JPH07262234A - Work information generation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily obtain information required in respective work sites by extracting prescribed information from design information based on indication information, executing a processing corresponding to indication information and outputting information. CONSTITUTION:Design information generated in a design part 11 and transmitted from a transmission device 18 is received in a reception device 21. When design information designed by CAD device for design 12 in the design part 11 is supplied to a factory part 20 by a floppy disk and the like, a conversion processing part 23 converts it into data fitted for generating work information. Data selected by a selection part 24 is supplied to a manufacture interface work part 25. The manufacture interface work part 25 holds design information selected by the selection part 24 and supplies it to a work information generation part 26 in accordance with an indication from the work information generation part 26. The work information generation part 26 is connected to a personal computer 27 and data is processed in the respective processing parts based on the indication of the personal computer 27 so as to generate required work information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a work information preparation system, and more particularly to a work information preparation system for preparing and providing information such as drawings necessary for a printed board assembling / testing work in each work process.

[0002] In recent years, in response to the demand for a wide variety of products, there has been a demand for prompt response in accordance with design information at the manufacturing site where various electronic components such as ICs, LSIs, capacitors and resistors are mounted on a printed board. .

At the manufacturing site, the information is classified for each process according to the design information from the design department, and necessary information is obtained for each process. Therefore, in order for the manufacturing site to quickly respond to the design information, it is necessary to efficiently classify the design information.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining a conventional procedure for producing a manufacturing work drawing or the like.

As the design / manufacturing interface from the design department 42 to the factory department 43, the CAD applied design product or the manual design product which is a paper drawing is provided from the design department 42 to the factory department 43 by mail. CAD unit 4 in the design department 42
The design drawing created by 2a or the like is stored in the mounting master file 42c and the component master file 42d via the mounting component output unit 42b. The data stored in the mounting file 42c and the component master file 42d is the printer 42e.
Is printed out and mailed to the factory department 43. The paper drawing 42f to be printed out is, for example, a version number management table, a parts component parts table, a parts mounting mounting drawing, a remodeling drawing (pattern cutting drawing, pattern wiring drawing) and the like. In the factory section 43, a work drawing 43a for each process is manually created based on the paper drawing 42f mailed. At this time, the shape of each part is manually operated (for example, QFP, SO
(P, CHIP, DIP), by specification, by polarity, by specification, and so on.

[0006]

However, conventionally, since work information such as work drawings has been manually created based on design information, it takes time to create work information such as work drawings. At the same time, mistakes such as erroneous writings occur at the time of creation, the provided design information cannot be swiftly responded to, and the designed product cannot be swiftly manufactured.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a work information creating system capable of efficiently creating work information from design information.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention.

The design section 1 creates design information of a manufacturing object.

The instruction section 2 creates instruction information according to the work.

The information extraction unit 3 is supplied with the design information created by the design unit 1 and extracts predetermined information according to the instruction information created by the instruction unit 2.

The output processing unit 4 performs a predetermined process on the information extracted by the extraction unit 3 according to the instruction information based on the instruction information, and outputs the information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the information extracting unit 3 has a table in which information corresponding to the design information is set for each manufacturing process, and the design information is divided for each process by referring to the table. It has a function.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the conversion means 13, 14, 22, 23 for converting the design information created by the design information creating section 1 in a different format into a format which can be processed by the information extracting section 3.
To have.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the instructing section 2 is arranged in each work process section and an instruction can be given in each step.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the design information is provided with part information to be used as a manufacturing object, the information extracting section 3 is provided with a table 25d of substitute parts, and the table 25d is referred to correspond to the part information. It has a function of selecting a replacement part to be replaced.

[0017]

According to claims 1 and 2 of the present invention, at each work site, the instruction unit obtains the instruction information according to the work, and the extraction unit extracts predetermined information from the design information based on the instruction information. Since the output processing unit 4 performs processing according to the instruction information and outputs the information, it is not necessary to manually extract the information required at each work site from the design information at each work site and process it. Information can be easily obtained.

According to the third aspect, by converting the design information created in a different format into a format that can be processed by the information extraction unit and inputting the design information, the processing is performed even for design information created in another format. Can be processed.

According to the fourth aspect, since the information necessary for each process is easily obtained by having the instruction unit for each process, the design information sent from the design department can be obtained on the spot. Can be dealt with.

According to the fifth aspect, it is possible to easily deal with parts different from those described in the design information,
Even when the parts in the design information are difficult to obtain, the alternative parts can be easily found.

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the design and manufacture of a printed board will be described. The design department 11 is a CAD for design (Computer
Aided Design) device 12, conversion processing unit 13 corresponding to conversion means, digitization processing unit 14 corresponding to conversion means, integrated mounting file creation CAD device 15 corresponding to design information creation unit 1, integrated file output unit 16, interface file creation unit 17, transmission device 1
8 to create design information such as a design drawing of a printed board including electronic components used, connection information, and the like.

The designer uses, for example, the design CAD device 12 to input all the information necessary for manufacturing the printed board. The design information created by the design CAD device 12 is converted into integrated mounting file creation data by the conversion processing unit 13 and supplied to the integrated file creation CAD device 15.

At this time, when the designer manually creates the design information 19, the computerization unit 14 converts the design information 19 into the integrated mounting file creating data, and the integrated file creating CAD device 15 is created. Supplied.

The factory department 20 has a receiving device 21, an electronic processing unit 22, an extraction processing unit 23, a selection unit 24, a manufacturing interface work unit 25, a work information creation unit 26, and an instruction unit 27. According to the instructions from, create work drawings for each work process.

The design information transmitted from the transmission device 18 created by the design department 11 is received by the reception device 21. When the design information manually written by the design department 11 is supplied to the factory department as it is, the factory department 20
Is digitized by the computerization processing unit 22.

Further, the design department 11 uses the CAD device 1 for design.
When the design information designed in 2 is supplied to the factory department 20 by a floppy disk or the like, the conversion processing unit 23
Is converted into data suitable for creating work information.

The receiving device 21, the computerization unit 22, and the converting unit 23 are connected to the selecting unit 24. The selection unit 24 selects any data from the reception device 21, the digitization processing unit 22, and the conversion unit 23.

The data selected by the selection unit 24 is supplied to the manufacturing interface work unit 25. The manufacturing interface work unit 25 holds the design information selected by the selection unit 24 and supplies the design information to the work information creation unit 26 in accordance with an instruction from the work information creation unit 26.

The work information creation unit 26 includes an extraction processing unit 28, a work information creation processing unit 29, a personal computer cooperation unit 30, a default processing unit 31, a search processing unit 32, an editing processing unit 33, a print processing unit 34, and a display control unit 35. It is installed in each manufacturing work unit, is connected to a personal computer 27 corresponding to the instruction unit 2, executes data processing in the respective processing units based on an instruction from the personal computer 27, and is instructed by the personal computer 27. Create work information required in the work process.

FIG. 3 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the work information creating unit 26. The hardware configuration for realizing each processing unit of the work information creating unit 26 includes a data processing unit 36, a memory unit 37, a network control unit 38, a display terminal 39, a keyboard terminal 40, a printer 41, and a bus 42.

The data processing unit 36 is a central processing unit (CP
U) 36a and floating point unit (FPU) 36
b, and executes various calculations and data processing. The memory unit 37 includes a main memory 37a, a cache memory 37b, and a virtual memory management unit 37c, and holds and manages the data handled by the data processing unit 36. The network control unit 38 is connected to the personal computer 27 and cooperates with the personal computer 27.

The display terminal 39 displays data, and the keyboard terminal 40 gives various operation instructions to the data processing section 36. The printer 41 prints and outputs the data.

The data processing unit 36, the memory unit 37, the network control unit 38, the display terminal 3
9, the keyboard terminal 40, and the printer 41 are connected to each other via a bus 42 and exchange data.

Further, the bus 42 is connected to the manufacturing interface work unit 25 via the bus 43, and the design information created by the design department 11 is supplied and the processing table, library and output data are filed. ing.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the manufacturing interface work unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. The manufacturing interface work unit 25 is a design / manufacturing interface file unit 25.
a, parts library 25b, process distribution table 25c,
Unregistered file section 25e, Not applicable file section 25
f, a file unit for each process 25g.

Design / manufacturing interface work section 25a
The n components RC1 to RCn are divided into one block, and the head RC of the block stores the number of component types, the number of components, the number of component pins, etc. of the components registered in the block. Next to the head RC, part specifications are stored, and as part specifications, there are an arrangement drawing number, a circuit, a symbol, a marking symbol, a DA (part type for CAD) type, a part shape code, a shape name, the number of parts, and the number of pins. , Information such as case type (package shape: QFP, SOP, CHIP, etc.) is stored. At this time, the shape name is defined in another dedicated block. Information such as the number of definitions and the total number of data is stored in the head RC in the block that defines the shape name.
Next to the head RC, the component shape definition RC is sequentially provided.

The part shape definition RC is composed of definition data and graphic elements for determining the part shape.

The definition data is composed of a part shape name, a mounting area, and the number of graphic elements. Further, the shape of a graphic element is determined by a line, a rectangle, an arc, and a circle, and the start and end points of the line are stored.Rectangle is a pair of diagonal points, arc is the center point, radius, start angle, end point. The corners and circles have a structure in which the radius of the center point is stored, and the shape of the part is determined as described above.

Next to the component specifications, a component RC1 is stored. The component RC1 has a component classification, a mounting position name, a mounting classification (SMD, DIP, etc.), a mounting surface (solder surface, mounting surface, etc.),
The arrangement angle, the reference pin, the X coordinate, the Y coordinate and the like are stored.

Next to the component RC1, the pins RC1 to RCn which are data for each pin of the component are stored. The pin RC stores data such as a pin name X coordinate, Y coordinate, pin type, land number, rotation angle, and net number. Next to the pin RCn, remarks data of the component RC1 such as drawing type, code and text are stored.

The parts library 25b is stored with the order drawing number of the design / manufacturing interface file section 25a as a key, and is read and merged according to the order drawing number.

FIG. 6 shows a process distribution table according to an embodiment of the present invention.
A configuration diagram of the module is shown. Process 1 is stored in the process distribution table 25c.
Data D that indicates whether cleaning is possible or not for each n_n1, Before
Data showing heat resistance such as no processing, processing after drying, etc.
D_n2, Data D representing the mounting surface_{n- 3}, Taping specifications
Data D_n4, Data showing radial axial specifications
D _n5, Specification of hand-fixing, specification jig, automatic loading machine
Data D_n6Classification of mounted parts such as SMD, SMD, DIP
Showing the data D_n7, QFP, SOJ, SOP, SMPG
Data D that distinguishes package types such as A_n8, DA
(CAD part code) Data D for classifying products_n9, R
Data D that distinguishes OM specifications_n10, Show process parts list
Data D_n11It is composed of

FIG. 7 shows a block diagram of a second / third source correspondence table according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the second / third source correspondence table, data regarding the package shape, the seal, the second source, and the third source are stored in order for each purchase specification, and the second source and the third source can be easily selected according to the purchase specification.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the overall operation of the work information creating section according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the work information creation unit 26, the operator operates the personal computer (or WS: workstation) 27 to specify the drawing number, component mounting surface (solder surface or mounting surface), version number, etc., that the operator requires. By this, the data of the designated drawing number component mounting surface and version number is read from the manufacturing interface work unit 25, and the personal computer (or WS:
Displayed on the workstation 27 (step S1)
-1).

Next, the operator operates the personal computer (or WS: workstation) 27 to set the usable parts based on the data read and displayed in step S1-1 to determine the parts specifications (steps). S1-2).

Next, the work information creating unit 26 refers to the process determining factor table 25d and reads out process data corresponding to the component specifications determined in step S1-2 (step S1).
-3).

Next, the work information creating unit 26 refers to the process allocation table 25c and compares it with the process data read in step S1-3 (step S1-4).

Next, a process having data that matches the process data in the process allocation table is determined to be the corresponding process (step S1-5).

An output file corresponding to the relevant process is created and output (step S1-6).

FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of the part specification selection processing in step S1-2. In the part specification selection process, all part specification records are extracted from the design / manufacturing interface file section 25a (step S2-1).

Information required in addition to the information obtained from the design / manufacturing interface file section 25a from the part library 25b with the order drawing number specified by the operator as a key from the extracted all part specification records from the MIF section 25a. Is extracted (step S2-2).

At this time, if the information of the required parts is not registered, it is stored in the unregistered file 25f.

For each part, the part specification data extracted in steps S2-1 and S2-2 is distributed to the process suitable for each part by referring to the process allocation table 25c (step S2-3).

At this time, if the component specification data does not correspond to any process in the process allocation table 25c, it is stored in the not applicable file 25f.

The parts stored in the unregistered file 25e and the non-applicable file 25f in steps S2-2 and S2-3 are displayed and printed out, and the operator operates the personal computer 27 to determine the operator. The component specifications and process are defined in accordance with

As described above, the parts to be attached can be classified and filed for each process, and this file can be easily read for each process, so that the information required in each process can be easily read. .

Display of information distributed by process in FIG. 10 /
The explanatory view of non-display operation is shown.

First, the worker is the personal computer 27 (or WS).
Thus, display / non-display components are selected for each target component (step S3-1).

The target component whose display is selected is displayed on the display terminal, and the target component whose display is selected is not displayed (step S3-2).

Further, when the printout is made from the printer, printing is performed based on the display / non-display selection set in step S3-1 (step S3-).
3).

11 and 12 are diagrams showing screen images of an example of the target part display. Fig. 11 (A) shows a screen image when the target component is output as a mounting diagram.
As shown in (3), the sub window is displayed so that the whole display or the detailed display can be selected.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11B, the identification color for each model when identification by model, number, and color of each part is selected, and as a remark, model such as monochrome display It has a display screen that displays identification patterns for each part, and is configured to be able to identify each part.

FIG. 11C shows a display example of components mounted on the automatic mounting machine 1.

At this time, FIG. 12A shows an overall mounting diagram in which all components are mounted, and FIG. 12B shows a mounting diagram in which only the components mounted in this step are displayed.

Further, depending on the selection, only the same parts can be displayed as shown in FIG. 12 (C).

As described above, by automatically selecting the parts satisfying the respective manufacturing process conditions and displaying / hiding the target parts for each process, only the desired information can be selectively displayed. Accurate information can be quickly obtained in the manufacturing process.

Further, by referring to the second / third source table 25d at the time of the component specification selection process and replacing it with the second / third source as required, the subsequent process after replacing with the substitute component becomes possible.

As described above, it is possible to easily carry out the manufacturing by using the parts which can be easily obtained on site.

Although the selection and classification of parts has been described above, the processing dimension check of the opening portion of the printed board will be described.

FIG. 3 shows the operation flow of the opening size check process of the printed board.

First, the processing data of the solder cream printing plate making aperture is extracted (step S4-1). At this time,
The processed shape of the hole is converted into Gerber data (world standard), and the inverse conversion process is performed from the Gerber data to the shape data. Here, through-hole Gerber data for a multi-sided printed board is extracted.

Next, information peculiar to solder cream printing, plate making and manufacturing is extracted (step S4-2). At this time,
Manufacturing-specific information includes center mark, corner mark, character information, etc., and these information are extracted from the half etching Gerber data.

Next, full-size foot pattern data is extracted from the printed board unit design / manufacturing file (step S4-3). Here, the full-scale foot pattern data indicates foot pattern shape information (full-size foot pattern) of the printed board.

Next, the full-scale foot pattern and the hole-processed foot pattern are compared and displayed (step S4-4).
At this time, each shape information of the full-scale foot pattern / opening foot pattern is identified by color.

Next, the size of the graphic element is checked (step S4-5).

According to the present embodiment, even if there are a plurality of design interfaces such as an existing CAD system, a commercial distribution CAD system, a paper drawing of a manually designed product, etc., any interface can be provided by providing the electronic processing section. Can handle.

Further, since the workstation and the personal computer can be linked with each other by the network configuration, the distributed manufacturing work drawing preparation system can be constructed, and accordingly, the information required at each work site can be quickly obtained. it can.

[0078]

As described above, according to claims 1 and 2 of the present invention, the required work information can be obtained from the design information only by giving an instruction. It has the feature that it is not necessary to create it by work, and the necessary information can be obtained efficiently.

According to the second aspect, since each manufacturing process can be classified, the required information can be easily extracted for each manufacturing process, and the manufacturing can be performed quickly.

According to the third aspect, since information created in different formats by the converting means can be fetched, it has a feature that it can be applied in a wide range.

According to the fourth aspect, it is possible to store and retrieve the necessary information for each work process, to obtain the necessary information on the spot when the information is needed, and to take prompt action. It has features such as

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily find an alternative part of the part instructed by the design information. Therefore, it is possible to easily and quickly switch a difficult-to-obtain part to an easily obtainable alternative part. It has features such as efficient manufacturing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of a work information creation unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a manufacturing interface work unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a data configuration diagram of a design / manufacturing interface file unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a data configuration diagram of a process distribution table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a data configuration diagram of a second / third source correspondence table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the overall operation of the work information creation unit according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 9 is an operation explanatory diagram of a process distribution process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display / non-display processing operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an output screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of an output screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a check processing operation of the printed board according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Design Information Creation Section 2 Instruction Section 3 Information Extraction Section 4 Output Processing Section 11 Design Division 12 Design CAD Device 13 Conversion Processing Section 14 Digitization Processing Section 15 CAD Device for Creating Integrated Implementation File 16 Integrated File Output Section 17 Interface File creation unit 18 Transmission device 19 Handwriting design information 20 Factory department 21 Receiving device 22 Digitization processing unit 23 Conversion unit 24 Selection unit 25 Manufacturing interface work unit 26 Work information creation unit 27 Personal computer (instruction unit)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A design information creation unit (1) for creating design information of a manufacturing target, an instruction unit (2) for creating instruction information according to information to be obtained, and the design unit (1) The information extraction unit (3) which is supplied with the designed information and extracts predetermined information from the design information according to the instruction information created by the instruction unit (2), and the information extraction unit (3) according to the instruction information. A work information creation system, comprising: an output processing unit (4) which performs a predetermined process on the information extracted by the extraction unit (3) and outputs the processed information. 2. The information extracting unit (3) has a table in which information corresponding to the design information is set for each manufacturing process, and a function for dividing the design information for each process by referring to the table. The work information creation system according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. The conversion means (13, 14, 22, 2) for converting the design information created in different formats by the design information creation section (1) into a format that can be processed by the information extraction section (3).
The work information creating system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising 3). 4. The work according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the instruction section (2) is arranged for each work process section, and an instruction can be given in each step. Information creation system. 5. The design information has part information used for a manufacturing target, and the information extracting unit (3) has a replacement part table (25d).
5. The work information creating system according to claim 1, further comprising a function of selecting the substitute part corresponding to the part information by referring to the table (25d). .