JPH07296073A - Drawing management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow different users with plural purposes of utilization to speedily and easily execute desired jobs by automatically selecting and displaying man- machine operation items with only necessary function corresponding to it when the plural users input the respective purposes of utilization. CONSTITUTION:A user selects a pertient job mode from among 'job selection' on the displaying face 101 of a display through the use of a key board 206 at the time of starting a system. When this selection command is inputted to CPU 201, an operation input part 104 checks the rationality of input operation and when the selection command is normal, the command is inputted to a by- class man-machine control part 105 indexesa man-machine definition file from a filing device 203 and temporarily stores it in a main memory 202. The main memory 202 stored data in processing a program for executing processing such as the retrieval and the editing of graphic data. To this man-machine definition file, a man-machine item usable in each job mode is defined.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drawing management apparatus for converting facility drawings such as water and gas piping systems, electricity and telephone wiring systems into digital information and managing the information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the status of facilities such as water, gas, electricity, piping for telephones, wiring systems, etc. has been managed using drawings drawn on paper or polyester film. At this time, it is necessary to revise the drawing when the facility changes.
All the correction work of the drawings must be done manually,
It has a problem that it requires a lot of labor and time and that the rate of erroneous writing is high. In order to solve this problem, it has been proposed, for example, to manage facility drawings by converting them into digital information as described in JP-A-63-254565. In order to manage the facility drawings by converting them into digital information, a large number of facility drawings (topographic maps, system diagrams, symbol diagrams, etc.) stored in the file device are displayed on a display device. Further, the correction work of the drawings is also displayed on the display device. An apparatus for converting facility drawings into digital information and managing them in this way is called a drawing management apparatus, and has been put to practical use for managing the water distribution pipes of water facilities.

However, in this drawing management apparatus, a man-machine in which a person interacts with a machine selects and uses functions such as drawing retrieval, drawing update, drawing output, and system definition according to its purpose. However, due to the diversification of work, the increase of function items to support it, and the complexity of operations, there is a high risk of erroneous operations.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The diffusion rate of water supply facilities has reached 90% or more nationwide, and plays an important role in social life. This drawing management device has been put to practical use in order to accurately grasp underground buried objects of water facilities and to support efficient maintenance. However, from the viewpoint of operation, this device is often used by being shared by a plurality of departments, and since the user is not limited to a dedicated operator, operability that anyone can operate is required.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a drawing suitable for a plurality of users having different purposes of use to quickly and easily carry out the intended work. To provide a management device.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The above-mentioned purpose is that when a plurality of users input their respective purposes of use, man-machine operation items corresponding to only the necessary functions are automatically selected and displayed, and at the same time other than the purpose of use. The man-machine operation items of are automatically deleted from the screen and can be achieved by being able to perform a quick operation corresponding to the purpose of use.

[0007]

[Function] Utilization work can be classified into drawing retrieval, drawing update, system expansion, etc. according to the utilization frequency and utilization form.
The man-machine item corresponding to the classification according to the use business is edited in advance. When the user operates this drawing management device, first by selecting and inputting the use business, only man-machine items corresponding to the classification according to this use business are selected and displayed on the screen, and a plurality of users do their own. You can operate with the man-machine items that are most suitable for your work, and you can execute your desired work quickly and easily.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a basic configuration diagram of a drawing management apparatus which is an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the file device 20
Facility drawing data is stored in 3. The facility drawing data includes graphic data such as topographic maps and pipelines, and attribute data represented by letters and numerical values such as town names, individual names, pipe diameters, pipe types, etc. related to the graphics. The stored graphic data is input from the drawing input device 204 which scans a drawing written on a paper at a constant interval and changes the read data to a light and shade gradation to obtain a digital image to obtain coded data. The facility drawing is composed of a plurality of drawings as shown in FIG. 3 (a), each of which is divided into a graphic data file. The graphic data is shown in an orthogonal coordinate system as shown in FIG. 3B, and the lengths X ₀ and Y ₀ in the X and Y axis directions are determined by the drawing size. These graphic data are shown in Fig. 4 (b)-(d)
It has a data storage structure that is hierarchically separated from the pipeline. Figure 4
The graphic data as shown in FIG. On the other hand, the attribute data is input to the file device 203 using a keyboard 206 or a data input device 208 such as a floppy disk that can input data all at once. Operator is mouse 20
In order to display a drawing on the display device (CRT) 205 by operating 7, the operator first operates the mouse 207 to move the cursor CU to the function selection icon displayed on the CRT screen and designate it. To do. When the icon of "drawing retrieval" is designated, the central processing unit (CPU) 201 retrieves the corresponding drawing data (graphic data and its attribute data) from the file device 203 and temporarily stores it in the main memory 202. The main memory 202 has a function of storing a program for executing processing such as search and edit of screen data and data being processed. The drawing data temporarily stored in the main memory 202 is displayed on the CRT 205 after being edited by the CPU 201 in accordance with the effective display coordinates which is the display area of the CRT 205. The operator can know the target drawing content from this display screen. In addition, in order to grasp the detailed part, the part is enlarged and displayed.
For this purpose, for example, the cursor CU is moved by the mouse 207, and a rectangular arbitrary area is designated from both ends on the diagonal line from the CRT display area to be enlarged or reduced to an arbitrary magnification. Specifically, a part of the relevant drawing data stored in the main memory 202 is enlarged / reduced by the CPU 201 and displayed on the CRT 205. Further, by operating the mouse 207 to specify the “drawing output” icon, it is possible to output the drawing being displayed on the screen to the drawing output device 209 at an arbitrary scale ratio in whole or in part. Similarly, in the case of modifying the drawing, after designating the icon of "correct drawing", the corresponding figure, character, symbol or the like is modified according to a predetermined operation procedure.

Next, a process for selecting and operating a man-machine for each job when a plurality of users execute a desired job will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 shows details of an embodiment of the present invention, CP
It is the figure which showed an example of the selection processing of the man-machine according to work of U201.

In FIG. 1, the display surface 101 of the display
Is composed of a mouse operation icon area 102 for selecting a function for searching and modifying a target drawing, and a drawing display area 103 for displaying a drawing searched by the mouse operation. The process of selecting a man-machine for each business and operating only the corresponding function is performed by the following procedure.

When the system is started up, the user uses the keyboard 206 to select and input a corresponding work mode from "work selection" on the display surface 101. When this selection command is input to the CPU 201, the operation input unit 1
At 04, the rationality of the input operation is checked. When the selection command is normal, the command is the man-machine controller 10 for each job.
Input to 5. The business-specific man-machine control unit 105 indexes the man-machine definition file from the file device 203,
It is temporarily stored in the main memory 202. Main memory 20
Reference numeral 2 serves to store a program for executing processing such as search and edit of screen data and data being processed.
This man-machine definition file defines available man-machine items for each business mode. FIG. 5 is a table showing examples of man-machine selection items for each business mode. Most of the jobs used are drawing retrieval and output, and the job mode A is usually selected. An example in which the business mode A is selected will be shown below as a search operation procedure. In the case of business mode A,
The icon shown in FIG. 6A is selectively displayed in the icon area 102.

Using the mouse 207, a cursor CU which moves in a one-to-one correspondence with the operation of the mouse 207 is moved to the icon area 102 on the display surface 101, and the "drawing search" icon is selected and instructed. Directly for drawing search,
There are drawing No. search that specifies the target drawing No., index map search that searches the target drawing from the index map that shows the positional relationship of the entire drawing, target search by target specification, town name search by town name specification, etc. , Of these, use properly according to the application. When this selection command is input to the CPU 201, the operation input unit 104 checks the rationality of the input operation. When the selection command is normal, the command is the graphic search unit 106.
Entered in. The graphic search unit 106 uses the file device 203.
Then, the corresponding drawing data (graphic data and its attribute data) is indexed and temporarily stored in the main memory 202. The drawing data temporarily stored in the main memory 202 is read by the display editing unit 111 via the graphic search unit 106. The display editing unit 111 displays the drawing data in the drawing display area 1
Edited in accordance with No. 03, and displayed in the drawing display area 103.

On the other hand, referring to FIG. 1, a case of searching for attribute data corresponding to the drawing will be described below. When instructing a figure on the drawing and searching for the desired attribute data,
The cursor CU is moved using the mouse 207, and the “attribute search” icon is selected and commanded. This selection command is the CPU
When input to 201, the operation input unit 104 checks the rationality of the input operation. When the selection command is normal, the command is input to the attribute search unit 107. Attribute search unit 1
Reference numeral 07 indexes the corresponding attribute data from the file device 203 and temporarily stores it in the main memory 202. The attribute data temporarily stored in the main memory 202 is the display editing unit 1.
11 reads through the attribute search unit 107. The display / editing unit 111 displays the attribute data in the drawing display area 103.
And is displayed in the drawing display area 103. When the attribute data is searched by specifying a condition, the condition is keyed in using the keyboard 206. The input data is checked by the operation input unit 104 for the rationality of the input operation. When the selection command is normal, the command is input to the attribute search unit 107. The attribute search unit 107 indexes the attribute data corresponding to the condition designation from the file device 203 and temporarily stores it in the main memory 202. The display / editing unit 111 reads the attribute data temporarily stored in the main memory 202 via the attribute searching unit 107. The display / editing unit 111 displays the attribute data in the drawing display area 10
It is edited in accordance with No. 3 and displayed in the drawing display area 103.

The man-machine definition file is a group of functions and operation icons corresponding to each job. FIG. 7 shows the structure of the man-machine definition file. The minimum unit of man-machine is an icon group. The icon group is used when selecting the element function with the mouse.
_It consists of _{1 to} C _j . By selecting this icon with the mouse 207, the corresponding process is executed. Function group F
_{1 to} F _i are those in which these icon groups are selected and edited according to their functional purposes. Therefore, the same icon may be selected and combined depending on the function. The work groups A, B and C are a combination of these necessary function groups in order to efficiently carry out the work. Functional items that are not directly related to work not only impair operability but also may cause erroneous operations. Therefore, the selection of the icon corresponding to the required function is initially defined. The business-specific man-machine control unit 105 in FIG. 1 searches the man-machine definition file 203 for a corresponding function group at the time of initial selection of a corresponding business according to an instruction from the operation input unit 104. The result is stored in the main memory 203, and subsequent operations refer to the main memory 203, so that quick response can be obtained, and the user can easily select a necessary function and achieve quick operation. .

This business mode can be switched at the request of the user. For example, in the business mode B, the icon shown in FIG. 6B is selectively displayed in the icon area 102. In the business mode B, the drawing correction function which cannot be used in the business mode A can be selected.

In this way, by selecting man-machines for each job when the system is started up, a plurality of users can use man-machines suitable for the purpose of use, and quick and easy operation can be performed.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The user is freed from the complication of the operation due to the diversification of the work and the increase of the function items to support it, and the quick and easy operation can be performed, and the erroneous operation can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a relationship between a drawing configuration stored in a file device and a graphic coordinate position.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a hierarchical structure of drawing data.

FIG. 5 is a table showing examples of man-machine selection items for each business mode.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of man-machine icon display for each business mode.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the relationship among each of the tasks, functions, and icons managed by the task-specific man-machine control unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 ... Display surface, 102 ... Icon area,
103 ... Drawing display area 104 ... Operation input section 105 ...
Business-specific man-machine control unit, 106 ... Graphic retrieval unit, 107
Attribute search unit 108 Drawing output unit 109 Drawing correction unit 110 System function unit 111 Display editing unit 2
01 ... CPU, 202 ... Main memory, 203 ... File device, 204 ... Drawing input device, 205 ... CRT, 20
6 ... Keyboard, 207 ... Mouse, 208 ... Data input device, 209 ... Drawing output device.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification number Internal reference number FI technical display location 9071-5L G06F 15/62 335 (72) Inventor Hisato Miyamura 5-2 Omika-cho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture No. 1 stock company Hitachi Ltd. Omika factory

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Pipes and wiring system diagrams for water, gas, electricity, etc.
Alternatively, a drawing input device for converting a superposed diagram of a system diagram and a map into digital information, a file device for storing the drawing information, a display device for displaying a designated corresponding drawing, and a drawing output for outputting the drawing information. In a facility drawing management system equipped with a device and a processing device for controlling each of the functional units, when a plurality of users input their respective purposes of use, man-machines having only the required functions are selected and displayed. A drawing management device characterized by being operable. 2. The drawing management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein man-machine operation items other than the purpose of use are automatically deleted from the screen by inputting a purpose-of-use instruction.