JPH07244687A - Drawing storing method of cad system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically store and take data out without paying attention to the storage location when the CAD system which has plural drawing storage files manages drawing data. CONSTITUTION:Management information is extracted by a management information extraction part 1 from CAD drawing data 10 and a storage location determination part 2 stores the data in a drawing storage file 20 which stores and manages drawings. Further, the storage location of the CAD drawing data 10 is determined from storage location management information 30 and added to the drawing management file 20. On the basis of this drawing management file 20, a drawing storage part 3 automatically stores the CAD drawing data 10 in a stored file group 400 where there are plural drawing storage parts 3. A drawing retrieval part 4 reads in the management information on specified drawing data on the basis of the drawing management file 20 and a drawing take-out part automatically takes CAD drawing data 50 out of the storage file group 400.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for storing drawings in a CAD system, and more particularly to a method for automatically storing drawings in a plurality of drawing storage files and extracting the stored drawings based on management information automatically extracted. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional method of storing a drawing in a CAD system, the information of the drawing manually input by the user at the time of creating the drawing is automatically extracted and treated as management information. If a drawing is automatically stored in a single designated storage location, or if there are a plurality of storage locations, the user needs to select a storage location for the drawing and store it in that location.

[0003]

However, when there are a plurality of storage locations by this method, when a person other than the user who stored the drawing retrieves the drawing, the user who has stored the drawing does not If you don't keep a record, it will be difficult to retrieve. Furthermore, when there are a plurality of drawing storage files, there is a problem in that all the files need to be taken out until the drawing to be taken out is found. An object of the present invention is to automatically store a drawing in a single drawing storage file determined from a plurality of drawing storage files, to quickly retrieve a drawing from a plurality of drawing storage files, and to efficiently execute the drawings. The purpose is to provide a method for storing drawings that is managed by

[0004]

A feature of the present invention is that the drawings are stored in a plurality of drawing storage files, so that the storage location of the drawings is uniquely determined by the management information and the storage location management information extracted from the drawings. The function, the function to add the fixed storage location to the drawing management file, the function to automatically store the drawing in the fixed storage location, the management information of the specified drawing is read from the drawing management file, and the storage location is fixed. It has a function and a function of automatically extracting the drawing from the drawing storage file.

[0005]

As a result, even if there are a plurality of drawing storage locations, the user only needs to perform one operation of storing the drawings, and the drawings can be stored without being aware of the storage location of the drawings. it can.

Further, when a drawing is taken out, it is possible to easily take out a specific drawing from a plurality of drawing storage files based on the drawing storage file name recorded in the drawing management file.

[0007]

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

FIG. 1 shows the construction of a drawing storage unit and a drawing extraction unit.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for storing a drawing, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart for extracting a drawing.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the structure of the management information of the drawing management file.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 100 is a portion for storing a drawing, and 200 is a portion for extracting a drawing. Reference numeral 300 is a portion for performing control for drawing management.
A drawing storage file group 400 stores CAD drawing data.

Reference numeral 10 is drawing data created by using the drawing function of the CAD system. This CAD drawing data 1
The management information extracting unit 1 extracts the drawing name, drawing size, and the like, which are necessary for managing the drawing, as management information from the information recorded at the time of drawing creation in 0. The storage location determination unit 2 stores the management information regarding one piece of CAD drawing data in one line in the drawing management file 20. Further, the storage location determination unit 2 determines the location where the CAD drawing data 10 is stored based on the storage location management information 30 in which the storage rule for determining the storage location of the drawing is recorded.
It is additionally written in the drawing management file 20. For example, when the drawing storage file is divided by drawing size, the storage location management information 30 includes the drawing storage file name corresponding to each size, and when divided by the product name, the drawing storage file name corresponding to each product name. Is recorded. A storage file group 400 including a plurality of drawing storage units 3 according to the storage location determined by the storage location determination unit 2
CAD drawing data 10 in one drawing storage file
To store.

Further, when the drawing storing portion 100 is executed as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2 and the CAD drawing data 10 is the already stored drawing, the newly extracted management information is used as the basis. Then, the drawing management file 20 is corrected, and the CAD drawing data is overwritten according to the drawing storage file name recorded in the drawing management file 20.

To retrieve a drawing, the drawing retrieval unit 4 reads the management information of the specified drawing from the drawing management file 20 and determines which drawing storage file the specified drawing is stored in. The extracting unit 5 reads C from one drawing storage file in the storage file group 400.
It is executed by extracting the AD drawing data 50.

Storage file group 400 in the configuration of FIG.
In addition to being built in the same device, can be realized by being distributed and built in a plurality of devices connected by a network or the like. Further, the storage location determination unit 2 does not add the determined storage location of the drawing to the drawing management file 20, and the drawing retrieval unit 4 determines the storage location of the drawing from the drawing management file 20 and the storage location management information 30 when the drawing is taken out. Can be confirmed.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, the user can automatically store the drawing data in a plurality of drawing storage files and manage the storage file names, so that the user can store the drawing data in the storage location. Drawings can be stored and retrieved without being aware of the above.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a drawing storage method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for storing drawings.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart regarding drawing extraction.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a drawing management file.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Management information extraction unit, 2 ... Storage location determination unit, 3 ... Drawing storage unit, 4 ... Drawing retrieval unit, 5 ... Drawing extraction unit, 10, 5
0 ... CAD drawing data, 20 ... Drawing management file, 30
… Storage location management information, 100… Drawing storage part, 200…
Drawing retrieval part, 300 ... Drawing management control part, 400
… Stored files.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A CAD system having a function of extracting management information necessary for storing a drawing from information recorded in the drawing data with respect to a drawing created by CAD. Information is stored in a drawing management file, and one of a plurality of drawing storage locations exists based on the management information and the storage location management information that records the rules for determining the storage location of the drawing.
The storage location confirmation part that determines the storage location and adds the storage location to the drawing management file, and the drawing storage portion that stores the drawing created by CAD based on the information of the determined storage location in the appropriate drawing storage file are distributed. A function to automatically store and manage CAD drawings in one of the multiple drawing storage files that are stored, and to search for a specific CAD drawing from multiple drawing storage files based on the drawing management file created at the time of storage, A method of storing drawings in a CAD system, which is provided with a function of taking out.