JPH09245064A - Component registration system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To decrease the frequency of direct input of an attribute value by inputting attribute values of one or plural constituent components in table form. SOLUTION: A computer 1 inputs the label and attribute values of an attribute item from a data base part in a storage device 4. Further, a screen item ID correspondence table is inputted from a correspondence data part. Then the position of the label of the attribute item and the column of the cell of the attribute value are determined by referring to the component ID correspondence table according to a screen item ID number given to the label and attribute value of the attribute item. Then a component ID correspondence table is inputted from the correspondence data part. The row of the cell of the attribute value is determined by referring to the component ID correspondence table according to the component ID number given to each constituent component. The label and attribute value of the attribute item corresponding to the position of the cell on a display 3 which is thus determined are displayed. Therefore, the attribute values of plural constituent components corresponding to the positions of respective cells are displayed on a display 3 in table form.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parts registration system relating to a parts library for CAD, and more particularly to a registration and display format thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When designing a circuit in CAD,
It is necessary to register the components that make up the circuit in the database. The components that make up the circuit are registered using the component registration system, and the registration data is stored in a database. FIG. 2 is a registration screen of a conventional output device. The registration screen is in a card format in which the value of the attribute data of one component is output by one output.

[0003]

In the conventional component registration system as described above, since only one component attribute value is output per output, the amount of information that can be input on one screen when registering or updating is There is a limit of only one part attribute value, and even when different parts have the same attribute values of text data such as letters and numbers, it is necessary to input those values each time. Further, since only one component's attribute value is output on one screen, it is difficult to compare or refer to the attribute values of other components.

Therefore, there has been a demand for a parts registration system which can reduce the number of times of inputting an attribute value which is text data at the time of registration or the like and can easily compare with the attribute values of other parts.

[0005]

According to the parts registration system of the present invention, one or a plurality of pairs of attribute item labels and their attribute values are stored in pairs for each component. Storage means, display means for displaying a plurality of attribute item labels, and display means for displaying component data in the form of a table in which attribute values of one or a plurality of component parts are arranged corresponding to the attribute item labels; Input means for capturing the label and attribute value of the attribute item input to the means table, and the part identification number of each component, the item recognition of the attribute item label for each component, corresponding to the row or column of the table When the label and the attribute value of the attribute item are input from the second storage unit that stores the table that specifies the attribute identification number of the number and the attribute value, the label and the attribute value of the input attribute item are input. Judge the position, its position If based on the table of the second storage means, the respective components are denoted by the corresponding part identification number,
The label of the attribute item is given the corresponding item identification number, and the attribute value is given the corresponding attribute identification number. And processing means for pairing and storing in the first storage means. In a CAD part registration system, attribute item labels and component attribute values are input, and a component identification number is assigned to each component based on a table in which correspondences are stored. An identification number is attached, an attribute identification number is attached to the attribute value, and the attribute item and the attribute value are paired and stored in the first storage means for each component.

The component registration system according to the present invention further comprises third storage means for storing a transposition conversion table that associates a transposition position in which the position of the table and the row and column of the position are interchanged with each other, When the conversion instruction is input from the input unit, the processing unit inputs the label and the attribute value of the attribute item from the first storage unit, and based on the item recognition number and the attribute recognition correspondence table, the position of the label of the attribute item. And the position of the attribute value based on the component recognition number, the attribute recognition number, the component recognition correspondence table, and the attribute recognition correspondence table, and then the transposition conversion table of the third storage means and the attribute item label. And, based on the specified position of the attribute value, it is converted into a transposed position and the display means displays the label and the attribute value of the attribute item. When the conversion instruction is input from the input means, the processing means performs conversion to exchange the row and column of the specified attribute item label and attribute value position, and causes the display means to display.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Embodiment 1 FIG. FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a component registration system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure,
A computer 1 controls each device and processes data. Reference numeral 2 denotes an input device such as a mouse and a keyboard, which transmits the instruction to the computer 1 when an instruction to input data, determine registration, or select cancellation is given. In the present embodiment, the screen for instruction selection is displayed on the display 3, and the selection is confirmed with the mouse.
The instruction is input. In addition, other inputs such as text data shall be performed using the keyboard.

An output device 3 outputs the process of the computer 1 to the screen. In this embodiment mode, a display is used. FIG. 3 is a screen display diagram of the display 3 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The screen display is a spreadsheet-type table display. Therefore, it becomes possible to display the attribute values of a plurality of parts in a tabular format. The item of the attribute of the part is registered in the cell on the first line.

Reference numeral 4 is a storage device. FIG. 4 shows the first embodiment of the present invention.
It is a figure which shows the data management of the memory | storage device 4 which concerns on embodiment of this. In FIG. 4, the storage device 4 is divided into a database section and a corresponding data section. Labels and attribute values of attribute items of the registered components are stored in the database unit for each component. Part ID for each component
Is appended. A screen item ID is attached to each of the stored attribute item labels and attribute values. The component ID and the screen item ID are used to specify the label of the attribute item and the position of the cell of the attribute value when the computer 1 displays the label and the attribute value of the attribute item on the display 3. . The correspondence data section is divided into a part ID correspondence table and a screen item correspondence table. Each part ID is stored in the part ID correspondence table.
And the row number of the cell are stored in association with each other in advance. In addition, in the screen item ID correspondence table, the screen item ID and the cell 1 attached to the label of each attribute item
The coordinates of the line are stored in association with each other in advance. Further, the screen item ID assigned to each attribute value and the cell column number are stored in advance in association with each other.
In Fig. 4, is the screen item corresponding data? In the portion of, the row of cells determined by the component ID is entered.

Since the attribute values of a plurality of constituent parts are displayed on the spreadsheet, when registering the attribute values, the values are copied from other cells as shown in FIG. It is possible to perform editing work such as pasting it in the target cell. As a result, it is possible to easily edit a portion having the same attribute value, and it is possible to reduce the number of times the text data value is directly input to the target cell from the keyboard.

When registering the label of the attribute item or the attribute value of the component, the value is input to the cell displayed on the display 3 by using the input means 2. In the present embodiment, the row represents each attribute value of one component, and the column represents the attribute value of each component. Therefore, when a row and a column are specified, a certain attribute of a certain component is specified. When a registration instruction is issued from the input means 2, the computer 1 specifies the position (row and column) of each cell. When the position of the cell is specified, the part ID correspondence table is input from the correspondence data section, and the part ID correspondence table is referred to determine the part ID number corresponding to the row of the cell. Also, enter the screen item ID correspondence table and refer to this table to identify the screen item ID corresponding to the label of the attribute item in the first line.
Numbers are added, and screen item ID numbers corresponding to columns of attribute values are added to the second and subsequent rows. Then, the label and the attribute value of the attribute item having a common column are paired and stored in the database unit of the storage device 4 for each component.

Next, the operation for outputting the attribute value registered in the storage device 4 to the display 3 will be described.
In this embodiment, the display is performed on a component basis. The computer 1 inputs the label of the attribute item and the attribute value from the database section of the storage device 4. Further, the screen item ID correspondence table is input from the correspondence data section.
Screen item I attached to attribute item label and attribute value
The position of the label of the attribute item and the cell column of the attribute value are determined by referring to the part ID correspondence table based on the D number.
Next, the part ID correspondence table is input from the correspondence data section. Based on the component ID number assigned to each component, the component ID correspondence table is referenced to determine the row of the cell having the attribute value. The label and the attribute value of the corresponding attribute item are displayed at the determined cell position of the display 3. By this operation, the attribute values of the plurality of component parts corresponding to the respective cell positions are displayed on the display 3 in a tabular format.

In the above-described embodiment, the display screen of the attribute values of the parts is displayed in a table format so that a plurality of parts are displayed instead of displaying one part per screen in the related art. , Etc. can be easily referenced. Further, when the value is the same as another attribute value, the value can be copied and pasted, so that the number of times the attribute value is input can be reduced.

Embodiment 2 FIG. FIG. 6 is a display screen of the display 3 in the component registration system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Also in this embodiment, the configuration of the component registration system is the same as that in FIG. However, it is assumed that the display screen of the display 3 is assigned a vertical / horizontal conversion key and receives a selection instruction with the mouse. Data for vertical / horizontal conversion is newly managed in the corresponding data section of the storage device 4. These points are different from the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a view of the vertical / horizontal conversion table stored in the corresponding data section in the storage device 4. The vertical / horizontal conversion cell position data has a one-to-one correspondence with the conversion destination cell position data. The position of the cell of the conversion destination is the transposed position in which the row and the column of the corresponding cell are exchanged. The vertical / horizontal conversion table differs depending on the size of the rows and columns of the spreadsheet. Therefore, when the label or the attribute value of the attribute item is registered or updated in the spreadsheet and the computer 1 specifies the position of the cell to store the data in the storage device 4, the maximum value of the row and column of the cell And the vertical / horizontal conversion table is created at the same time.

Next, the conversion operation will be described. Vertical and horizontal conversion of the spreadsheet, that is row and column conversion, cannot be performed while updating the values. When a vertical / horizontal conversion instruction is input from the input device 2, the computer 1 uses the same method as in the first embodiment to display the part ID correspondence table and the screen item I.
The position of the attribute item label and the attribute value is determined based on the D correspondence table. Next, the vertical / horizontal conversion table is input from the storage device 4, and the position of the cell having the attribute value determined by referring to this table is converted into the position of the corresponding conversion destination cell and displayed on the display 3. By this work, the label of the attribute item and the attribute value of the component are displayed on the display 3 in a table format at a position where the original cell position is transposed.

When the registration is instructed while the vertical / horizontal conversion is performed, the computer 1 inputs the label and the attribute value of the attribute item in the table and specifies the cell position. When the position of the cell is specified, the computer 1 inputs the vertical / horizontal conversion table from the storage device 4. The computer 1 refers to the vertical / horizontal conversion table to convert the position of the specified cell. The converted attribute item label and attribute value are the same as those in the first embodiment.
A component ID number is assigned to each component based on the D correspondence table, and a screen item ID number is assigned to the label and attribute value of each attribute item and stored in the database unit of the storage device 4.

In the above-described embodiment, the vertical and horizontal of the spreadsheet, that is, the rows and columns can be converted and the screen configuration can be changed to be displayed on the display 3, so that the display screen is easy to see and operability is improved. To do.

Embodiment 3 FIG. In the above-described embodiment, the vertical / horizontal
Although the data for horizontal conversion is changed, the present invention is not limited to this, and the conversion destination data may be defined in advance for the maximum row and column of the cell that can be registered. . In this case, it is not necessary to change the vertical / horizontal conversion data according to the size of the spreadsheet.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the attribute values of one or a plurality of component parts are input in the form of a table, so that the same values as the positions of other rows and columns of the table are input. In this case, since the value can be pasted to the target row and column position by copying or the like, the number of times of directly inputting the attribute value can be reduced. Further, the attribute values of one or a plurality of component parts can be output in a table format, and the attribute values of other component parts can be easily compared and referred to.

Further, according to the present invention, the label of the attribute item and the position of the attribute value are transposed and displayed, and the rows and columns are interchanged, so that the display configuration can be changed depending on the situation such as registration. Can be easily seen, and workability and operability can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a component registration system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a registration screen of a conventional output device.

FIG. 3 is a screen display diagram of the display 3 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing data management of the storage device 4 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing editing by copy and paste in the component registration system of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a display screen of a display 3 in the component registration system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram of a vertical / horizontal conversion table stored in a corresponding data section in the storage device 4.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Computer 2 Input Device 3 Display 4 Storage Device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A component registration system for registering and storing attribute values of component parts when designing a circuit by CAD. In each component part, a label of an attribute item and an attribute value which is its value are paired. A table in which the first storage means for storing one or a plurality of sets thereof, the labels of the plurality of attribute items are arranged, and the attribute values of the one or more component parts are arranged corresponding to the labels of the attribute items. Display means for displaying the data of the component in the form of :, input means for taking in the label and the attribute value of the attribute item input to the table of the display means, corresponding to the row or column of the table, A second storage unit that stores a table that identifies the component identification number of each component, the item identification number of the label of the attribute item for each component, and the attribute identification number of the attribute value; Attribute term When the label and the attribute value are input, the position of the input attribute item label and the input attribute value is determined, and the corresponding position is determined based on the position and the table of the second storage unit. A component identification number is attached to each component, a corresponding item identification number is attached to the label of the attribute item, and a corresponding attribute identification number is attached to the attribute value. A component registration system comprising: a processing unit configured to store the label of the attribute item marked with the attribute value and the attribute value in a pair in the first storage unit. 2. The processing means inputs the label of the attribute item and the attribute value from the first storage means, and an item identification number attached to the label of the attribute item and the second storage means. The position corresponding to the label of the attribute item is specified on the basis of the table, and the position corresponding to the attribute value is specified on the basis of the component recognition number and the attribute recognition number and the table, and displayed on the display means. The component registration system according to claim 1, wherein the attribute label and the attribute value are displayed in a table format. 3. The display means arranges one or a plurality of labels of the attribute items on the first line, and sets the attribute value on the label of the attribute item in the second and subsequent lines with each component as a line unit. Correspondingly displayed side by side, the second storage means, the component recognition correspondence table in which the component recognition number assigned to each component and the row of the table are associated in advance, and for each label of the attribute item. An attribute recognition correspondence table is stored in which the assigned item identification numbers are associated with the label positions of the attribute items, and the attribute identification numbers assigned for each of the attribute values are associated with the columns of the table in advance. The parts registration system according to claim 1, wherein: 4. The component registration system further comprises third storage means for storing a transposition conversion table in which a transposition position in which a position of a table and a row and a column of the position are interchanged is stored. When the conversion instruction is input from the input unit, the unit inputs the label and the attribute value of the attribute item from the first storage unit, and based on the item recognition number and the attribute recognition correspondence table, the attribute item The position of the attribute value based on the component recognition number and the attribute recognition number, and the component recognition correspondence table and the attribute recognition correspondence table. Based on the transposed conversion table and the specified positions of the attribute item label and attribute value, the transposed position is converted to display the attribute item label and attribute value on the display means. Parts registration system according to claim 3, wherein Rukoto.