JPH10187797A - Method and device for development generation, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device that can easily and perform speedily replacement or addition of a component pattern to a basic pattern, and accordingly, can efficiently generate a development of a paper instrument. SOLUTION: A basic development image 27 formed by combining images of development elements sectioned with specific section lines such as a fold, a cut, and a contour is displayed on the screen of a display device, additional image groups 28 (29) of element images, which should be added to the basic development image 27 are prepared, and desired additional images are selected out of those additional image groups and added to specific positions in the basic development image 27 at a time once or more than once to obtain an expansion image.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for creating a developed view of a paper container, a cardboard box, and the like, and a recording medium storing a program for realizing the functions of the apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an enormous amount and types of paper containers, such as paper boxes and cardboard boxes, have been used as articles containers or product packages. Such a paper container is manufactured by cutting a paperboard into a predetermined developed drawing shape and then assembling it. In this case, naturally, it is necessary to prepare a different developed drawing for each type of paper container. . In the past, such developments were created by hand, one by one. However, in order to cope with the rapidly increasing types of paper containers and the amount of production, so-called CAD (automatic development) has also been developed in this field. Computer Aided Designing)
The introduction of the system is underway. As such a CAD system for creating a developed view, image data for giving a basic pattern of the developed view and image data for various component patterns for giving the shape of each part of the developed view such as a lid and a flap are stored in a computer system in advance. In order to obtain a final developed pattern by exchanging each part of the basic pattern with a desired part pattern or adding a new part pattern, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.
It is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2-212880 or Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-236365.

[0003]

However, in the CAD system as described above, it is necessary to individually exchange the component patterns for the basic patterns, and there is no association between the prepared component patterns. Since there is no such pattern, it takes time and effort to search and select a necessary part pattern, and as a result, there is a drawback that the work efficiency of creating a development view is not always good.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for easily and quickly exchanging or adding a part pattern to a basic pattern and for efficiently creating a developed view of a paper container, and an apparatus therefor. Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium storing a program for realizing a function.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for creating an exploded view of a paper box such as a paper box or a cardboard box. The gist of the present invention is to provide folds, cuts and outlines. A basic development view image formed by combining a plurality of development view element images (element images) partitioned by a predetermined sectioning line such as is displayed on a screen of a predetermined display device. A plurality of sets of additional image groups each composed of a plurality of element images to be added are prepared, an arbitrary one is selected from the plurality of additional image groups, and the selected additional image group is displayed on the screen. An object of the present invention is to obtain an intended developed view image by performing an operation of adding one or more times to a predetermined portion of the developed view image all at once.

That is, in the above method and apparatus,
On the screen of the display device, a plurality of sets of new element images are added to the basic development image in a batch to obtain the development image, so that a large number of element images are used as in the conventional system. The trouble of individually selecting necessary ones from the component patterns is eliminated, and a development view can be created easily and in a short time.

[0007] The above-mentioned development view creation device may specifically include the following requirements. Development view display means: Displays a basic development view image based on the basic development view image data. Additional image data storage means: stores a plurality of sets of image data of an additional image group. Image data selecting means: Selects a desired one from the stored image data of the additional image group. Development image data generation means: By adding image data of a selected additional image group to basic development image data, image data of an intended development image is generated. Display control means: causes the developed view display means to display the image of the developed view based on the generated developed view image data.

In this case, a predetermined default additional image group is added to a predetermined portion of the basic developed view image and displayed on the screen, and the selected additional image group is displayed on the screen. The additional image group may be added to the basic developed view image in such a manner that the additional image group is replaced collectively.
For example, if a frequently used component pattern, such as a standard lid or flap, is set as the default additional image group, the default additional image group can be used as it is depending on the shape of the developed drawing, so that more efficient development drawing can be created. Becomes Further, even when the default additional image group cannot be used as it is, there is an advantage that the entire shape of the target development view can be easily grasped by adding the default additional image group. For example, if a plurality of different types of default additional image groups are added to a basic development image, a pattern that is as close as possible to the development pattern finally desired can be determined and selected from among them. As a result, man-hours for creating a development view can be reduced.

Next, as the shape of the paper container, a hexahedral shape is generally overwhelmingly in demand. Therefore, a basic development view image is composed of four surface parts connected in one direction in a hexahedron, and a main body composed of four element images (hereinafter, referred to as main body element images) displayed in a row adjacent to each other on a screen. The image group, and the additional image group, from at least one side in the arrangement direction of the main body element images, corresponding to a plurality of images constituting at least a part of the main body element images, respectively from the element images displayed adjacent to them. If so, it is possible to easily create a development view of such a hexahedral paper container.

Specifically, the above-mentioned main body image group can include element images corresponding to the four side walls of the paper container as main body element images, respectively. On one side, a first additional image group including one or a plurality of element images corresponding to a lid for opening and closing the top of the paper container is added, and the other side also corresponds to the bottom of the paper container. An image of a developed view can be obtained by adding a second additional image group including one or a plurality of element images. In this case, the first additional image group includes element images representing one or a plurality of flap portions superimposed on the inside of the lid, and the second additional image group is superimposed on the inside of the bottom of the paper container. It includes an element image representing one or a plurality of flap portions.

That is, in the case of a hexahedron-shaped paper container, many of the general cardboard boxes and the like have a structure in which parts such as a lid, a bottom, and a flap are appropriately added to four surfaces forming side walls. If such four surface portions are arranged in a line and this is used as a main body image group, an image of a part for forming the upper surface side (lid side) and the lower surface side (bottom side) of the paper container is represented by the main body image group. Are displayed in a separated form on both sides of the display, so that the entire development view can be easily grasped and the prospect of design can be easily established. In addition, components such as flaps and lids / bottoms have a close relationship in shape and arrangement order between components arranged on the upper surface side of the paper container or between components arranged on the lower surface side. If they are handled integrally as an additional image group, it is possible to very easily and quickly select parts necessary to obtain a desired developed view shape.

Each element image of the additional image group can be an additional image group in which one-to-one correspondence is established between the element image and the part of the basic developed view image to which the element image is to be added. Also,
In the combination of the same element images, a plurality of sets having different arrangement orders are prepared, and the element images of the selected one of the additional image groups are assigned to each part of the basic development view image.
They can be added according to the corresponding arrangement order. This makes it possible to quickly find a combination of element images in a desired arrangement. In the past, the development pattern with the same side wall portion only in the different arrangement order of the flaps and lids was all stored independently as the basic development image, so the data was often duplicated and the storage capacity increased. However, in the above configuration, only the four surface portions forming the side wall portion are used as the main image group, that is, the basic developed view image, and the remaining portion may be separately prepared as additional image groups. Is eliminated, and the capacity of the storage device can be saved.

[0013] In a case where a developed view in which no part is added to a specific portion of the basic developed view is assumed, an additional image group including a blank portion meaning that no element image is added to the portion is assumed. If it is prepared, even in such a case, the image elements can be added all at once without any problem, which is convenient. Further, in the basic development view, two or more parts to which the additional image group is to be added are determined, and for each of these parts, an additional image group is selected and added to obtain a development view image. be able to. This makes it possible to add an additional image group for each of the determined parts of the basic development view, so that various development views can be created.

Further, the element images representing the lid, the bottom and the flap can be connected to the corresponding main element image by a dividing line representing a fold line. In this case, the device according to the present invention, when the element images of the flap portion are arranged adjacent to the element image representing the lid portion and / or the bottom portion on the same side in the arrangement direction of the main body element images, /
Alternatively, the division line (fold line) between the element image representing the bottom and the corresponding main body element image is set outward by a predetermined distance corresponding to the thickness of the paperboard constituting the paper container in the arrangement direction of the main body element images. Can be configured to be moved and corrected. In this way, the folding margin can be automatically formed on the lid or the bottom in accordance with the thickness of the flap.

Next, when selecting an additional image group, a plurality of candidate additional image groups can be simultaneously displayed on the screen of the display device by screen division. In this case, since a large number of additional image groups are displayed simultaneously, the selection becomes easy. In this case, the size of the screen area for displaying each additional image group can be changed according to the number of the additional image groups displayed simultaneously. On the other hand, a plurality of candidate additional image groups may be sequentially displayed on the screen of the display device by screen switching. This makes it possible to quickly find a desired one from among a large number of additional image group candidates. In this case, the number of additional image groups displayed on one screen may be only one or plural.

The additional image data storage means can store the image data of each element image in a form associated with the element image specifying data for specifying the element image. In this case, the combination of the element image specifying data specifies the combination of the element images that should form the additional image group, and reads out the image data of those element images from the additional image data storage unit and combines them to obtain the image data. Image data of the additional image group is generated. Accordingly, it is basically sufficient for one element image to have one set of image data, and the image data of the additional image group is replaced by a combination of element image specifying data. As a result, even if there is a common element image among the plurality of additional image groups, it is not necessary to prepare the data of the element image redundantly for each of the plurality of additional image groups. Capacity can be saved.

Further, it is also possible to provide a developed view image correcting means for supplementally correcting an arbitrary or specific portion of the developed view image obtained by adding the additional image group to the basic developed view. By performing such supplementary correction, a more detailed development view design becomes possible.

A program for causing a computer to execute each procedure in the above-described development plan creation method, or a program for causing the computer to execute each procedure in the development view creation apparatus, and the computer to execute the above-described development processing A program for causing the computer to perform each function in the development diagram creation device, or a program for causing the computer to function as each unit in the diagram creation device, may include a floppy disk, a CD-ROM,
It can be stored in a computer-readable state on a recording medium such as a magneto-optical disk or a ROM card. Then, the program stored in the recording medium is installed in a computer system and a computer system including a display device such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display and an input unit such as a mouse and a keyboard connected thereto. The development plan creation method described above can be implemented by a computer, or the computer system can be used as the development plan creation device described above.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the development view creation device. That is, the development view creation device 1 includes a computer main body 10 having an I / O port 11, a CPU 12, a ROM 13, a RAM 14, and the like. The I / O port 11 includes a monitor control unit 15 as a display control unit, Input units such as a keyboard 17 and a mouse (or other pointing device such as a trackball) 18 as image data selection means, a storage device 22 such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a floppy disk drive (FDD) 25, and a CD-ROM drive 26 , And an output device 19 composed of a printer, a plotter, or the like. Also, the monitor control unit 1
5 is connected to a monitor 20 as a developed view display means such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display. Note that the CPU 1
Reference numeral 2 denotes a main part of the development view image data generating means.

Input units such as a keyboard 17 and a mouse 18 are used for inputting details such as height, width, and depth of a paper container, and used in addition to operation inputs for drawing such as selection of an additional image group described later. It is used for inputting various design conditions such as the material or thickness of paper.

Next, a program storage unit 23 is formed in the storage device 22, and the computer main unit 10 is stored here.
Operating system program (hereinafter, referred to as OS) 23a that controls the basic operation of the application program 23, and an application program 23 that operates on the OS 23a and realizes the following various functions of the development diagram creation device 1
b is stored, and an image data storage unit 24a for storing data of images (element images) of various development elements, and a dimensional relation information storage unit for storing dimensional relation information defining the dimensional relation of each part of the development elements. 24b, and a created developed view data storage unit 24c that stores data of the created developed view image
Etc. are provided.

Here, the development plan elements are elements constituting each part of the development plan of the paper container, such as a wall, a lid, a bottom, a flap, a glue allowance (joining allowance), and folds, cuts, outlines, and the like. Are demarcated from each other. The image data is data for drawing an image (element image) of the developed drawing element on the monitor 20 or the output device 19, for example, a graphic description command for defining the shape of the element image, its dimensions and drawing. It is configured as a set of parameters defining the position, and is stored in the above-described image data storage unit 24a. Here, the element image is finally output based on the bit data for defining the output state of the pixel of the monitor 20 or the output device 19, and the bit data is the command data for graphic description. Is generated by a predetermined drawing program based on the In this case, the values of the parameters representing the dimensions and the display positions of each part of the element image are individually input from the above-mentioned input unit, or are automatically generated by a predetermined program based on the above-mentioned dimensional relation information and the like.

The ROM 13 stores various basic programs for controlling the hardware of the development diagram creating apparatus 1. The RAM 14 has a storage device 22 and an RO.
Work area 14 of each program stored in M13
a and an image display memory 14b for storing image data for displaying the developed image on the monitor 20.

In the developed view creating apparatus 1, for example, in the case of a hexahedral paper container, as shown in FIG.
The side wall (panel) 27a to 27d element images are arranged side by side in a row and displayed on the monitor 20 as a main body image group (basic development image) 27, and the lid, bottom, flap, etc. By adding an additional image group consisting of a plurality of element images representing the above, a development view thereof is created. More specifically, the additional image group includes four element images 28a to 28d corresponding to the element images 27a to 27d of the main image group 27 one by one. An upper additional image group 28 as a first additional image group to be added to the side (upper side of the drawing: corresponding to the upper surface side of the paper container) and element images 29a to 29d. A lower additional image group 29 as a second additional image group added to the other side (the lower side of the drawing: corresponding to the bottom side of the paper container) is included.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the contents of the image data storage section 24a. That is, the image data storage unit 24a
Include image data 200 of a plurality of element images (hereinafter referred to as element image data) A1, A2,.
Are stored in association with index data (hereinafter, referred to as element indexes) a1, a2,... As element image specifying data for specifying each of the element images. The combination of the element images included in each additional image group can be specified by the arrangement and the arrangement. That is, the image data representing the entire additional image group follows the additional image group specifying data 40, 41 (FIG. 4: stored in the image data storage unit 24a (FIG. 1)) described as a combination of the element indexes. The corresponding element image data is stored in the image data storage unit 24a.
From the additional image group specifying data 40, 4
The element image data is created by arranging and synthesizing the element image data according to the arrangement order of the element indexes in 1.

5 to 12 show specific examples of the additional image group. Here, in each figure, the element images given the same reference numerals indicate the same element images. An element image obtained by performing a mirror image inversion transformation in the vertical direction on a certain element image (for example, A1 or the like) is represented by adding “′” to the code of the original element image (for example, A1 ′ or the like). ). Similarly, an element image obtained by performing mirror image inversion in the left-right direction is represented by adding "" to the code of the original element image (for example, C1 "). The data of the related elemental images may be individually prepared, but only one of them may be prepared, and the other may be appropriately mirror-inverted and combined with the prepared image data. (In this embodiment, the latter method is mainly used.) The meanings of “′” and “″” are the same in the element indexes a1, a2, ‥‥, etc. corresponding to the respective element images. . In the following description,
An element image included in the developed view and a corresponding element of a paper container created based on the developed view may be given the same reference numerals.

FIG. 5 shows a specific example of the upper additional image group 28. FIG. 3A shows elements 28a arranged in the horizontal direction.
28d (A1, A2, A1, A2) shows a form in which adjacent flaps overlap each other in the assembled state (hereinafter referred to as A type), and (b) shows elements arranged in a row in the horizontal direction. 28a-28d (B1, B2, B
One element 28a of (3, B4) serves as a lid for opening and closing the upper part of the paper container, and in the assembled state, the elements 28b and 28d adjacent on both sides thereof become flaps overlapping the lower side of the lid. (Hereinafter, referred to as a sack type).

FIG. 6 shows a specific example of the lower additional image group 29. In this case, in addition to the two types of the A type and the sack type similar to the upper additional image group 28 shown in (a) and (b), they have the same shape (for example, trapezoidal shape) as shown in (c). And four element images 29a to 29d (C1, C1, C
1, C1), and at the overlapping portion, they are integrated by bonding or the like to form the bottom of the paper container (hereinafter, referred to as
(Referred to as a windmill type) and (d), two elements 29a and 29c (D
1, D3) are inserted or fitted together to form the bottom of the paper container (hereinafter referred to as an interlock type)
Is shown. In each of the development views, 55 indicates a fold line.

Here, as the additional image groups 28 and 29, a plurality of sets each having the same combination of additional images and different in arrangement order are prepared. Specifically, FIG.
As shown in the figure, in the main body image group 27, a joining margin 42 such as a glue margin is formed on one side in the arrangement direction, and this is joined to the other side to form an annular side wall portion of the paper container. However, depending on the position where the joining margin 42 is formed, in other words, depending on where the side wall of the annular paper container is cut to create a development view, the element images of the main body image group 27, Additional image group 2 corresponding to each of them
The arrangement order of the 8, 29 element images can be changed.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show examples of the arrangement of the elemental images of each of the upper additional image groups 28 shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, respectively. FIGS. An example of arrangement of element images of each lower additional image group 29 shown in d) is shown. In this case, after assembling the side wall portion of the paper container in an annular shape, the arrangement order of the components of the paper container based on the additional image group needs to be the same regardless of the position of the coupling margin 42, so that the arrangement order is different from each other. The plurality of additional image groups are configured so that the circular permutation when the head and the tail of the array of element images are combined is the same. For example, in the case of the upper additional image group 28 in FIG. 5B, the arrangement of the element images is “B1, B2, B” in FIG.
3, B4 ”as a basic pattern, and (b)“ B4, B1, B
2, B3 ", (c)" B3, B4, B1, B2 ", (d)" B
2, B3, B4, B1 "in total.

Each of the upper additional image group 28 and the lower additional image group 29 described above has its image data specified by the additional image group specifying data 40 and 41 shown in FIG. . That is, each of the additional image group specifying data 40 and 41 is configured such that the element indexes a1, a2,..., Etc. of the respective element images included in the additional image group are arranged in a corresponding order. J11, J20, J22,... Are stored in the image data storage unit 24a (FIG. 1) in the form of being given.
In this embodiment, the image group index is accompanied by subscript (suffix) data consisting of two digits, and the first digit (hereinafter referred to as a combination suffix) indicates a combination of elemental images, Digit numbers (hereinafter, referred to as array suffixes) specify an array (permutation) of element images for each combination. For example, in the case of the upper additional image group 28 in FIG.
J20 (b) corresponding to each pattern shown in (a) to (d)
1, b2, b3, b4), J21 (b4, b1, b2, b3), J
22 (b3, b4, b1, b2) and J23 (b2, b3, b4,
The four combination data 40 of b1) are stored. Here, the additional image group specifying data having the combination suffix “0” is data for specifying the default additional image group.

In the case of the sack type, an element image (for example, FIG.
In (b), B3) often becomes an unnecessary part in the end, and there is a case where no element image serving as a component is added to the corresponding main element image. In this case, the corresponding element index may be replaced with an index meaning blank.

The individual element images included in each of the additional image groups 28 and 29 can be selected from a plurality of shape patterns. For example,
Each of the element images 28a to 28d and 29a to 29d in the A format shown in FIG. 5A or FIG. 6A has substantially the same shape.
Two types of patterns as shown in (a) and (b) can be set, of which (a) is used as a default additional image group (the pattern of (a) is E = By setting C, F = D, A = B, and R1 = 0, a simple rectangular shape can be obtained.)

In addition, as shown in FIG.
10, the flaps B2 and B4 adjacent to both sides of the cover 1 or the flaps B2 'and B4' adjacent to the both sides of the lid B1 'as shown in FIG. When two or more element images having an inversion relationship are included, only one of the element image data is stored, and the other image data is converted to the stored element image data by a predetermined mirror image inversion conversion process. And may be combined. In the present embodiment, each image data is created or added by a predetermined operation using an input unit (keyboard 17 and mouse 18), or existing image data stored in the image data storage unit 24a is stored. The image data can be changed or modified.

In the following, the operation of the development view creating apparatus 1 will be described.
A description will be given using a screen display example and a flowchart. The above-mentioned application program 23b includes a plurality of program modules, that is, program modules for various processes and settings described below. Is realized respectively.

First, in the development view creation device 1, the OS 2
When the application program 3a and the application program 23b (above, FIG. 1) are started, the CAD for performing the CAD operation shown in FIG.
An initial screen (hereinafter, also referred to as a CAD screen) 101 of the AD is displayed on the screen of the monitor 20, and the operation is set to a state in which the operation is accepted according to the initial screen 101. CAD
On a screen 101, an icon group 102 for various drawing processes classified according to functions, an annotation lane 103 for displaying various annotations or messages during graphic creation, and a drawing area for drawing a development diagram 104 and the like are formed and displayed in the layout shown in the figure.

To select a desired function using the icon group 102, the following is performed. That is, the pointer P displayed on the screen is aligned with a desired icon using the mouse 18, and then a click button (not shown) provided on the mouse 18 is pressed a predetermined number of times, so that the function corresponding to the icon is selected. Then, the operation is enabled (hereinafter, such an operation is referred to as “click operation”).
For example, when an icon for starting drawing is clicked, a strip-shaped menu display unit 107 is overlaid on the CAD screen 101 as shown in FIG. Then, the figure processing button 10 is
By selecting 8, the program for executing the development view creation process is started, and the basic setting screen 110 for creating the development view is displayed in the drawing area 104 on the CAD screen 101 in an overlapping manner. The basic setting screen 110 includes a material setting area 111 for setting the material of the paper, and an upper and lower selection area 11 for selecting one of the upper additional image group and the lower additional image group.
2. Body image group setting area 113 for setting the basic shape of the body image group, and element image individual setting / selection area 1 for selecting the shape of each element image and inputting numerical values such as dimensions.
14 and the like are formed.

Next, in S1 of FIG. 14, the paper material,
Set design conditions such as paper thickness. As shown in FIG. 16, for example, a plurality of pre-stored candidates are displayed in the display / setting window 118 of the material setting area 111, and the desired material is scrolled as needed to display the desired material.
8 allows the user to make a selection by clicking. Also, the thickness of the paper and the value of the copy are recorded on the keyboard 17.
Is set by inputting a desired dimension value from the display unit. The set value is displayed on each of the display units 120 and 121, and the data of the input set value is stored in the storage device 22.

When the design conditions are set as described above,
The character "upper selection" is displayed in the selection button 112a of the upper and lower selection area 112, and it is possible to proceed to the upper additional image group selection processing of S2. FIG. 18 shows the details of the processing flow. That is, the pointer is moved to the selection button 112
By performing a click operation in accordance with a, the screen is switched to the upper additional image group selection screen 123 shown in FIG. 17, and a plurality of additional image group candidates that can be selected as the upper additional image group (see FIG. 7) 28 are displayed. In this case, all of the upper additional image group specifying data 40 shown in FIG. 4 corresponding to the default additional image group (that is, the image group index array suffix of “0”) is read out, and Necessary element image data is read from the image data storage unit 24a in accordance with the type of element index included and its arrangement, and based on the read image data, the additional image group candidates are displayed. .

FIG. 17 shows a display example of candidates for the upper additional image group 28. That is, on the upper additional image group selection screen 123, the display regions 128, 1
29 are formed, and the additional image group candidates are displayed in multicolor. More specifically, each candidate is different from one another according to the type of line forming the development view, such as a white solid line for the outline 125, a blue dashed line for the fold line 126, and a thin red line for the leader line / dimension line 127, for example. Seeds or line colors are used. Above the display areas 128 and 129, display sections 128a and 129a for displaying the names or numbers of the candidates to be displayed are formed. The size and number of the display areas 128 and 129 change according to the size and / or number of candidates to be displayed simultaneously.

The selection of candidates is specifically performed as follows.
That is, when the pointer is positioned in a display area (for example, 128) to be selected and clicked, for example, a red frame line portion 128c is displayed in the display area 128 or the background is displayed as shown in FIG. By changing the display state, such as by changing the color, the user is visually notified which of the candidates has been selected. In addition,
For example, a message display unit 132 is displayed below the selection screen 123.
, And a message for notifying the selected candidate, such as “No. 0 has been selected”, may be displayed in characters.

After the selection of the candidate is made, the process proceeds to S22 in FIG. 18 to select the arrangement order of the element images. For example, FIG.
When No. 1 (that is, A format) is selected in 7, all the additional image group data having the same combination suffix as the selected candidate is read out in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, candidates for additional image groups having different arrangement orders are displayed. In FIG. 20, two candidates are displayed. Specifically, the arrangement is 50 in the element image representing the lid ((a)).
b, 50d, and 50a, 50c in (b), whereas the element image of the flap portion (50a, 50c, (b) in (a))
50b, 50d) are alternately arranged adjacent to each other, and the fold lines (ie, division lines) 126 between the element images of the lid and the main body image group 27 are arranged.
Are moved and corrected outward by a predetermined distance corresponding to the thickness of the paperboard in the arrangement direction of the main body element images. That is, when a paper container is assembled, for example, in (a), the elements 50a and 50c serving as flaps
The elements 50b and 50d serving as lids are on the upper side. However, due to the movement / correction of the fold line 126, a folding margin is automatically formed on the lid according to the thickness of the flap in the developed view. is there. In the case of the lower additional image group 29 in the A format as shown in FIG. 6A, the fold lines for forming the margins are similarly formed for the bottom portions A1 'and A1' adjacent to the flaps A2 'and A2'. Can be modified. FIG.
In the case of the sack type additional image group shown in FIG. 6B or FIG. 6B, the same fold line can be corrected for the cover B1 or B1 '.

Referring back to FIG. 18, in S23, the upper additional image group 2
When the combination and the arrangement order of 8 are determined, the upper additional image group selection screen 123 in FIG. 20 is changed to the basic setting screen 11 in FIG.
The processing is switched to 0, and the process proceeds to S3 in FIG. 14 to perform a lower additional image group selection process. At this time, the basic setting screen 1 shown in FIG.
At 10, for example, a shaded portion is added around the selection button 112a to notify that the "upper setting" process has been completed, and the characters "lower selection" are displayed on the selection button 112b. Is done. And the button 11
By pressing 2b, the lower additional image group is selected.

FIG. 19 shows the details of the process of selecting the lower additional image group.
Shown in First, in S31, a plurality of selection candidate images of the lower image group are displayed. Then, as in the case of the upper additional image group, a lower additional image group selection screen 140 as shown in FIG. 22 is displayed. As the candidates, four types of the A type, the sack type, the windmill type, and the interlock type shown in FIG. 6 are set as described above, and are respectively displayed in the four display areas 128 to 131 as shown in FIG. You. In this case, although the number of screen divisions is increased by an amount corresponding to the increase in the display area as compared with the time of selection of the upper additional image group, the entire selection screen 140 is enlarged to make it easier to see each candidate, and the individual display areas 128 to 131 are displayed. Is not reduced much. When the selection of the combination is completed, as in the case of the upper side additional image group, candidates having different arrangements of the element images are displayed (S32), and the same selection operation is performed.

When the shapes and arrangement order of the upper and lower additional image groups are determined in this manner, the basic setting screen 11 shown in FIG.
0 is displayed again. At this time, in order to indicate that the respective selection contents have been determined, for example, “select upper A type”, “lower selection” are displayed below the respective buttons 112a and 112b of “upper selection” and “lower selection”. Select side A type "
A message notifying you of your selection is displayed. Then
Proceeding to S4 in FIG. 14, the setting processing of the main body image group is performed. FIG. 23 shows details of the processing flow. That is,
In FIG. 16, by selecting a “set margin and basic shape” button 113 a in the main body image group setting area 113,
As shown in FIGS. 24A and 24B, two patterns of the main body image group 27 are displayed on the screen (S41). Each of these two patterns is a body element image 2 having a different width.
7a and 27b are alternately arranged, and the arrangement order and the types of main body element images connected by the coupling margin 42 are different from each other. Selection of a desired pattern can also be performed by a click operation with the mouse 18 in this case.

When the selection is completed, the screen returns to the basic setting screen 110, and the "input of length / width / depth" button 113b is selected by a click operation, so that the screen is displayed as a dimension value input screen 145 as shown in FIG. (Fig. 23: S
42). On the display unit 146 of the dimension value input screen 145, a main body image group 147 of the selected pattern is displayed, and a lead line indicating a dimension input position, a dimension line, a dimension variable corresponding to each unit, and the like are displayed. A dimension value input window 148 corresponding to each dimension variable is displayed below the display unit 146.
Are formed. Specifically, as the dimension input location,
The coupling margin and the width of each panel part 147a to 147d (L0,
L1, W0, W1) and height (H), and the amount of correction movement (D1) of the fold line between the panel and the predetermined element for forming the lid or bottom, etc. , D2)
Etc. are set. These dimension values are individually input by, for example, the keyboard 17.

When input of all dimension values is completed, FIG.
Is clicked, the screen returns to the basic setting screen 110 of FIG. The input numerical value is stored and stored in the storage device 22 even after a series of operations for creating a developed view is completed (FIG. 23: S43), and is used as a default dimension setting value when a new developed view is created. As well as
Each value is displayed as it is on the dimension input screen 145 of FIG. In this case, in the storage device 22, only the data of the changed numerical value is rewritten. This way,
The input operation can be completed by re-entering only the numerical values that need to be changed.

Next, the process proceeds to S5 in FIG. 14, where individual shape selection and dimension value input processing of each element image constituting the additional image group is performed, and the screen is switched to the basic setting screen 110 in FIG. When the “upper part” button 114 a in the area 114 is clicked, the screen is switched to the setting screen 150 in FIG. 27, and the setting processing of each element image is performed. FIG. 26 shows a detailed flow of the processing. In the present embodiment, the setting process of each element is started from a predetermined portion of the upper additional image group, for example, from the upper end of the left margin 42 (FIG. 24 and the like).

That is, as shown in FIG.
A display section 151 for displaying the shape candidates of the element to be set is formed in the area 50, and a dimension input value window 152 is displayed below the display section 151 (FIG. 26: S
50). First, a default shape candidate (hereinafter, referred to as a basic shape) is displayed on the display unit 151. When the default shape candidate is used as it is, the setting process is completed only by inputting a dimension in each dimension value input window 152. On the other hand, when selecting a shape different from the basic shape, a “Next” button 153 is selected.
Alternatively, by clicking the "Previous" button 154, a plurality of shape candidates as shown in FIGS. 9B to 9D are sequentially displayed on the display unit 151 by screen switching (FIG. 26: S5).
1, 52). In this case, the selection frequency of each shape candidate may be counted, and the switching display order may be changed according to the counted selection frequency.

In FIG. 27, after inputting all the dimension values for one selected element image, the execute button 15
When 5 is clicked, the flow advances from S54 to S55 in FIG. 26 to display the basic form of the next element image. Thereafter, the dimension input processing is performed in the same manner, and when the dimensions of all the upper elements are determined, the screen returns to the basic setting screen 110 in FIG. Then, by clicking the “lower part” button 114b, the process proceeds to S56 in FIG. 26, and the lower element setting processing is performed. In the same way as the upper additional element, the setting process proceeds in the direction from the left end (lower end of the margin) to the right element, for example, in the same manner as the upper additional element. When the shape selection and the dimension setting of all the lower elements are completed, the screen returns to the basic setting screen 110 again, and the “processing end” button 1
By clicking on 17, the basic setting screen 110 disappears from the screen, and instead, as shown in FIG. 28, the developed view DR created based on the conditions determined by the above-described processing becomes C
It is displayed on the AD screen 101. Note that the drawing area 104
Above, the operation with the mouse 18 or the keyboard 17
, A supplementary correction can be made to the displayed developed view image.

Returning to FIG. 14, if there is an additional component element such as a hook hole, the process proceeds from S6 to S7 to perform an additional component element setting process. FIG. 29 shows details of the processing flow.
That is, on a setting screen (not shown), the names of candidates for additional component elements are displayed as a candidate group in a component selection window (S71), and the name of a desired component element is selected from the candidate group by a click operation or the like. I do. For example, when a handle hole is selected as a component element, as shown in FIG. 30, a list of candidates for the center position G of the handle hole is displayed on the selection screen 160 (S72). When a desired center position G is selected from among these, the dimension value input screen 16 shown in FIG.
2 is displayed, and the dimensions of each part are input (S73 to S7).
5). After that, when the “execute” button 162a is pressed, the development view DR of FIG. 28 is displayed again (S76), and when the position where the handle hole is pasted is set by the pointer setting with the mouse 18 or the coordinate input from the keyboard 17, As shown in 32, an image (parts element) PK of the handle hole is pasted on the development view DR so that the selected center position G and the set pasting position match (S77).

The image data of the developed view thus created can be stored in the storage device 22 (FIG. 1).
A development view can be printed out from the output device 19 based on the data. In addition, instead of printing and outputting, the cutter is driven along the outline or cut line of the developed view, so that the data is outputted to a sample cutting device that cuts the paperboard into the developed view shape and creates a cut sample. It may be.

In the above-described processing for creating a development view, an additional image group is formed by combining a plurality of element images. However, integrated image data is separately prepared for each additional image group. You may.

Further, the developed view correcting means is provided with a data storing means for supplementary / correcting option images and a synthesizing means for partially changing the element image by synthesizing the option image with an existing element image. be able to. For example, such optional image data is stored in the optional image data storage unit 24d as the data storage unit described above.
(FIG. 1), the data of the optional image read out therefrom can be combined with the data of the elemental image at any time, so that the elementary image on the screen can be supplementarily corrected to a desired mode. it can. FIG. 33 shows an example of this, in which two sides 164, 1 of a development element adjacent to each other are provided.
65 (represented by the alternate long and short dash line) is replaced by an optional image 170 including sides 164a and 165a having different shapes, and the development is modified.

The specific operation is, for example, as follows. That is, in the same manner as the element image selection and dimension input processing, the setting screen 17
1 is displayed, and options image 170 candidates are sequentially displayed here by, for example, switching screens. Then, after selecting a desired option image, a dimension input process for each part is performed. Next, as shown in FIG. 34, the screen is switched to a display screen of a developed view image (drawing area 104 (FIG. 15 and the like)), and a portion to be changed of the developed view image is designated by a mouse click or the like, and the dimension input is performed there Is overlaid and displayed. Then, in this state, unnecessary division lines 172 are deleted from the screen, and the length of the line segment is adjusted as necessary, thereby completing the development view change processing.

Further, a line classification selecting means for classifying a leader line, a dimension line, a fold line, an outline line, or the like constituting the developed view image into a plurality of line segments and selecting a specific one of the classifications is provided. It is possible to display or delete only the lines of the classified classification. For example, as shown in FIG. 35, by selecting only the outline and displaying the developed image only with the outline, it becomes easier to grasp the entire outline of the developed view. Also, if you want to supplement or modify specific lane markings,
If other lane markings are deleted except for the classification to which the lane marking belongs, the problem of accidentally changing the lane markings of an undesired classification can be avoided, and the work efficiency of development of a development view can be improved.

Further, as shown in FIG. 36, a point image 175 indicating the intersection of the division lines in the developed view image can be displayed by, for example, "x". Such point images 175 can be displayed and hidden collectively by a predetermined icon operation. In addition, the displayed point image 175 can be moved or copied to a desired position to form a point image 175 ′, and the dividing lines 176 and 177 passing through the point image 175 can pass through the moved point image 175 ′. , Or add a new line segment passing through the point image 175 ′ to supplement or correct the developed view. That is, the point image 175 or 17
5 'can be used as a reference point for adding or modifying a line segment in the development view.

The functions of the development view creating apparatus 1 described above are essentially realized by the programs and data stored in the storage device 22. Therefore, these programs must be stored on a floppy disk or CD-RO.
M or the like, the FDD 25 or the CD-ROM drive 2 in a computer system having a hardware configuration substantially similar to that shown in FIG.
By installing the above programs in the storage device 22 from step 6, the functions of the development view creation device 1 can be ported to the computer system. For example, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the CD-ROM 250 as a recording medium stores application programs 23b, image data 200 of FIG. 3 (stored in the image data storage unit 24a of the HDD 22 by installation), and additional image group identification data of FIG. 40, 41, and dimensional relationship information 201 (stored in the dimensional relationship information storage unit 24b of the HDD 22 by installation) can be stored, and optional image data 202 (HD
D22 (stored in the optional image data storage unit 24d).

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a development diagram creation device.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the overall shape of a development view.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of element image data.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of additional image group specifying data.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of selection candidates for an upper additional image group.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of selection candidates for a lower additional image group.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of element images in a group A of upper added images.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of element images in a sack-type upper additional image group.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of element images in a lower additional image group in the A format.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an arrangement example of element images in a sack-type lower additional image group.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of element images in a windmill-type lower additional image group.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of element images in an interlock type lower additional image group.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a selection candidate of an element image used in the A format.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the flow of the entire process of the development view creation device.

FIG. 15 is a photograph of a halftone image displaying an example of a CAD screen on a display.

FIG. 16 is a photograph of a halftone image displaying an example of a basic setting screen on a display.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a selection screen for an upper additional image group.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of an upper side additional image group selection process.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the flow of a lower additional image group selection process.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing an array selection screen for an upper-side additional image group in the A format.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement selection screen of a sack-type upper additional image group.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory view showing a selection screen for a lower additional image group.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a main body image group setting process.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of setting a position of a coupling margin.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory view showing a screen for inputting dimensions of a main body image group.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing a flow of a setting process of each development view element.

FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen for performing shape selection and dimension setting of each element image of the upper additional image.

FIG. 28 is a photograph of a halftone image displaying an example of a screen of a development view on a display.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing the flow of an additional component element setting process.

FIG. 30 is an explanatory view showing a setting screen of a center position of a hook hole as a component element.

FIG. 31 is an explanatory diagram showing a dimension setting screen for a hook hole.

FIG. 32 is a photograph of a halftone image in which an example of a screen of a development view on which additional component elements are pasted is displayed on a display.

FIG. 33 is an explanatory diagram showing an option image setting screen.

FIG. 34 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example in which an option image is combined with a development view.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an example in which a development view is displayed only by outlines.

FIG. 36 is an explanatory diagram for supplementing / correcting a development view using a point image.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 development view creation device 12 CPU (development view image data generating means) 15 monitor control section (display control means) 17 keyboard 18 mouse (image data selection means) 20 monitor (development view display means) 23b application program 24a image data storage section 27, 147 Main image group 28 Upper additional image group 29 Lower additional image group 40, 41 Additional image group specifying data

Claims (20)

[Claims] 1. A method for creating an exploded view of a paper container such as a paper box or a cardboard box, comprising: an image of an exploded view element (hereinafter, referred to as an element) defined by predetermined dividing lines such as folds, cuts and outlines. A basic developed view image formed by combining a plurality of basic developed view images is displayed on a screen of a predetermined display device, and an additional image group including a plurality of element images to be added to the basic developed view image A plurality of sets are prepared, an arbitrary one is selected from the plurality of additional image groups, and the selected additional image group is collectively displayed on the screen with respect to a predetermined portion of the basic development view image. A development view creation method, wherein an intended development view image is obtained by performing the adding operation one or more times. 2. A predetermined default additional image group is displayed on the screen in a state where a predetermined default additional image group is added to the predetermined portion of the basic development view image, and the selected additional image group is displayed. 2. The development view creating method according to claim 1, wherein the group of default addition images is added to the basic development view image in a form of batch replacement. 3. The unfolded view is of a paper container forming a hexahedron, and the basic unfolded view image is a four-sided hexahedron connected in one direction.
A main body image group consisting of four element images (hereinafter, referred to as main body element images) that constitute one surface portion and are displayed in a row adjacent to each other on the screen, and the additional image group is the main body element image 2. The development view according to claim 1, wherein at least one side of the array direction includes element images displayed adjacent to each other corresponding to a plurality of elements constituting at least a part of the body element images. 3. How to make. 4. An apparatus for creating a development view of a paper container such as a paper box or a cardboard box, wherein an image of a development view element (hereinafter, referred to as an element) defined by predetermined division lines such as folds, cuts, and outlines. A basic developed view image formed by combining a plurality of basic developed view images is displayed on a screen of a predetermined display device, and an additional image group including a plurality of element images to be added to the basic developed view image Are prepared, and an arbitrary one is selected from among the plurality of additional image groups, and the selected additional image group is collectively added to a predetermined portion of the developed view image on the screen. A development image creation apparatus characterized in that an image of an intended development image is obtained by performing one or more operations to perform the operation. 5. A developed view display means for displaying the basic developed view image based on basic developed view image data; an additional image data storage means for storing a plurality of sets of image data of the additional image group; An image data selecting means for selecting a desired one from the image data of the additional image group, and adding the image data of the selected additional image group to the basic developed view image data, thereby expanding the desired image. 5. A developed view image data generating means for generating image data of a figure, and display control means for displaying an image of the developed view on the developed view display means based on the generated developed view image data. Development diagram creation device. 6. A predetermined default additional image group is displayed on the screen in a state where a predetermined default additional image group is added to the predetermined portion of the basic development view image, and the selected additional image group is 6. The development view creation device according to claim 4, wherein the default addition image group is added to the basic development view image in a form of batch replacement. 7. Each of the element images of the additional image group has a one-to-one correspondence with a part of the basic development view image to which the element image is to be added, and the same element image as the additional image group In the combination of, a plurality of sets having different arrangement orders are prepared, and the element images of the selected one of the additional image groups are
7. The development view creation device according to claim 4, wherein the development view creation apparatus is configured to be added to each part of the basic development view image in a corresponding arrangement order. 8. The additional image group includes a blank portion corresponding to a predetermined portion of the basic development view, which means that the element image is not added to the portion. 8. The developed view creation device according to any one of claims 7 to 7. 9. In the basic development view, two or more parts to which the additional image group is to be added are defined, and for each of these parts, the additional image group is selected and added. 9. The developed view creation device according to claim 4, wherein an image of the developed view is obtained. 10. The developed view is of a paper container forming a hexahedron, and the basic developed view image is a hexahedral four-dimensional image connected in one direction.
A main body image group consisting of four element images (hereinafter, referred to as main body element images) that constitute one surface portion and are displayed in a row adjacent to each other on the screen, and the additional image group is the main body element image 10. At least one side of at least one side of the arrangement direction of the main body element images corresponds to a plurality of the main body element images, and the element images are displayed adjacent to each other. The development view creation device according to 1. 11. The main body image group includes element images respectively corresponding to four side walls of the paper container as the main body element images, and one of the main body image groups in the arrangement direction of the main body element images. , A first additional image group including one or a plurality of element images corresponding to a lid portion that opens and closes the upper surface of the paper container so that it can be opened and closed, and the other side corresponding to the bottom of the paper container. 11. The development view creation device according to claim 10, wherein the development view image is obtained by adding a second additional image group including one or a plurality of element images. 12. The first additional image group includes an element image representing one or a plurality of flap portions superimposed on the inside of the lid, and the second additional image group includes The development view creation device according to claim 11, wherein the development view creation device includes an element image representing one or a plurality of flap portions superimposed on the inside of the bottom. 13. The element image representing the lid, the bottom and the flap is connected to the corresponding main element image by a dividing line indicating a fold, and on the same side in the arrangement direction of the main element images,
When the element image of the flap is arranged adjacent to the element image representing the lid and / or the bottom, the element image representing the lid and / or the bottom and the main body element image corresponding thereto 13. The developed view creating apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the dividing line between the moving image and the moving image is moved and corrected outward by a predetermined distance corresponding to the thickness of the paperboard forming the paper container in the arrangement direction of the main body element images. . 14. When selecting the additional image group, a plurality of candidate additional image groups are simultaneously displayed on a screen of a display device by screen division, and according to the number of the simultaneously displayed additional image groups, 4. The size of a screen area for displaying each additional image group is changed.
3. The development view creation device according to any one of 3. 15. A plurality of candidate additional image groups are sequentially displayed on a screen of a display device by switching the screen when selecting the additional image group.
A development view creation device according to any one of the above. 16. The additional image data storage means stores image data of each element image in a form associated with element image specification data for specifying the element image. By specifying the combination of elemental images that should form the additional image group, the image data of those elementary images is read out from the additional image data storage unit and combined to obtain the image data of the additional image group. 16. The development view creating apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the development view creation apparatus generates the development map. 17. A developed view image correcting means for supplementally correcting an arbitrary or specific portion of an image of the developed view obtained by adding the additional image group to the basic developed view, 17. The developed view creation device according to claim 4, wherein 18. The following procedure of a development view creation method, that is, formation by combining a plurality of development view element images (hereinafter, referred to as element images) defined by predetermined division lines such as folds, cuts, and outlines. A basic development view image to be displayed on a screen of a predetermined display device, and preparing a plurality of sets of additional image groups each including a plurality of element images to be added to the basic development view image, A step of selecting an arbitrary image from a plurality of additional image groups; and an operation of collectively adding the selected additional image group to a predetermined portion of the developed view image on the screen. A procedure for obtaining an image of an intended development view by performing the processing a plurality of times, and a program for causing a computer to execute the procedure is stored in a computer-readable state. Body. 19. A computer comprising: a development view creation device comprising: a development view display means for displaying the basic development view image based on basic development view image data; and image data of the additional image group. Additional image data storing means for storing a plurality of sets of image data, image data selecting means for selecting a desired one from image data of the stored additional image group, and A developed view image data generating means for generating image data of an intended developed view by adding image data of an additional image group; and developing the image of the developed view based on the generated developed view image data. A recording medium characterized by storing in a computer-readable state a display control means for displaying on a figure display means and a program for causing the display control means to function. 20. The program according to claim 4, wherein the program causes a computer to execute each procedure in the development plan creation device, or the program causes a computer to function as each unit in the development plan creation device. Alternatively, a recording medium in which a program for causing a computer to realize each function of the development view creating apparatus is stored in a computer-readable state.