JPH0916801A - Command designation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To simplify the command designating operations and to prevent discontinuance of the user's thinking by designating the commands based on the type (nouns) of the graphic to be operated. CONSTITUTION: A printed board design device 10 reads the graphic data out of a printed board data base 12 and displays the graphic consisting of the graphic data in a graphic editing area of a drawing to design a printed board. The graphic data constructing the data base 12 includes the type of 'noun', i.e., the type of the graphic to be operated, the attribute of the 'noun', the constitutional punctual coordinates of the 'noun', etc. Furthermore, the device 10 can use the conventional command system as it is and also can designate the commands based on the conventional hierarchical menu and a command generation menu and also the command of this invention. Then the device 10 sets the definition file that is used for a command designation device by the operation of an editor 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a command designating device, and more particularly to a command designating device suitable for use in an interactive graphic editing device for creating and editing graphic data such as a printed circuit board designing device. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an interactive graphic editing apparatus such as a printed circuit board designing apparatus for creating and editing graphic data, a user (user) inputs, edits or deletes graphic data. When performing the operation of, a hierarchical menu (reference: JP-A-6
No. 75731), the command in each layer is specified.

Here, a "verb" command indicating an operation type such as "copy", "move", or "erase" is set in the first layer of the hierarchical menu, and "line" is set in the second layer. Set a "noun" command that indicates the type of figure to be operated such as "face" or "circular hole", and copy or move it to any coordinate when copying or moving the figure to the third layer Suppose that you have set a "data input" command that indicates whether or not to do so.

In this case, when the user tries to perform an operation of "copying a line to coordinates (x, y)", first, a "verb" command of "copying" is specified in the first hierarchy, and then the In the second layer, specify the "noun" command "line", and in the third layer, "data input" to "coordinate (x, y)".
You need to specify the command.

Therefore, in the conventional command designating method of designating a command in each layer by operating the hierarchical menu, the operation of designating a command from each layer is complicated and, for example, "line is coordinated. When performing the operation "copy to (x, y)", "copy" for each layer as described above →
Since it is necessary to sequentially specify commands by dividing the concept such as "line" → "to coordinates (x, y)",
There is a problem in that the user's thinking is interrupted, which is annoying.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned various problems of the prior art, and its purpose is to eliminate the necessity of designating a command from each layer and While simplifying the designation operation,
An object of the present invention is to provide a command designating device that does not interrupt the user's thinking when performing a command designating operation.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the command designating device according to the present invention designates a command based on the type (noun) of the figure to be operated. Is.

That is, the command designating device according to the present invention is
In a command designating device in an interactive graphic editing device for creating and editing graphic data, display means for displaying a graphic based on the graphic data and coordinates for displaying a desired graphic from the graphic displayed by the display means are displayed. The coordinate designating means for designating, the graphic data selecting means for selecting graphic data of the graphic displayed on the coordinates designated by the coordinate designating means, and the type of graphic of the graphic data selected by the graphic data selecting means The graphic type determination means for determining, the command storage means for allocating and storing an arbitrary number of commands for each type of graphic, and the command corresponding to the type of graphic determined by the graphic type determination means Of the command read by the command read means read from the It is obtained so as to have a command executing means for executing the desired command from.

Therefore, when the figure displayed by the coordinate designating means is designated, the command preset in the figure is read out and the desired command is executed. Therefore, the command is designated from each layer. This eliminates the need to do so that the command specifying operation is greatly simplified, and the user's thinking is not interrupted when performing the command specifying operation.

Further, there is provided a selection order storing means for storing the selection order of the type of the figure based on the figure data, and the figure selecting means selects from the figure data of the figure displayed on the coordinates designated by the coordinate designating means. The graphic data of the graphic of a predetermined selection order may be selected from the selection orders stored in the selection order storage means.

By providing the selection order storing means in this way, when a plurality of figures are displayed on the coordinates designated by the coordinate designating means, the figure required by the user can be surely selected. Will be able to.

Further, if a selection order changing means for changing the selection order stored in the selection order storage means is provided, the user when a plurality of figures are displayed on the coordinates designated by the coordinate designating means. The figure required by can be changed arbitrarily, and the degree of freedom in operation can be greatly improved.

Further, if the command changing means for changing the command assigned to the command storing means is provided, the degree of freedom of the executed command is greatly increased.

Furthermore, when the execution command updating means for updating the command executed by the command executing means to the previously executed command for each figure type is provided, the previously executed command is executed for each figure type. Therefore, it is convenient when the same operation is continuously performed.

Further, a command execution number storage means for storing the number of executions (use frequency) for each command for each figure type is provided, and the number of executions for each command stored for each figure type in the command execution number storage means ( frequency of use)
Based on the command executed by the command execution means,
By providing the most-executed-command update means that updates the command with the highest number of executions (the command with the highest frequency of use) for each figure type, the command with the highest frequency of use can be automatically selected, which is very convenient. is there.

The present invention can be applied to a conventional interactive graphic editing device having a hierarchical menu. In such a case, when the coordinate designating means designates the coordinates of the graphic displayed on the display means, the command designating device according to the present invention performs the processing so that the coordinate designating means displays the coordinates of the graphic displayed on the display means. When the operation of designating the hierarchical menu is performed without being instructed, the processing by the hierarchical menu may be performed.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a command designating device according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system to which a command designating device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

The system shown in FIG. 1 includes a printed circuit board design device 10 as an interactive graphic editing device. Then, the printed circuit board designing apparatus 10 can design the printed circuit board by reading the graphic data from the printed circuit board database 12 and displaying the graphic constituted by the graphic data in the graphic editing area 10b on the screen 10a. (See Figure 2).

In FIG. 3, the printed circuit board database 12 is shown.
The example of the structure is shown. The graphic data which constructs the printed circuit board database 12 includes the type of "noun" indicating the type of the graphic to be operated, the attribute of the "noun", and the "noun". And the coordinates of the constituent points of. That is, to explain the example of "noun = line" shown in FIG. 3, there is a structure in which graphic data of various lines are sequentially connected to a "line header" that indicates the head pointer of the storage area of "noun = line". Has been done. In the example of FIG. 3, the noun "line 1" is connected to the "line header", and the noun "line 2" is connected to the noun "line 1". The noun "line 1" and the noun "line 2" are each composed of the next P indicating the address of the next noun, the attribute, and the coordinates of the constituent points.

The screen 1 of the printed circuit board design apparatus 10
0a is provided with a hierarchical menu display area 10c and various command generation menu display areas 10d in addition to the graphic display area 10b. The hierarchical menu 10c is used as in the conventional printed circuit board designing apparatus 10. It is supposed that the user can perform the operation that has been performed or the operation using the command generation menu 10d.

That is, in the printed circuit board designing apparatus 10, the conventional command system can be used as it is, and the command specification by the conventional hierarchical menu and the command specification by the command generation menu can be performed. The command designation according to the present invention can be performed.

Further, the printed circuit board design apparatus 10 is
Existing artifacts (command logs, sheet menus, artifacts from various user customization tools, etc.)
Is configured so that it can be used.

Further, in this system, an editor 14 is provided as an external device of the printed circuit board designing device 10, and the operation of the editor 14 sets the definition file used in the command designating device according to the present invention. A plurality of definition files are prepared according to the design target, work content, etc., and these can be appropriately selected and used.

The definition file comprises a noun search table and a command definition table. The command analysis section of the printed circuit board designing apparatus 10 searches for a noun from the coordinates designated on the screen 10a while referring to the noun search table, and A command is assigned to the searched noun with reference to the command definition table, and each process such as command selection, command change, noun change, and command execution is performed as shown in a command designation process described later with reference to the flowchart.

FIG. 4 shows a display example of the screen 14a of the editor 14. The screen 14a includes a definition file / title input area 14b for displaying / changing the name of each definition file, a file use and a file path. Definition file operation area 14c for inputting / changing a search order and search order editing area 14d for creating a noun search table
And a noun edit area 14e for creating a command definition table, and a control button for performing a search order edit operation for creating a noun search table, a noun edit operation for creating a command definition table, and the like. Area 14f is provided.

The control buttons set in the control button area 14f include an add button 14g for adding data and a delete button 14 for deleting data.
h, a change button 14i for changing the data, a write button 14j for writing the edited result in the noun search table or the command definition table, and an end button 14k for ending the editing by the editor 14.
And

A definition file is created by using the editor 14 having the above-mentioned structure. The definition file will be described below.

First, the noun search table in the definition file will be described. This noun search table means the screen 10 of the printed circuit board designing device 10 in the command designation process described later with reference to the flowchart.
The order of the nouns to be selected is set from among the noun figures existing on the designated coordinates of a.

FIG. 5 shows an outline of a method of creating a noun search table and an example of the noun search table.

The noun search table is created using the search order editing area 14d of the editor 14.
That is, a desired noun is searched for from the list of nouns stored in the database (not shown) of the editor 14 for each work content such as artwork design and wiring design.
Set to d sequentially. This setting order is the storage order in the noun search table, and the storage order in the noun search table is
It will be the order when searching.

Since the noun search table is created by the editor 14, the user can arbitrarily change it.
This allows the noun search order to be set arbitrarily.

In the example of the noun search table shown in FIG. 5, "line", "face", and "part" are stored in this order in the noun search table, and the search order is "line".
The order is "face" and "part".

Next, referring to the example of the command definition table shown in FIG. 6, the command definition table in the definition file will be described. A command capable of executing a plurality of commands for each noun (execution command) Can be assigned as In the example shown in FIG. 6, for the noun “line”, the execution command “INSLI
“N”, “INS ARC” and the like are assigned.

As the operation mode for each noun, "with / without default (def)" can be set. If the default operation mode is set for each noun, the default execution command is executed immediately when a noun is searched for in the command specification process described below with reference to the flowchart. If the operation mode for each noun is set to "no default", the execution command will not be executed immediately even if the noun is searched for in the command designation processing described later with reference to the flowchart.

When the default mode is set in the operation mode for each noun, the "fixed mode" is set.
Or "variable mode" is set.

When the "fixed mode" is set, the execution command executed as the default is always fixed, and when the "variable mode" is set, the last executed execution command is the next default. Become. Therefore, when the variable mode is set, the learning function that the execution command is updated to the last executed command can be realized.

In the "variable mode", even the last executed command can be set not to become the default.

Furthermore, it is possible to set an operation mode for each execution command assigned to each noun.
You can set "None". When set to "Inherit coordinate value", the designated coordinate value is treated as the first point data when the command is executed. When "Not inherited coordinate value", the designated coordinate value is set. The value is not treated as the first data when executing the command.

Therefore, when the figure is moved from the point A to the point B, if "with inheritance of coordinate value" is set,
For point A, the designated coordinate values are used as they are in the first
Since it can be handled as point data, it is not necessary to input, and only the second point B needs to be input. On the other hand, when moving the figure from point A to point B,
When "No coordinate value inheritance" is set, the first point A
It is necessary to make an input for each of the above items and for the second point B.

In the example of the command definition table shown in FIG. 6, when the noun "line" is set to "with default", the default command when "fixed mode" is selected is "EDT L
“INE” is set, and “INS LIN” and “ERS LIN” are set as commands that should not be set as default when the “variable mode” is selected.

Further, "display characters" used as a display of "switching menu" in command designation processing described later are also stored. Here, the execution command stored in the command definition file to be processed is displayed in the "switch menu".

Next, the command designation processing will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

First, the system is started, various system variables are read, and the names of the noun search table and the command definition table are read (step S70).
2).

Next, when the graphic data file name F input by the user is received (step S704), the graphic data file name F is used to print the printed circuit board data.
The base 12 is searched to read various graphic data (step S706), and the read graphic data is displayed on the screen 10a of the printed circuit board design apparatus 10 (step S70).
8).

Furthermore, the data of the noun search table is read from the definition file (step S710), and the data is input by a numerical input operation by a keyboard (not shown) or cursor movement and click operation by a mouse (not shown). Is waiting for input (step S
712), when data is input by the keyboard or mouse, the input data is a screen 1 displaying a figure.
It is determined whether or not the coordinate data is on 0a (step S714).

Here, if the data input in step S712 is not the coordinate data on the screen 10a for displaying the figure, it is possible to perform a command designation operation by a hierarchical menu similar to the conventional one based on the input data. Such normal operation and setting change operation of the noun search table or command definition table are performed.

That is, if the data input in step S712 is not the coordinate data on the screen 10a for displaying a graphic, a hierarchical menu is displayed (step S7).
16), waiting for command selection (step S7)
18).

When the command input here is a command for instructing to change the setting of the noun search table or the command definition table, the setting of the noun search table or the command definition table is changed according to the input command. (Step S720) After that, the process returns to step S710, and the processes after step S710 are repeated.

The command input from the command waiting state in step S718 is other than the command for instructing the setting change of the noun search table or the command definition table (for example, a command specified in the hierarchical menu or the system). End command, etc.), the other commands are processed according to the input command (step S722), after which the process returns to step S710 to repeat the processes after step S710.

On the other hand, when the data input in step S712 is the coordinate data on the screen 10a for displaying the graphic, the graphic data on the input coordinate data is searched according to the search order using the noun search table. Noun search processing is performed (step S724).

Here, the noun search process in step S724 will be described with reference to the flowchart of the noun search process shown in FIG.

First, in the noun search process, the designated coordinate value (x,
y) is acquired (step S902).

Then, the process of obtaining the highest rank noun from the noun search table is performed (step S90).
4) It is determined whether a noun has been obtained (step S9).
06).

If no noun is obtained at this time, the noun is not obtained (step S908), the process proceeds to step S716, and the processes from step S716 are performed.

On the other hand, if a noun is obtained in the process of step S904, the printed circuit board database 12 (D /
The process of obtaining the head pointer of the graphic data indicated by the noun obtained from B) is performed (step S910), and it is determined whether or not the head pointer is obtained (step S912).

If the head pointer is not obtained,
The process of obtaining the next-ranked noun from the noun search table is performed (step S914), and the process proceeds to step S906 to repeat the subsequent processes.

On the other hand, when the head pointer is obtained,
Based on the coordinates (constituent points) in the printed circuit board database 12, it is determined whether or not the designated coordinate obtained in step S902 is included in the figure based on the figure data obtained by the obtained noun (step S916, step). S918).

When it is determined that the designated coordinates are not included in the figure, the pointer is moved to obtain the next data of the same noun from the printed circuit board database 12 (step S920). It is determined whether the next data is obtained (step S922).

If the next data is not obtained from the determination result of step S922, the process proceeds to step S914 and the subsequent processes are repeated. If the next data is obtained, the process proceeds to step S916 and thereafter. The process of is repeated.

On the other hand, steps S916 and S91
8, when it is determined that the designated coordinate is included in the figure, it is determined that a noun has been obtained (step S924), and the processing from step S728 is performed using the figure data indicated by the obtained noun. .

As described above, the process of obtaining the noun from the noun search table is performed in the noun search process of step S724, and it is also determined whether or not the noun has been obtained (step S726), and the noun is not obtained. In this case, the process proceeds to step S716 and subsequent steps, and when a noun is obtained, the process proceeds to step S728 and subsequent simple operation processes.

In step S728, the type of the figure is determined by the figure data indicated by the obtained noun, the command definition table corresponding to the type of the figure is referred to, and the content is read (step S730).

Then, it is judged whether or not the operation mode for each noun is set to "with default" (step S732), and if it is not set to "with default", that is, it is set to "no default". If so, the process of selecting a command and changing the figure is performed (step S734), the command is executed (step S736), and the process returns to step S710.

Here, the process of command selection and graphic change in step S734 and step S7
Explaining the command execution processing in 36, first, the "display character" is read from the command definition table read in step S730, and the "switching menu" indicating the execution command is displayed on the screen 10a.

If there is a desired command in this "switch menu", that command is selected and executed.

On the other hand, when there is no desired command in the "switch menu" and the obtained noun is to be changed,
Select "NEXT" in the "switching menu" and perform the process of acquiring the next noun. Then, the above-mentioned processing is repeated for the obtained noun.

On the other hand, when the operation mode for each noun is set to "with default", "variable mode"
(Step S738), if it is not the “variable mode”, that is, if it is the “fixed mode”,
The execution command (default command) set as the default in the command definition table read in step S730 is executed (step S740).

If the command executed in step S740 is not what the user intended, the graphic /
Command change processing is performed (step S742).

In the graphic / command changing process in step S742, a "switch menu" is displayed by pressing a delimiter button of a preset mouse (not shown). Then, when changing the command to be executed, the command intended by the user is selected from the "switching menu".

Then, the execution of the default command is canceled, the command intended by the selected user is executed (step S744), and the process returns to step S710.

In the graphic / command changing process in step S742, if there is no desired command in the "switching menu" and the obtained noun is to be changed, "NEXT" of the "switching menu" is selected. Select and perform the process to acquire the next noun. Then, the above-mentioned processing is repeated for the obtained noun.

On the other hand, when the default mode is set as the operation mode for each noun and the variable mode is set, the last execution command is executed among the execution commands in the command definition table read in step S730. The executed execution command is executed as a default execution command (default command) (step S746).

If the command executed in step S746 is not what the user intended, the graphic /
Command change processing is performed (step S748).

In the graphic / command changing process of step S748, the "switch menu" is pressed by pressing a delimiter button of a preset mouse (not shown) as in the graphic / command changing process of step S742. Is displayed. Then, when changing the command to be executed, the command intended by the user is selected from the "switching menu".

Then, the execution of the default command is canceled and the command intended by the selected user is executed (step S750). Then, step S
The command definition table is updated so that the command executed in 750 (the last executed command) becomes the default command (step S752), and the step S75
Return to 710.

In the figure / command changing process of step S748, if there is no desired command in the "switch menu" and the obtained noun is to be changed, "NEXT" of the "switch menu" is selected. Select and perform the process to acquire the next noun. Then, the above-mentioned processing is repeated for the obtained noun.

Therefore, if the coordinate data of the figure is input by clicking the figure displayed on the screen 10a with the mouse, the order of the noun search table is obtained based on the designated coordinate values obtained from the coordinate data. If a noun to which a command is assigned exists in the command definition table by performing a noun search with, a simple operation operation can be performed in which a command can be specified without using a hierarchical menu.

In the above-described embodiment, when the coordinate data is input when the other series of processing such as the hierarchical menu is executed halfway, the coordinate data for entering the operation of the simple operation is set. It should be understood that it is not interpreted as the input of and the other series of processing such as a hierarchical menu is continued.

When any special input method is used for inputting the coordinate data for entering the operation of the simple operation, when a series of other processes such as a hierarchical menu is executed halfway. , If the coordinate data is input by a method other than the above special method, it is not interpreted as inputting the coordinate data for entering the operation of the simple operation, and other series of processing such as a hierarchical menu is performed. If the coordinate data is input by the above special method, it is interpreted as the input of the coordinate data to enter the operation of the simple operation, and the process of entering the operation of the simple operation is performed. You may do it.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the setting of "with default" may be effective only for the first searched noun, or may be effective not limited to the first searched noun.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment,
When the noun searched by the operation of "NEXT" in the "switch menu" has the setting "default", the command may not be executed immediately, or the command may be executed immediately. May be.

In the above embodiment, as the command learning function when the variable mode is set, the case where the execution command is updated to the last executed command has been described. The number of executions (frequency of use) may be stored, and the execution command may be changed according to the frequency of use of the stored command.

To realize the learning function of changing the execution command according to the frequency of use of the above command, for example,
An area for storing the frequency of use of commands as shown in FIG. 10 may be added to the command definition table shown in FIG. 10, and the execution command may be changed according to the frequency of use of the commands stored in the area. .

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Since the present invention is configured as described above, there is no need to specify a command from each layer, the command specifying operation is greatly simplified, and the command specifying operation is performed. It has an excellent effect that the thinking of the user is not interrupted.

Further, if the execution command is changed to a frequently used command in accordance with the user's command usage frequency, it can be expected that the number of user command designation operations can be further reduced. become.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system to which a command designating device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen display of a printed circuit board design device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a structure of a printed circuit board database.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen display of an editor.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a method of creating a noun search table and an example of the noun search table.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a command definition table.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of command designation processing.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of command designation processing.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a noun search process.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a command definition table including an area for storing the frequency of use of commands.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Printed Circuit Board Design Equipment 12 Printed Circuit Board Database 14 Editor

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A command designating device in an interactive graphic editing device for creating and editing graphic data, wherein a display means for displaying a graphic based on the graphic data, and a desired graphic among the graphics displayed by the display means are displayed. Coordinate designating means for designating the displayed coordinates, graphic data selecting means for selecting graphic data of the graphic displayed on the coordinates designated by the coordinate designating means, and graphic data selected by the graphic data selecting means. A graphic type determination unit for determining the type of the graphic, a command storage unit for allocating and storing an arbitrary number of commands for each type of the graphic, and a command corresponding to the type of the graphic determined by the graphic type determination unit. A command read means for reading from the command storage means, Command designation apparatus characterized by having a command executing means for executing the desired command from the command. 2. A command specifying device in an interactive graphic editing device for creating and editing graphic data, a display means for displaying a graphic based on the graphic data, and a selection order storing a selection order of the type of the graphic based on the graphic data. Storage means, coordinate designating means for designating a coordinate at which a desired graphic is displayed from the graphic displayed by the display means, and graphic data of the graphic displayed on the coordinate designated by the coordinate designating means. The figure data selecting means for selecting the figure data of the figure of the predetermined selection order among the selection orders stored in the selection order storing means, and the type of the figure of the figure data selected by the figure data selecting means. Graphic type determination means for determining, command storage means for allocating and storing an arbitrary number of commands for each type of graphic, Command reading means for reading a command corresponding to the type of figure judged by the separate judging means from the command storing means, and command executing means for executing a desired command from the commands read by the command reading means A command designating device comprising: 3. The command designation device according to claim 2, further comprising a selection order changing unit that changes the selection order stored in the selection order storage unit. 4. The command designating device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the command designating device comprises command changing means for changing a command assigned to the command storing means. 5. The command designating apparatus according to claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, or claim 4, wherein the command executed by the command executing means is updated to a command executed last time for each figure type. A command designation device having command updating means. 6. The command designating device according to claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, or claim 4, wherein the command execution count storage unit stores the execution count for each command for each figure type, and the command execution count. And a most executed command updating unit for updating the command executed by the command executing unit to the command having the largest number of executions for each figure type based on the number of executions for each command stored in the storage unit for each figure type. Command specification device.