JPH0743741B2 - Deployment connection diagram automatic creation method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a desk device circuit configured by connecting an input / output circuit of an information processing device and a desk device or a group of desk devices composed of a plurality of desk devices, or The present invention relates to a developed connection diagram of a detector circuit formed by connecting an input / output circuit of an information processing device and a detector.

[Conventional technology]

In general, when designing an electrical (equipment) system, the design drawings for desk equipment such as lamps and push buttons include desk equipment layout diagrams showing desk functions, operation contents and operability, desk equipment and information. There is a developed connection diagram showing an electrical connection relationship with a processing device. As for the design order, first, a desk device layout drawing is created as a basic design, and then a development connection diagram is created based on the desk device layout drawing as a detailed design.

In addition, the order of designing the connection of detectors such as limit switches and level switches is as follows: first, as a basic design, create a detector list that describes the uses, number, and specifications of detectors.
Based on that, after confirming that there is a sensor function (number, specifications) necessary for exhibiting the functions of the entire equipment, as a detailed design, the development connection showing the connection relationship between each detector and the information processing device. Make a diagram.

Conventionally, a designer (not necessarily the same designer) creates a desk device layout diagram or a detector list and a development connection diagram as two tasks, and the designer connects the basic design and the detailed design. .

As a method of design efficiency improvement, the existing CAD drawings were edited by the interactive CAD, or the diversion design was performed by modifying the similar drawing data.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Among the above-described conventional unfolded connection diagram creation methods, in the unfolded connection diagram creation method for desk devices, the technical information sources used for the desk device layout diagram and unfolded connection diagram are the same. Nevertheless, the designer creates both the desk device layout diagram and the development connection diagram, which not only wastes time due to the two design work, but also causes an error in transcription of information between the two drawings. It has the drawback of being easy.

Also, in the method of creating a detector connection diagram, the designer creates two detector lists and a connection diagram even though the technical information sources used for the detector list and the connection diagram are the same. Therefore, there is a disadvantage that not only time is wasted by the two design works, but also an error in transcription of information between the detector list and the development connection diagram is likely to occur.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for creating an expanded connection diagram with high design efficiency, which automatically connects a design from creation of a desk device layout diagram or detector list to generation of an expanded connection diagram.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

A first method for automatically creating an expanded connection diagram according to the present invention is an automatic expanded connection diagram for automatically creating an expanded connection diagram of a desk device circuit configured by connecting an input / output circuit of an information processing apparatus and a desk device or a group of desk devices. A method of making, wherein a connection position on an electric circuit diagram to which a desk device or a group of desk devices is connected is fixed, and the connection position of a standard desk device circuit diagram described in a predetermined reference format is blank. An input / output circuit original diagram consisting of various desk devices or desk device groups is created and registered in advance, and electrical symbols for the expansion connection diagram corresponding to each desk device or desk device group are registered in advance. The desk equipment layout drawing corresponding to the specified equipment specifications is drawn by CAD, and the desk equipment layout drawing CAD
Information is input to a computer, and from the CAD information, it is necessary to create a deployment connection diagram for each desk device or group of desk devices planned to be connected to the input / output circuit. The desk device information is extracted and registered, the electric symbol corresponding to the desk device information is searched, a predetermined process is applied to the searched electric symbol to create a patch, and an input / output circuit corresponding to the desk device circuit is created. The original drawing is searched, and a patch corresponding to the desk device or the group of desk devices to be used is attached to the blank of the input / output circuit original diagram, and a series of operations is performed by the data processing of the computer.

A second unfolded connection diagram automatic creating method of the present invention is an unfolded connection diagram automatic creating method for automatically creating an unfolded connection diagram of a detector circuit configured by connecting an input / output circuit of an information processing device and a detector. Fix the connection position on the electrical circuit diagram where the detector is connected,
In addition, an input / output circuit original diagram in which the connection position of the described standard detector circuit diagram is left blank in a predetermined reference format is created and registered for various detectors in advance, and an expanded connection diagram corresponding to each detector is created. Register electrical symbols for use in advance, and at the time of order design, create a tabular detector list corresponding to the designed equipment specifications with CAD, and use the CAD list of the detector list.
Information is input to the computer, and from the CAD information, the detector information necessary for creating the expanded connection diagram is extracted and registered for each of the detectors scheduled to be connected to the input / output circuit. Then, the electric symbol corresponding to the detector information is searched for, a predetermined process is applied to the searched electric symbol to create a patch, the input / output circuit original diagram corresponding to the detector circuit is searched, and The patch corresponding to the intended use detector is attached to the blank of the output circuit original drawing, and a series of work is performed by computer data processing.

[Action]

The following two pieces of information are necessary for designing an expanded connection diagram showing the connection between the input / output circuit of the information processing device and the desk device or the detector.

1) Information related to electrical circuit connection, 2) Information necessary to create an expanded connection diagram for each desk device or detector (desk device to be used or detector to be used) connected to the input / output circuit (desk) Instrument information, detector information, hereinafter collectively referred to as exploded view information).

The information of 1) is extracted from the original drawing file according to the desk instrument circuit or the detector circuit. Further, how to incorporate the information of 2) into the design of the expanded connection diagram is a main part of the present invention.

The first method for automatically creating a developed connection diagram of the present invention was invented by focusing on the fact that the above-mentioned development drawing information is included in the desk device layout drawing created as a basic design prior to the creation of the development connection drawing. Is the way.

First, a desk equipment layout drawing corresponding to the designed equipment specifications is created by CAD, CAD information of the desk equipment layout drawing is input to a computer, and development drawing information is extracted from the CAD information. By this extraction processing, the information of the above 2) is automatically inherited from the desk equipment layout drawing as the basic design to the development connection drawing as the detailed design.

Next, an electric symbol is searched by using the development view information as a key to generate a patch (graphic part), the patch is pasted and connected to the input / output circuit original drawing extracted from the original drawing file, and an expanded connection drawing is created. It In order to automate the patch attachment, the input / output circuit original diagram is standardized (standard desk equipment circuit), and the patch attachment position is determined for each desk equipment.

The above method is also valid for a desk device group in which a plurality of desk devices are connected to each other instead of the desk device.

In the second method for automatically creating a developed connection diagram of the present invention, a table-format detector list is created by CAD, and C of the detector list is created.
Extract the development diagram information from the AD information and automatically pass on the design of the development connection diagram. Other operations are the same as those of the first method for automatically creating a developed connection diagram.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a first embodiment of a CAD system for applying the first method for automatically creating a developed connection diagram of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure shows the correspondence between desk equipment and electrical symbols.
The figure shows an example of an input circuit original diagram of a programmable sequencer (hereinafter referred to as PS). Fig. 4 is a desk equipment layout diagram in which a development connection diagram is created by the CAD system of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is FIG. 4 is a developed connection diagram created by attaching an electric symbol patch corresponding to the desk device of FIG. 4 to the input circuit original diagram of FIG. 3.

This embodiment is a case where the development connection diagram of FIG. 5 is generated from the desk device layout diagram of FIG.

In the electric symbol file 3 in the CAD system 1, electric symbols for the development connection diagram of each desk device are registered in advance. The input / output circuit original diagram file (hereinafter referred to as the original diagram file) 4 contains the input / output circuit original diagram (described later).
An original drawing is divided for each desk device circuit and registered in advance.
On a CRT display with a keyboard (hereinafter referred to as a CRT display) 5, a desk device layout pattern created based on equipment specifications designed at the time of order design is interactively input from the keyboard of the CRT display 5 in a graphic mode, and CAD is used. The desk device layout shown in FIG. 4 is edited. The created desk device layout diagram is printed and output. Further, the CAD information of the created desk device layout drawing is input to the computer, and the development drawing information (desk device information) is extracted from the CAD information and registered in the development drawing information file 6. As a general rule, the development drawing information to be registered is: 1. Device name (device name) (Example: 1BSL, 2IL) 2. Device type 3. Device specifications (Example: amplifier color, changeover switch notch) 4. Device application name (Example: elevator, No.1 roller) 5. Notch name (Example: high speed forward rotation, stop, reverse rotation), etc.

The data conversion module 7 reads the development drawing information from the inversion drawing information file 6 and associates the format of the desk device with the input / output circuit original drawing, and at the same time, writes the patch attachment area in the input / output circuit original drawing to the desk equipment layout drawing. Decide in order according to the equipment arrangement. The patch creation module 8 searches the electrical symbols registered in the electrical symbol file 3 according to the instrument format, further identifies the contents of the variable data, and creates the patch for the expanded connection diagram. The expanded connection diagram automatic creation module 9 reads the input / output circuit original diagram to which the patch is to be attached from the original diagram file 4, and adds the patch created by the patch creation module 8 to the original diagram.
The data conversion module 7 pastes and connects in accordance with the pasting area decided in order, and outputs as a desk equipment circuit development connection diagram for the order of FIG. (Thick arrows in FIG. 1 are symbols representing the contents of the CRT display and the development connection diagram, respectively. The same applies to FIG. 7 to be described later.) The electrical symbol file 3 includes the desk device format. The corresponding electrical symbol for the expanded connection diagram is registered in advance. FIG. 2 shows the correspondence between various types of the panel view of the cam switch (COS) and the electric symbols showing the function of each type of cam switch. When creating an expanded connection diagram, an electrical symbol corresponding to the instrument type is allocated (searched) from the instrument type, and the application name and notch name are changed as variable data to clarify the instrument name, type and function. The patch for the development connection diagram is generated by adding it to a predetermined position. In addition, in FIG. 2, PLCS
103, PLCR251, etc. are the symbol names of patches. If there are two or more wiring methods from the equipment type, for example,
The wiring method that is used most often is adopted as the standard electrical symbol, and there is also a method that interactively corrects after the automatic diagram.
It is also possible to add a connection attribute to the device type and input.

On the other hand, the input / output circuit original diagram (FIG. 3), which is the information designating the connection of the desk device circuit, is registered in the original diagram file 4. The input circuit original diagram corresponds to a figure in which the desk device connection portion is blank in the desk device circuit diagram (standard desk device circuit diagram) in which the connection position of the desk device is fixed and described in the standard format. The patch is the blank part,
That is, it is pasted in the patch pasting area of FIG. Therefore, the input / output circuit is used by dividing the original drawing by the desk device circuit such as the original drawing of the output circuit for the lamp circuit and the original drawing of the input circuit for the push button switch. Fig. 5 shows control switch (CS) patch, button switch with light (BSL) patch and button switch (BS)
This is an example in which a patch is attached to the same input circuit original diagram.
In the case of 3-notch switch such as a changeover switch, it is possible to use a 3-point input circuit, or even an LED, digital switch or the like having a plurality of input / output points can be embossed as a whole.

In this embodiment, the desk equipment layout drawing of FIG.
Plotted by D. In the figure, IL and MV are lamps,
It is a well-known symbol representing a solenoid valve. The exploded view information extracted from the desk device layout drawing is stored in the exploded view information file 6 in a tabular format as shown in Table 1.

FIG. 5 is a developed connection diagram in which a patch corresponding to the desk device of Table 1 is attached to the input circuit original diagram of FIG.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of the method for automatically creating an expanded connection diagram according to this embodiment.

The unfolded connection diagram automatic creation work according to the present embodiment includes a desk device layout drawing creation work 31 by CAD, a data conversion process 32, and an unfolded connection diagram creation work 33 by CAD, and these works and processes 31, 32, 33 are Executed in order.

The designer interactively inputs the desk equipment layout pattern created to realize the equipment specifications designed on order to the CRT display 5, and edits the standard drawing data by CAD to create the desk equipment layout drawing of FIG. 4 ( Step 21). Next, the development drawing information is extracted from the CAD information of the desk device layout drawing and registered in the development drawing information file 6 (step 22). The desk device layout drawing creation work 31 using CAD ends at step 22. Next, the data conversion module 7 associates the device format in the development drawing information with the PS input / output circuit original drawing (step 23), and the patch attachment area on the original drawing is set according to the device arrangement in the desk device layout drawing. Determine in order. In this case, the same appliances are collected, and they are determined in the order from the upper left to the lower left of the desk device layout drawing, and from the top to the bottom of the next row (step 2
Four). When step 24 ends, the data conversion process 32 ends. Next, a patch corresponding to the instrument format is created by the patch creation module 8, and the patch corresponding to the instrument format is pasted at a predetermined position on the input circuit original diagram by the expansion connection diagram automatic creation module 9 to input PS. Connect to the circuit (step 25). The CAD development diagram creation work 33 ends together with step 25.

If the desk devices are connected to each other (desk device group), create a patch for each desk device group and attach it to the input / output circuit original diagram.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram of a second embodiment of a CAD system for applying the second method for automatically creating a developed connection diagram of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 9 is a developed connection diagram created by this embodiment, and FIG. 9 is a flow chart of a method for automatically creating a developed connection diagram of this embodiment.

In the present embodiment, a detector is connected to the PS input circuit.

The CAD system 2 of this embodiment is different from the CAD system 1 of FIG. 1 in operation, but has exactly the same configuration and function. Therefore, the same reference numerals are given to the same devices or modules, the description of the configurations and functions thereof will be omitted, and only the operation will be described.

In the present embodiment, the electric symbol file 3 stores the electric symbols for the developed connection diagram corresponding to the respective detectors. Table 2 shows a correspondence example between the information and the electric symbol, in which the control name, format and specification of the detector are used as the electric symbol identification information. In the table, LS, OSR, and PH are limit switch, overspeed relay, and
A symbol representing a photoelectric switch, and the number written after each symbol is a serial number.

In the original drawing file 4, an input circuit original drawing of PS similar to that shown in FIG. 3 is registered by dividing the original drawing for each detector circuit. As in the first embodiment, the patch pasting area of the input circuit original diagram is blank and its position is fixed for each detector.

As shown in FIG. 9, the design work of the expanded connection diagram according to this embodiment includes a detector list creation work 41, a data conversion process 42, and an expanded connection diagram creation work 43 by CAD. The processes 41, 42 and 43 are executed in this order.

In the detector ist creation work 41, the designer first prepares a detector list manuscript in which the information of all the detectors necessary for realizing the order-designed facility specifications is described in a table format.
Alternatively, the considered detector specifications are interactively input to the keyboard of the CRT display 5 to edit the tabular detector list as shown in Table 3 by CAD (step 51).

Normally, the detector list describes all the detector information necessary for the basic design, and unnecessary information for the expanded connection diagram,
For example, dimensions, shapes, etc. are also included. Therefore, the designer inputs the CAD information of the detector list to the computer and extracts the information necessary for creating the development connection diagram, that is, the development diagram information and registers it in the development diagram information file 6 (step 52).

As a general rule, the exploded view information from the detector list is (a) Detector usage name (example: for upper limit of lister) (b) Detector type (example: PSKU-110C) (c) Number of detectors (d) Detector Management name (example: NLS1, LS10) (e) Detector specifications (example: used contact configuration, comments, etc.). In this embodiment, since only the development view information is described in the detector list, all the information in the detector list is registered in step 52.

Next, the development connection diagram automatic creation work moves to the data conversion processing 42. The processing executed by the data conversion module 7 in this processing stage 42 (steps 53, 54) is the same as the processing executed by the data conversion module 7 in the first embodiment (steps 23, 24).

Finally, the development connection diagram automatic creation work moves to the development connection diagram creation work 43 by CAD. The processing (step 55) executed by the patch creation module 8 and the expanded connection diagram automatic creation module 9 at this work stage is also the same as the processing (step 25) executed by these modules 8 and 9 in the first embodiment. . However, unlike the first embodiment, the electric symbol is searched using the electric symbol identification information in Table 2 as a key when the patch is created.

Based on the detector list in Table 3, the developed connection diagram of FIG. 9 is automatically created. The patch in which the instrument type is added to the electrical symbol corresponding to the detector in Table 3 is attached to the input circuit original diagram, and the developed connection diagram of FIG. 8 is created.

In this case, the attachment order is to collect the same detectors, and determine the patch attachment area from the top to the bottom of the detector list. Of course, it is possible to add processing such as page breaks. When the number information is n, n detector circuits are created.

The above first and second embodiments are examples of the desk equipment circuit and the detector circuit in which the desk equipment or the detector is connected to the input circuit of the PS, but the present invention is not limited to the PS, and the electric circuit is not limited to the PS. The position to which the product is connected can be fixed for each type of electrical product and applied to all information processing devices that can be connected to the input / output circuit. Further, the above-mentioned embodiment is an example of creating a developed connection diagram of a circuit consisting of only a few electric appliances, but the present invention is such that a large number of electric appliances are repeatedly used like the input / output circuit of the PS. It is particularly effective when applied to an input / output circuit.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, 1) the CAD information of the desk device layout drawing drawn by CAD is input to the computer, and 2) or the CAD of the detector list created by CAD is input.
After inputting the information into the computer, the electric symbol is automatically searched by the development drawing information extracted from the CAD information, a patch is created, and the patch is pasted on the input / output circuit original diagram to Creating a fixture layout or detector list can continue to automatically generate an exploded schematic, resulting in
Not only can the design work be done in a single labor-saving manner, but the information of the desk device layout diagram or the detector list and the development connection diagram can be unified to prevent the transcription error and the circuit flaw.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a first embodiment of a CAD system for applying the first method for automatically creating a developed connection diagram of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure shows the correspondence between desk equipment and electrical symbols.
The figure shows an example of the input circuit original diagram of the programmable sequencer. Fig. 4 is the desk equipment layout diagram in which the development connection diagram is created by the CAD system of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is the input circuit original diagram of Fig. 3. FIG. 4 is a developed connection diagram created by pasting an electric symbol patch corresponding to the desk device shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a method for automatically creating a developed connection diagram of this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a second embodiment of a CAD system for applying the method for automatically creating a developed connection diagram,
FIG. 8 is a developed connection diagram created by this embodiment, and FIG.
The figure is a flow chart of the method for automatically creating the expanded connection diagram of the present embodiment. 1,2 ... CAD system, 3 ... electric symbol file, 4
…… Original drawing file, 5 …… CRT display, 6 …… Development drawing information file, 7 …… Data conversion module, 8 ...
… Patch creation module, 9 …… Deployment connection diagram automatic creation module.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method of automatically creating an expanded connection diagram of a desk device circuit configured by connecting an input / output circuit of an information processing apparatus and a desk device or a group of desk devices, comprising: A standard desk device schematic diagram in which a connection position on an electric circuit diagram to which a group is connected is fixed and described in a predetermined reference format is used. A desk device group is created and registered in advance, an electrical symbol for the expansion connection diagram corresponding to each desk device or the desk device group is registered in advance, and a desk device layout diagram corresponding to the designed equipment specifications at the time of order design CAD of the desk equipment layout drawing
Information is input to a computer, and from the CAD information, it is necessary to create a deployment connection diagram for each desk device or group of desk devices planned to be connected to the input / output circuit. The desk device information is extracted and registered, the electrical symbol corresponding to the desk device information is searched, a predetermined process is performed on the retrieved electrical symbol to create a patch, and the input / output corresponding to the desk device circuit is performed. A circuit connection diagram is searched, and a patch corresponding to a desk device or a group of desk devices to be used is attached to a blank of the input / output circuit diagram, and a series of operations are performed by computer data processing. Diagram automatic creation method. 2. A method for automatically creating an expanded connection diagram of a detector circuit configured by connecting an input / output circuit of an information processing device and a detector, in a method for automatically creating an expanded connection diagram, an electrical circuit diagram to which a detector is connected. Fix the connection position above,
In addition, for the developed connection diagram corresponding to each detector, an input / output circuit original diagram in which the connection positions of the standard detector circuit diagram described in a predetermined reference format are left blank is created and registered for various detectors. The electrical symbol of is registered in advance, and at the time of order design, a table-format detector list corresponding to the designed equipment specifications is created by CAD, and the CAD of the detector list is created.
Information is input to the computer, and from the CAD information, the detector information necessary for creating the expanded connection diagram is extracted and registered for each of the detectors scheduled to be connected to the input / output circuit. Then, the electric symbol corresponding to the detector information is searched for, a predetermined process is applied to the searched electric symbol to create a patch, the input / output circuit original diagram corresponding to the detector circuit is searched, and A method for automatically creating an expanded connection diagram, characterized in that a patch corresponding to the intended use detector is attached to the blank of the output circuit original diagram, and a series of operations is performed by computer data processing.