JPH08167041A - Drawing layout device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve the operability at correction time by referring drawing information on a drawing, selected by a drawing selecting means, in a storage means by a drawing pasting means. CONSTITUTION: The 1st drawing pasting means 11A is made able to refer to the drawing information on the drawing selected by the drawing selecting means 10 in a data base 8 in the storage means 7. When the drawing pasted to an editing screen is corrected, the correction result of the drawing can be reflected on the drawing information on the drawing stored in the data base 8. Consequently, when one drawing is corrected, all drawings referring to the drawing information on the drawing can be corrected. Therefore, the need to correct the same drawings, read out of the storage means and displayed on plural editing screens, similarly like before is eliminated and the operability at the correction time can be improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drawing layout apparatus for a DTP, word processor, etc., for newly attaching a drawing to a drawing such as a photograph and characters displayed on an editing screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a drawing is newly attached to a drawing displayed on an edit screen, and a correction is made to the newly attached drawing. For example, in the conventional drawing layout apparatus, as shown in FIG. 6, the drawing information a of the drawing A is read from the database in the storage unit 1 and is displayed first on the editing screen 2 based on the read drawing information a. The new drawing A is pasted and displayed together with the drawing B that is present. Then, on the edit screen 2, the operator can make corrections such as addition, transformation, and deletion to the pasted drawing A. ing.

[0003]

In the drawing layout apparatus as described above, a correction instruction is input to the drawing A, and the drawing A is corrected on the editing screen 2 (for example, the editing screen (1)). In this case, the correction content of the drawing A is only on the editing screen 2, and does not affect the drawing information a of the drawing A stored in the storage unit 1.
Therefore, in the above-mentioned drawing layout device, when the same correction is made to the drawing A displayed on another editing screen 2 (for example, the editing screen (2)), the same work needs to be repeated. However, there has been a problem that work efficiency is reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when the drawing A pasted on the editing screen is modified, the drawing information a of the drawing A stored in the storage means is corrected. An object of the present invention is to provide a drawing layout device that can be reflected and has high workability.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the invention as set forth in the first aspect, a drawing is newly attached to a drawing such as a photograph or a character displayed on the editing screen. Of the drawing layout device, an operating means for outputting an instruction from an operator, a storing means for storing a drawing to be pasted on the editing screen as drawing information, and an editing screen based on the instruction output from the operating means. Selecting means for selecting a drawing to be pasted from the storage means, and drawing pasting means for displaying the drawing on the editing screen by referring to the drawing information of the drawing selected by the drawing selecting means from the storage means And an editing unit that corrects the drawing information in the referenced storage unit based on the instruction output from the operating unit.

According to the second aspect of the invention, there is provided a drawing layout device for newly pasting a drawing, such as a photograph or a character, displayed on the editing screen, in which an operator's instruction is given. Operation means to be output, storage means for storing a drawing to be pasted on the editing screen as drawing information, and drawing selecting means for selecting a drawing to be pasted on the editing screen from the storing means on the basis of an instruction output from the operating means. And a first drawing pasting means for displaying the drawing information of the drawing selected by the drawing selecting means on the editing screen by referring to the drawing information of the drawing selected from the storage means, and the drawing selected by the drawing selecting means. The second drawing in which the drawing information is copied and added to the drawing information of the drawing previously displayed on the editing screen, and the drawing is pasted and displayed on the editing screen by referring to the added drawing information. Paste Means for editing the drawing information of the drawing displayed on the editing screen on the basis of the instruction output from the operation means, and the first and the first operations based on the instruction output from the operation means. And a sticking method selecting means for selecting the drawing sticking means.

According to the third aspect of the invention, in the drawing information, the coordinates of drawing elements including characters, points, line segments, arcs, circles, continuous lines, etc. are set as display data. It is characterized by further comprising drawing element reading means for reading the drawing element and display data of the designated drawing on the editing screen based on the instruction output from the operating means.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, in each drawing information of the drawing previously displayed on the editing screen and the drawing to be attached to the editing drawing, font information and line weight necessary for printing are included. The print attribute data indicating the type of line, etc. is set respectively, and is set in each of the drawing information as print attribute data of the drawing displayed in the edited drawing based on the instruction output from the operating means. It is characterized in that a print attribute data setting means for selecting and setting any one of the print attribute data is provided.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the drawing pasting means refers to the drawing information of the drawing selected by the drawing selecting means from the storage means. When the drawing is modified, the modification result of the drawing can be reflected in the drawing information of the drawing stored in the storage means, and if one drawing is modified by this, all of the drawing information of the drawing can be referred to. It becomes possible to modify the drawings. As a result, it becomes unnecessary to make the same correction one by one with respect to the same drawing read out from the storage means and displayed on a plurality of editing screens as in the conventional case, and the workability at the time of correction can be greatly improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the pasting method selecting means selects either the first drawing pasting means or the second drawing pasting means. Accordingly, when the first drawing pasting unit is selected, the drawing information of the drawing selected by the drawing selecting unit is referred to from the storage unit to paste the drawing on the editing screen, and When the second drawing pasting means is selected, the drawing information of the drawing selected by the drawing selecting means is copied and added to the drawing information of the drawing displayed on the edit screen, The drawing is pasted on the edit screen. Therefore, according to the present invention, when the pasting method selecting unit selects the first drawing pasting unit and the drawing pasted on the editing screen is corrected, the result of the drawing correction is stored in the storage unit. Can be reflected in the drawing information of the drawings stored in, so that if one drawing is modified, all drawings can be modified. On the other hand, when the drawing pasted on the editing screen is modified while the second drawing pasting means is selected, the drawing information of the corrected drawing is stored in the storage means. The information can be saved separately without affecting the information, so that different drawings can be displayed from the drawing information of the same roots on each edit screen, and each drawing can be easily read by reading from each storage area. be able to. That is, in the drawing layout device of the present invention, the sticking method (pasting process) of the drawing to be stuck on the editing screen is arbitrarily selected by the sticking method selecting means, so that various drawings can be provided in accordance with the operator's request. You can edit.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the drawing element reading means reads out the drawing element and the display data of the designated drawing on the editing screen based on the instruction output from the operating means. This allows the operator to easily confirm the drawing elements and the display data of the drawing displayed on the editing screen.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the print attribute data setting means is set in each drawing information as the print attribute data of the drawing displayed in the edited drawing based on the instruction output from the operating means. Any one of the print attribute data set is selected and set, whereby the print attribute data can be easily set.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a drawing layout apparatus 1, which is a CP
U, a drawing layout device control unit 2 having a memory (ROM, RAM) and the like, an operation unit 3, a drawing input unit 4, a screen display unit 5, which are connected to the drawing layout device control unit 2.
It is composed of a printing unit 6 and a storage unit 7. The drawing layout device control unit 2 performs a predetermined drawing layout according to a predetermined program (see the flowchart of FIG. 2), and the details will be described later.

The operating means 3 is composed of a mouse, a keyboard and the like operated by an operator, and the operator operates the operating means 3 while looking at the screen display means 5, and, for example, ( 1) an instruction to paste the drawing on the editing screen 50, (2) an instruction to modify the drawing pasted on the editing screen 50, (3) an instruction to store the read drawing on the editing screen 50, (4) An operation such as an instruction to select a method for pasting a drawing on the edit screen 50, and instruction information are output to the drawing layout device control unit 2. The drawing input means 4 is composed of a digitizer, a tablet, etc., and is for reading a drawing and outputting the read drawing as drawing information.

The screen display means 5 is composed of a CRT, an LCD or the like, and displays an editing screen indicated by reference numeral 50 (see FIGS. 3 to 5).
The printing unit 6 prints a drawing based on the drawing information output from the drawing layout device control unit 2. The storage means 7 is configured by an internal memory or an external storage device such as a hard disk or a magneto-optical disk, and stores drawing information representing drawings such as photographs and characters as a drawing file 8A for each drawing. Drawing information of the drawing read on the database 8 and the edit screen 50 (FIG. 3 (b),
5 (B) (see FIG. 5B), respectively. The drawing information stored in the database 8 of the storage means 7 as a drawing file 8A for each drawing is composed of drawing elements such as characters, points, line segments, arcs, circles, continuous lines, and complex figures. , Display data indicating coordinates, etc. for each of these drawing elements such as characters, points, line segments, arcs, circles, continuous lines, and complex figures, and font information necessary for printing, line thickness, line type, etc. Is set to print attribute data.

Next, the editing process performed by the drawing layout apparatus controller 2 will be described in detail with reference to the functional block diagram of FIG. 1 and the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 is a drawing selecting means, reference numeral 11 is a drawing pasting means, reference numeral 12 is an editing means, and reference numeral 13 is a pasting method selecting means.

The drawing selecting means 10 selects drawing information indicating a drawing such as a photograph and characters from the storage means 7 in accordance with an instruction output from the operating means 3. The drawing pasting unit 11 refers to (1) the drawing information of the drawing selected by the drawing selecting unit 10 from the storage unit 7 to paste the drawing on the editing screen 50 by the first drawing pasting unit 11A,
(2) The drawing information of the drawing selected by the drawing selecting means 10 is copied and added to the drawing information of the drawing displayed on the editing screen 50 to paste the drawing on the editing screen 50. The drawing sticking means 11B of FIG. The editing unit 12 corrects the drawing information of the drawing displayed on the editing screen 50 based on the instruction from the operating unit 3, and the pasting method selecting unit 13 operates from the operating unit 3. Based on the output instruction, one of the first and second drawing attaching means 11A and 11B is selected.

The processing contents of the drawing layout apparatus 2 will be described below in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 and the explanatory views of FIGS. Note that the following flowchart shows a process of pasting the drawing A read from the database 8 of the storage unit 7 to the drawing B previously displayed on the editing screen 50. << Step 1 >> (Processing by Drawing Selecting Means 10) In accordance with the operator's instruction output from the operating means 3,
From the database 8 of the storage means 7, a drawing such as a photograph or characters to be pasted on the editing screen 50 is selected. In addition, in this step 1, together with the selection of the drawing, the pasting information 60 such as the pasting position, the rotation angle, and the vertical and horizontal scaling on the editing screen 50 of the relevant drawing is also input. It should be noted that such selection of drawings and input of pasting information may be performed interactively by using the mouse of the operation means 3 or the like while referring to the editing screen 50.

<< Step 2 >> (Paste method selecting means 13)
According to the operator's instruction output from the operating means 3,
The pasting process executed by the first drawing pasting unit 11A (hereinafter referred to as the first pasting process (denoted by reference numeral)), the pasting process performed by the second drawing pasting unit 11B ( Hereinafter, any one of the second pasting processing (denoted by reference numeral) is selected.

<< Step 3 >> (Processing by Drawing Pasting Means 11) (1) Regarding the processing when the first pasting processing is selected (processing by the first drawing pasting means 11A), FIG. ), In the drawing information b of the drawing B previously displayed on the editing screen 50, the drawing information a of the drawing A selected in step 1 is stored in the database 8 of the storage means 7.
From the database 8 of the storage means 7 is referred to according to this insert command, and the drawing information a of the drawing A is referred to, and according to this drawing information a, as shown in FIG. Paste the drawing A to the drawing B on the editing screen 50, and
Is displayed on the same edit screen 50.

When the drawing A is pasted, the pasting position, the rotation angle, the vertical and horizontal scaling, etc. of the drawing B are set in accordance with the pasting information 60 input in step 1.
The pasting information 60 is written after the above "INSERT".
After the pasting information 60, the pasted drawing A
Flag "0" indicating that the drawing information a of is referred to from the database of the storage means 7 which is an external storage area.
To write.

(2) Regarding the processing when the second pasting processing is selected (processing by the second drawing pasting means 11B), first, as in the case of the first pasting processing, FIG. As shown, in the drawing information b of the drawing B previously displayed on the editing screen 50, the insert command to refer to the drawing information a of the drawing A selected in step 1 from the database 8 of the storage unit 7. (INSERT) is written, and in accordance with this insert command, drawing A is read from the database 8 of the storage means 7.
3 according to the drawing information a of FIG.
As shown in (a), these drawings A and B are displayed on the same edit screen 5
0 is displayed. Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 4B to 5B, the drawing information a is copied from the database 8 of the storage means 7 (indicated by the arrow of “copy”) and added to the drawing information b of the drawing B. At the same time, the drawing information a of the copied drawing A is referred to in accordance with the previously written insert command, and in accordance with this drawing information a, the same editing screen 50 for the drawings A and B as shown in the upper side of FIG. Display on top. In addition, in the second pasting process, when pasting drawing A, similar to the first pasting process, according to the pasting information 60 input in step 1, the pasting position, rotation angle, vertical and horizontal direction of drawing B are shown. While adjusting zooming etc.,
The pasting information 60 is written after the above "INSERT".
After the pasting information 60, the pasted drawing A
The drawing information “a” is written with a flag “1” indicating that the drawing information “a” is referenced from the internal storage area.

In this embodiment, the first step is performed in step 2.
Either the pasting process or the second pasting process was selected, but it is not always necessary to select the first pasting process or the second pasting process after step 1, It may be before 1, or after step 4, step 5, step 6, and step 7, and its execution position is not particularly limited. In the second pasting process, first, the drawing information of the drawing stored in the storage unit 7 is inserted into the drawing information of the drawing to be pasted to determine the pasting position, and then copied. The timing of copying the drawing information at this time (that is, the timing of executing the second pasting process) is
It can be arbitrarily selected by the operator.

<< Step 4 >> It is judged whether or not there is an instruction to modify the drawing displayed on the editing screen 50 from the operation means 3, and if YES, the process proceeds to step 5, and if NO, the step. Proceed to 7. << Step 5 >> The drawing to be modified is selected in accordance with the instruction output from the operation means 3.

<Step 6> (Processing by Editing Means 12) The drawing displayed on the editing screen 50 is corrected according to the instruction output from the operating means 3. In addition, such a correction of the drawing is performed by using the mouse of the operation means 3 or the like.
The drawing information of the drawing is rewritten accordingly. The process of step 6 will be described in detail. In the attached drawing A as shown in FIG. 3A, the drawing information a stored in the database 8 of the storage means 7 is referred to. (See FIG. 3B), Drawing A
When is corrected, the drawing information a of the drawing A stored in the storage unit 7 is rewritten according to the correction. That is, in the drawing A pasted as shown in FIG. 3A, the correction result on the editing screen 50 is
This can be reflected in the drawing information a of the drawing A stored in the storage means 7, and if one drawing A is modified by this, all drawings referring to this drawing information a are uniformly modified. can do.

On the other hand, in the drawing A pasted as shown on the upper side of FIG. 5A, the drawing information a stored outside the storage means 7 is referred to (see FIG. 5B). ), There is no direct relation to the drawing information a stored in the storage means 7, and when the drawing A pasted on the editing screen 50 is corrected by this, the corrected drawing information a of the drawing A is stored. It does not affect the drawing information a of the drawing A stored in the means 7. That is, in the drawing A pasted as shown on the upper side of FIG. 5A, different drawing A can be displayed from the drawing information a of the same root on each editing screen 50, and the pasted drawing A Can be corrected and saved without affecting the other drawing A displayed with reference to the drawing information a in the storage means 7.

As shown in the left column of FIGS. 3B and 5B, the drawing information a and b of the drawings A and B displayed on the same editing screen 50 are stored in the storage means 7. It is stored in the edited drawing storage area 8. In this case, in FIG. 3B, only the drawing information b of the drawing B, the pasting information 60 of the drawing A, and the insert command for referring to the drawing information a in the database 8 are stored, and the drawing of the drawing A is stored. Information a
I don't remember that. In addition, in FIG.
The drawing information b, the drawing information a of the added drawing A, the pasting information 60 of the drawing A, and the insert command for referring to the drawing information a of the added drawing A are stored.

<< Step 7 >> It is judged whether or not the operations of Steps 4 to 6 are finished. If NO, the process returns to Step 4, and if YES, the process returns to Step 8. << Step 8 >> The drawing pasted in Step 3 and / or the drawing corrected in Step 6 is output and the drawing is printed by a printing machine (not shown) not shown.

As described in detail above, in the drawing layout apparatus shown in this embodiment, the first drawing pasting means 11A is used.
Since the drawing information a of the drawing selected by the drawing selecting unit 10 is referred to from the database 8 of the storage unit 7 (by the first pasting process shown in FIG. 3), the drawing information a is pasted on the editing screen 50. However, when the drawing A is modified, the modification result of the drawing A can be reflected in the drawing information a of the drawing A stored in the database 8, and if one drawing A is modified by this, the corresponding drawing A is corrected. It becomes possible to modify all the drawings A that refer to the drawing information a of A. As a result, it is not necessary to perform the same correction one by one on the same drawing read out from the storage means and displayed on a plurality of editing screens as in the conventional case, and the workability at the time of correction can be greatly improved.

Further, in the drawing layout apparatus shown in this embodiment, the pasting method selecting means 13 performs the first pasting processing executed by the first drawing pasting means 11A and the second drawing pasting means. Any of the second pasting processing executed by 11B is selected (step 2), and the first pasting processing is selected by this, and the pasting is performed on the editing screen 50. When the drawing A is corrected, the result of the correction can be reflected in the drawing information a of the drawing A stored in the storage means 7, and by selecting the second pasting process, the editing can be performed. When the drawing A pasted on the screen 50 is modified, the drawing information of the drawing A pasted on the editing screen 50 is not corrected without modifying the drawing information a of the drawing A stored in the storage means 7. modify only a Can (see step 3 step 6). That is, in the drawing layout apparatus of the present embodiment, the sticking method (pasting processing) of the drawing to be put on the editing screen 50 can be arbitrarily selected by the sticking method selecting means 13, and thereby the operator's request. It is possible to edit various drawings according to the above, and it is possible to obtain an effect that the working efficiency of the operator can be significantly improved.

As described above, in the drawing information of the drawing, the display data includes the coordinates, inclination angle, rotation angle, rotation direction, etc. of the drawing element consisting of characters, points, line segments, arcs, circles, continuous lines and the like. The display image of each drawing is created based on these data. However, when the operator wants to know the content of the drawing information of each displayed drawing, the mouse of the operating means 3 is used. When the drawing is clicked, the contents of these drawing information are read and displayed on the editing screen 50 by the drawing element reading means 14 provided in the drawing layout apparatus control unit 2 (a in FIG. 3B).
b)). At this time, attribute information such as font information can also be confirmed. On the other hand, when the figure is modified, the figure displayed on the screen of the screen display means 5 is modified by the operation of the operator by the operation means 3.
When such a figure is modified, the storage means 7
The data contents such as the coordinate values related to the figure inside are also corrected.

As described above, in the drawing information of the drawing, the font information necessary for printing, the line thickness, the print attribute data indicating the type of line, etc. are set.
Such print attribute data is set for each of the drawing information a and b of the drawing B previously displayed on the editing screen 50 and the drawing A to be pasted on the editing drawing 50. In the example, print attribute data setting means 15 for selecting any of these print attribute data is further provided. The print attribute data setting unit 15 prints the print attribute data of the drawings A and B displayed in the edited drawing 50 as print attribute data of the drawing information a and b, respectively, based on the instruction output from the operation unit 3. The attribute data is selected and set, and the selected and set print attribute data is stored in the edited drawing storage area 8 of the storage unit 7 together with the drawing information at the end of step 6 described above. ing.

[0033]

As described above in detail, in the invention described in the first aspect, the drawing pasting means causes the drawing selection means to refer to the drawing information of the drawing selected from the storage means. When the drawing pasted on the editing screen is modified, the modification result of the drawing can be reflected in the drawing information of the drawing stored in the storage means, and if one drawing is modified by this, It becomes possible to modify all the drawings that refer to the drawing information of the drawings. As a result, it is not necessary to perform the same correction one by one on the same drawing read out from the storage means and displayed on a plurality of editing screens as in the conventional case, and the workability at the time of correction can be greatly improved.

In the invention according to the second aspect, the pasting method selecting means selects either the first drawing pasting means or the second drawing pasting means. Accordingly, when the first drawing pasting unit is selected, the drawing information of the drawing selected by the drawing selecting unit is referred to from the storage unit to paste the drawing on the editing screen, and When the second drawing pasting means is selected, the drawing information of the drawing selected by the drawing selecting means is copied and added to the drawing information of the drawing displayed on the edit screen, The drawing is pasted on the edit screen. Therefore, according to the present invention, when the pasting method selecting unit selects the first drawing pasting unit and the drawing pasted on the editing screen is corrected, the result of the drawing correction is stored in the storage unit. Can be reflected in the drawing information of the drawings stored in, so that if one drawing is modified, all drawings can be modified. On the other hand, when the drawing pasted on the editing screen is modified while the second drawing pasting means is selected, the drawing information of the corrected drawing is stored in the storage means. The information can be saved separately without affecting the information, so that different drawings can be displayed from the drawing information of the same roots on each edit screen, and each drawing can be easily read by reading from each storage area. be able to. That is, in the drawing layout device of the present invention, the sticking method (pasting process) of the drawing to be stuck on the editing screen is arbitrarily selected by the sticking method selecting means, so that various drawings can be provided in accordance with the operator's request. Editing can be performed, and there is an effect that it is possible to significantly improve the work efficiency of the operator.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the drawing element and the display data of the designated drawing are read out on the edit screen based on the instruction output from the operating means, whereby the operator can edit the edit screen. It becomes possible to easily confirm the drawing elements and the display data of the drawing displayed above.

In the invention according to the fourth aspect, the print attribute data setting means is set in each drawing information as the print attribute data of the drawing displayed in the edited drawing based on the instruction output from the operating means. The print attribute data that is present is selected and set. This makes it possible to easily set the print attribute data, and the work of setting the print attribute data can be made more efficient.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a drawing layout apparatus 1.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the drawing layout device 2.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a drawing pasting process by a first drawing pasting unit.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view (1) showing a drawing pasting process by a second drawing pasting unit.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view (2) showing a drawing pasting process by a second drawing pasting unit.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a conventional drawing pasting process.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Drawing Layout Device 2 Drawing Layout Device Control Unit 3 Operating Means 4 Drawing Input Means 5 Screen Display Means 6 Printing Means 7 Storage Means 8 Database 9 Editing Drawing Storage Area 10 Drawing Selection Means 11A (11) First Drawing Pasting Means ( Drawing pasting means) 11B (11) Second drawing pasting means 12 Editing means 13 Pasting method selecting means 14 Drawing element reading means 15 Printing attribute data setting means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A drawing layout device for newly attaching a drawing to a drawing such as a photograph or a character displayed on an edit screen, and an operation unit for outputting an instruction from an operator, and an editing unit. The storage means for storing the drawing to be pasted on the screen as the drawing information, the drawing selecting means for selecting the drawing to be pasted on the editing screen from the storing means based on the instruction output from the operating means, and the drawing selecting means A drawing pasting unit for pasting and displaying the drawing on the editing screen by referring to the drawing information of the drawing from the storage unit, and a drawing in the referenced storage unit based on an instruction output from the operation unit. A drawing layout apparatus comprising: an editing unit that corrects information. 2. A drawing layout device for newly attaching a drawing to a drawing such as a photograph or a character displayed on an edit screen, and an operation unit for outputting an instruction from an operator, and an edit unit. The storage means for storing the drawing to be pasted on the screen as the drawing information, the drawing selecting means for selecting the drawing to be pasted on the editing screen from the storing means based on the instruction output from the operating means, and the drawing selecting means By referring to the drawing information of the drawing from the storage means, the first drawing pasting means for pasting and displaying the drawing on the editing screen and the drawing information of the drawing selected by the drawing selecting means are copied and edited. A second drawing pasting unit for pasting and displaying the drawing on the editing screen by adding the drawing information of the drawing previously displayed on the screen and referring to the added drawing information; Or Editing means for making corrections to the drawing information of the referenced drawing based on the instruction output from the first drawing; and first and second editing operations based on the instruction output from the operating means.
And a sticking method selecting means for selecting the drawing sticking means. 3. The drawing information includes, as display data, coordinates of drawing elements including characters, points, line segments, arcs, circles, continuous lines, and the like, and an instruction output from the operating means. 3. The drawing layout device according to claim 1, further comprising drawing element reading means for reading the drawing element and display data of the designated drawing on the editing screen based on the above. 4. The drawing information previously displayed on the editing screen and the drawing information of the drawing to be pasted to the editing drawing include:
The print attribute data indicating the font information, line thickness, line type, etc. necessary for printing are set respectively, and the print attribute data of the drawing displayed in the edited drawing is based on the instruction output from the operating means. 4. The print attribute data setting means for selecting and setting any one of the print attribute data set in each of the drawing information is further provided as the above. Drawing layout device.