is searched and included. Based on the parent drawing identifier b and the child drawing identifier d, the parent drawing name c and the child drawing name e of the drawing to be searched are searched. The retrieved parent drawing names c and f drawing name e serve as search keys to search other records in the configuration information database 4. This search is repeated many times, and when the record that matches the search key does not exist in the configuration information database 4, the central processing unit 1 finishes the search of the configuration information database 4, and the central processing unit 1 ,
In operation step S3, the configuration information such as the display example of the configuration information shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the input / output device 2.

With this display, the user selects the drawing name z ₂ to be corrected, and the CAD device 3 causes the drawing database 5 to use the selected drawing name z ₂ as a key in the operation step S4.
Search for. The record layout of the drawing database 5 shown in FIG. 3 is searched for a record in which the drawing name f matching the selected drawing name z ₂ exists, and in the operation step S5, the CAD device 3 retrieves the drawing data g. It is displayed on the input / output device 2.

In operation step S6, the user corrects the drawing data g displayed on the input / output device 2 by using the function of the CAD device 3.

In operation step S7, the drawing data g corrected by the function of the CAD device 3 is output (registered) to the drawing database 5 by using the function of the CAD device 3. CA
At the same time as the output to the drawing database 5, the D device 3 outputs (registers) the configuration information newly corrected by the input / output device 2 to the central processing unit 1 to the configuration information database 4.

By the above-described selection of the drawing name to be corrected, the output (registration) is performed to the configuration information database 4 for one drawing and the drawing database 5, but in the display example of the configuration information shown in FIG. As can be seen, if the related drawings (the parent drawing name c and the child drawing name e determined by the parent drawing identifier b and the child drawing identifier d) need to be corrected,
Similarly, for these other drawings, the record of the drawing database 5 is searched by the function of the CAD device 3 and the selected drawing name z ₂ is matched. The drawing name f is searched, the drawing data g is displayed on the input / output device 2 by the function of the CAD device 3,
The drawing data g is corrected by the function of the CAD device 3,
When completed, the function of the CAD device 3 outputs (registers) to the drawing database 5 and at the same time outputs the configuration information newly corrected by the input / output device 2 to the central processing unit 1 to the configuration information database 4. (Register)

[0027]

According to the drawing retrieval system of the present invention, by adding the configuration information database, the configuration information indicating the parent-child relationship of the drawings can be retrieved and displayed. Therefore, when the drawings are revised, the target drawings are revised. Since related drawings can be extracted later, there is an effect that omission of correction can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a record layout diagram of the configuration information database shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a record layout diagram of the drawing database shown in FIG.

4 is a related drawing display diagram showing a display example of the configuration information retrieved in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 5 is a system configuration diagram showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Central Processing Unit 2 Input / Output Device 3 CAD Device 4 Configuration Information Database 5 Drawing Database S1 to S7 Operation Step a Own Drawing Name b Parent Drawing Identifier c Parent Drawing Name d Child Drawing Identifier e Child Drawing Name f Drawing Name g Drawing Data A ~ F Drawing z, z ₁ , z ₂ Drawing name

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A drawing name input means for inputting a drawing name for searching, a configuration information searching means for searching configuration information by the input drawing name, and a configuration information for displaying the configuration information. Display means, modified drawing search means for searching a drawing selected to be modified from the displayed configuration information, drawing display means for displaying drawing data of the searched modified drawing, and display A drawing retrieval system comprising: a drawing creating / correcting means for correcting the created drawing data; and a drawing outputting means for outputting the corrected drawing and corresponding configuration information. 2. A drawing database for storing drawing information including a drawing name and drawing data, and configuration information for storing configuration information for identifying at least one of a parent drawing and a child drawing corresponding to its own drawing name. A database, an input / output device for inputting a drawing name to be searched and for displaying according to the drawing data and the configuration information, and searching the configuration information database based on the input drawing name to search the parent A drawing search method comprising: a drawing and a central processing unit capable of searching the child drawing. 3. A drawing name is input, configuration information is searched based on the drawing name, the searched configuration information is displayed, a correction target drawing is selected, and the selected correction target drawing is searched. A drawing search method characterized in that a corrected drawing created by correcting the searched drawing to be corrected is output.