JPH10240778A - Method for assisting design by computer, and its device and system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To structure a data base of design information during designing operation and to merge and share designing operation information by finishing or temporarily stopping operation recording for a current operation item, and sequentially inputting and managing designing operation when a designer tries to move another operation item. SOLUTION: An input device 1 such as a keyboard and a mouse inputs design information to a computer device C. A sensing device 5 detects the operation state of a user (designer) of the computer device C. A storage device 4 such as a hard disk and a floppy disk stores the design information inputted from the input device 1 in the form of a data base. An output device 2 such as a display, a speaker and a printer outputs the design information from the storage device 4. A design information management part 3 manages the input or output of the design information. Consequently, the data base of the design information is structured during the designing operation, and pieces of designing operation information of respective designers are merged and shared.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a design support method by a computer used for design and an apparatus and a system therefor, and more particularly to a computer-aided design support method and apparatus for using managed design information for design work. About the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are many devices that support a designer's design work by using a computer. As such an apparatus, as reported in JP-A-6-110954, a computer-aided product design apparatus that manages work information related to product design and infers the entire product design by a computer, As reported in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. -274556, there is a computer-aided design system that searches or displays a design command or design rules constructed in advance by using an inference mechanism or the like when a user issues a search command.

[0003]

However, in the apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-110954, a database for storing design information is required to infer the entire product design. There was a problem that management became troublesome. Further, in an apparatus as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-274556, it is possible to determine the outline of a design work by using design information and design rules that have been constructed in advance. Since it is impossible to use detailed information, that is, know-how unique to each designer, such as materials to be referred to and considerations, there is a problem that a highly accurate design work cannot be performed.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a computer-aided design support method, a computer-aided design method, and a computer, which can construct a database of design information during design work and can merge and share design work information of each designer. The purpose is to provide a system.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a design support method by a computer that stores input design information, outputs predetermined design information, and manages input and output of the design information, comprising: A work item storage step for storing work items, and when the designer starts each work in the design work, when a work item corresponding to the work is stored in advance, the designer specifies the work item, When the work item corresponding to the work is not stored in advance, the designer newly creates and stores the work item, and specifies a work item as the current work item. A work record input step of inputting a work record for the specified work item; and a current work when the designer attempts to shift to another work item. And recording end stop step of terminating or temporarily stopping the work record to the eye, by having, characterized by managing inputs the design work sequentially.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the first aspect of the present invention is characterized in that a display step for displaying a list of the work items is provided. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, design information in which a work item that is the same as or similar to a currently designated work item is stored in advance. And displaying a work record for the work item as reference data. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the first aspect of the present invention, a detecting step of detecting an operation state of a designer and a detecting step of detecting the operation state of the designer are performed. And a work state estimating step of estimating a work state of a designer, wherein the work state is recorded in association with the work record.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of computers are respectively connected, and a common work item among the plurality of computers is provided. , And a common storage step of integrating and storing work records stored by the respective computers based on the common work item, thereby sharing design information of a plurality of computers. It is characterized by doing.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an input means for inputting design information, a storage means for storing design information input from the input means, and a means for storing predetermined design information from the storage means. In a computer-aided design support apparatus comprising: output means for outputting; and design information management means for managing input and output of design information, a work item in which the storage means stores a plurality of work items in a predetermined design work Storage means, wherein the design information management means,
When a designer starts each work in a design work, when a work item corresponding to the work is stored in the work item storage means in advance, the work item is designated and the work item is specified in advance in the work item. When the work item is not stored in the storage unit, the work item is newly created and stored in the work item storage unit, and a work item designating unit for designating the work item; Work record input means for inputting a record to the storage means, and when the designer attempts to shift to another work item,
Recording end / stop means for ending or temporarily stopping the work record for the current work item, whereby the design work is sequentially input and managed.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display means for displaying a list of the work items. The invention according to claim 8 solves the above problem,
8. The work item according to claim 6, wherein a work item that is the same as or similar to the currently specified work item is searched from the information stored in the storage unit, and the work record of the work item is searched. It is characterized by having reference data display means for displaying as reference data.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in order to solve the above problems, in the invention according to any one of the sixth to eighth aspects, a detecting means for detecting a designer's operation status, and a detected designer's operation status And a work state estimating means for estimating a work state of the designer based on the work state, and the work state is recorded in the storage means in association with the work record.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-aided design support system in which a plurality of the computer-aided design support devices according to any one of the sixth to ninth aspects are solved. A common storage means for integrating and storing the work records respectively stored by the respective storage means of the design support apparatus according to
Since the common storage unit has a common work item storage unit that stores a common work item among the design support devices based on the plurality of computers, it is possible to share design information of the design support device based on the plurality of computers. Features.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a computer-aided design support apparatus according to the present invention. The computer-aided design support device (hereinafter, referred to as a computer design support device) detects an input device 1 such as a keyboard and a mouse for inputting design information to the computer device C and an operation status of a user (designer) of the computer device C. A sensing device 5 (detection means), a storage device 4 such as a hard disk or a floppy disk that stores design information input from the input device 1 as a database, and a display, speaker, printer, or the like that outputs design information from the storage device 4. An output device 2,
Design information management unit 3 for managing input or output of design information
(Design information management means). The storage device 4 is a task storage unit 4a (not shown) that stores a plurality of work items (hereinafter referred to as tasks for convenience) in a predetermined design work.
(Work item storage means) is provided.

The design information management unit 3 includes a task storage unit 4
a display section 2a (display means) for displaying a plurality of tasks stored in a as a task list on a display, and reference data for extracting work records of a task identical or similar to the selected task from a database and displaying the same as reference data on the display A display unit 2b (reference data display means) is provided.

The design information management section 3 includes a task selection section 3a (work item designation means), a work record input section 3b (work record input means), and a recording end stop section 3c (record end stop means). S1 shown in FIG.
To S3. That is, user (designer)
When starting each work in the predetermined design work, if the task corresponding to the work to be performed is included in the task list displayed on the display, for example, by clicking the display button by the user, If a task is selected (hereinafter, referred to as a declaration) and the task corresponding to the work to be performed is not included in the task list displayed on the display, the user creates a new task and includes the task in the task list (hereinafter, referred to as a task). , Definition), and declare the task similarly (S1). Next, work is performed on the task declared by the user, and a work record of the task is input (S2). When the user completes the work of the current task and moves on to the next work, the declaration of the current task is finished, and the user has not completed the work of the current task but has interrupted the work of another task, and has been again working. When returning to the work of the current task, the declaration of the current task is suspended (S3). When the process shifts to the next task or another task as described above, the process returns to the process of S1, and the task is similarly declared. The above processes S1 to S3 are repeated each time the user performs each work in the predetermined design work,
When all the operations are completed, the predetermined design operation ends.

A specific example of this design work will be described with reference to a fixed side mold plate of an injection mold. As shown in FIG. 3, the design work of the fixed-side template 50 includes each design work of the mounting bolt 52 and the cooling water hole 51 (hereinafter, simply referred to as work to distinguish it from the design work of the upper layer). Required. First, as shown in FIG. 4, by clicking the task list button 11B displayed on the display, the task list includes a task called "fixed side template" and a task called "mounting bolt" in a lower layer. Make sure that If those tasks are included in the task list, the tasks can be declared by selecting their task buttons (fixed-side template 50B and mounting bolts 52B).
On the other hand, when those tasks are not included in the task list, as shown in FIG. 4, by clicking the new creation button 12B displayed on the display, the task of the work can be defined. After that, the design work of the "mounting bolt" was started, and the "mounting bolt"
Work information is input. Next, when shifting to the task of “cooling water hole”, the task of “mounting bolt” is ended or temporarily stopped as described above, and the task of “cooling water hole” is similarly declared, The operation of "water hole" is input.
When the work of the “mounting bolt” and the “cooling water hole” is completed, the design work of the “fixed side template” is completed.

Here, at the time of the design work, as shown in a screen P2 of FIG. 5, the same or similar task (attachment bolt) as the declared task is searched from the database, and the work record is referred to on the display as reference data. It can be displayed. If you click on the same or similar task display (Mounting bolt button 62B),
As shown in the screen P3 of FIG. 5, the classification of the work record for the task is displayed on the display. Further, when the respective display sections of the bolt catalog, the selection criterion, the past selection example, and the like are clicked, the past design work is displayed by classification as reference data for the current work.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the user's operation status is converted into time information by a sensing device 5 such as a touch sensor installed on a desk or a chair, a rotation sensor of the chair, operation information of a keyboard or a mouse, or a CCD camera. And the detection data is sent to the work state estimating unit 20.
The information is input to (work state estimating means) (S11), and the work state of the user such as standing / seating of the user and operation of the input device is estimated (S12). The work state data is stored in the storage device 4 in association with the work record data, as shown in FIG. 8, for example (S13). In addition,
The sensing device 5 may include a telephone, a facsimile, or the like linked to the computer device C.

Next, the operation will be described. In this way, declare a task corresponding to the work to be performed before starting each work of the design work, or define a task and declare the task, then work on the task and input the work record and When the user attempts to shift to another task, the work record for the current task is terminated or paused, so that the work records can be accurately classified and stored based on the task. Therefore, the user can easily manage the input and output of the design information. In addition, work records are input during each work of the design work, and the work records of each work are sequentially input in the work order,
This eliminates the need for the user to input the design information again into the database after the design work, and prevents the user from forgetting the design information or making the design information incorrect when inputting the design information again. Therefore, a highly accurate design information database can be easily constructed.

Further, by searching for a task identical or similar to the currently designated task and displaying the work record of the task, analysis such as comparison with reference data included in a database can be easily performed. Can be.
Therefore, high-precision design work can be performed promptly, and high-precision and efficient design work can be achieved. Also, since the user's work status is stored in association with the work record, the design work can be known in detail based on the actual work time, and the analysis of the design work procedure and results can be made more accurate. it can.

FIG. 9 shows a common storage device 40 (common storage means) in the computer design support system according to the present invention.
Is shown. In this computer design support system, the computer devices C1 to C3 of the plurality of computer design support devices are connected via a network, and the respective design information of the plurality of computer design support devices is merged and stored in the common storage device 40. ing. The common storage device 40 includes a common task storage unit 40 (not shown) that stores tasks common to a plurality of computer design support devices.
a (common work item storage means) is provided so that common data and personal data between users can be integratedly managed. In such a computer design support system, in order to merge different tasks for each user of the computer design support apparatus, the common task is newly created between the users (S21) and the task is declared (S21). S22). Subsequent processing contents are the same as those of the computer design support apparatus described above, and work records are stored in the common task storage unit 40a based on the common tasks.

In this computer design support system,
By merging the design information of a plurality of users, for example, as shown in FIG. 12, the design information of the plurality of users shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. You can know the difference between catalogs. As described above, the design information stored by each user is merged based on the common task, so that the work information can be shared between the users, and each user can know other people's know-how and work procedure of the design work. You can know. Therefore, the range of consideration for the design work is expanded, and a design work with even higher precision can be expected.

[0022]

According to the first and sixth aspects of the present invention, at the start of each design work, a work item corresponding to the work is specified from a plurality of work items stored in advance, or When the corresponding work item is not stored in advance, a new work item is created and the work item is designated, and then the work item is operated and a work record is input, and the designer shifts to another work item. At this time, since the work record for the current work item is terminated or temporarily stopped, the work records can be accurately classified and stored based on the work item. Therefore, the designer can easily manage the input and output of the design information. In addition, work records are input during each work of the design work, and work records of each work are sequentially input in the order of work, so that the designer does not need to input design information into the database again after the design work. In addition, when the designer inputs the design information again, the design information is not forgotten or the design information is not inaccurate. Therefore, a highly accurate design information database can be easily constructed.

According to the second and seventh aspects of the present invention,
Since the list of work items is displayed, the designer can easily specify a work item by selecting a work item corresponding to the work from the displayed work item list. Therefore, the designer can more easily manage the input and output of the design information. Claim 3
According to the inventions described in (8) and (9), a work item that is the same as or similar to the currently designated work item is searched, and the work record of the work item is displayed, so that the work item is compared with reference data included in the database. And the like can be easily analyzed. Therefore, high-precision design work can be performed promptly, and high-precision and efficient design work can be achieved.

According to the fourth and ninth aspects of the present invention,
Since the work status of the designer is stored in association with the work record, the design work can be known in more detail based on the actual work time, and the analysis of the design work procedure and results can be more accurate. it can. According to the fifth and tenth aspects of the present invention, design information stored by each designer is integrated based on a common work item, so that designers can share work information. Therefore,
Since each designer can know the know-how and work procedure of another person's design work, the range of consideration for the design work is widened, and a more accurate design work can be expected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a computer-aided design support apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing processing contents of a design information management unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a fixed side mold plate of an injection molding mold showing an example of design work contents.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a task displayed on a display by operating a task list button or a new task creation button.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a work record of a task identical or similar to the task in FIG. 4 displayed on a display as reference data.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a work state estimating unit.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing contents in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a specific example of data stored by the processing in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a common storage device in a computer-aided design support system according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a main part of processing contents in a design support system by a computer.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of design information of another user.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of design information of a plurality of users simultaneously displayed on a display.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 input device (input means) 2 output device (output means) 3 design information management section (design information management means) 4 storage device (storage means) 5 sensing device (detection means) 20 work state estimation section (work state estimation means) 40 Common storage device (common storage means)

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A computer-aided design support method for storing input design information, outputting predetermined design information, and managing input and output of the design information, comprising: a plurality of work items in a predetermined design work A work item storing step for storing a work item when the designer starts each work in the design work, and when a work item corresponding to the work is stored in advance, the designer specifies the work item and When the work item corresponding to is not stored in advance, the designer newly creates and stores the work item, and designates the work item as the current work item. A work record input step for inputting a work record for the selected work item, and when the designer attempts to shift to another work item, And a recording end stop step for terminating or temporarily stopping the work record, whereby the design work is sequentially input and managed, whereby a computer-aided design support method is provided. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a display step of displaying the list of the work items. 3. Reference data for retrieving work items identical or similar to a currently designated work item from design information stored in advance and displaying a work record for the work item as reference data. 3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a display step. A detecting step of detecting an operation state of the designer; and a work state estimating step of estimating a work state of the designer based on the detected operation state of the designer. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information is recorded in association with the record. 5. A common work item storing step of connecting a plurality of computers and storing a common work item among the plurality of computers, and a work record stored by each of the computers as the common work item. The computer aided design method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a common storage step of integrating and storing the information based on the design information, thereby sharing design information of a plurality of computers. 6. An input means for inputting design information, a storage means for storing design information input from the input means, an output means for outputting predetermined design information from the storage means, and an input and output of the design information. A design information management unit that manages the design information, wherein the storage unit has a work item storage unit that stores a plurality of work items in a predetermined design work, and the design information management unit is When a designer starts each work in a design work, when a work item corresponding to the work is stored in the work item storage means in advance, the work item is designated and the work item is specified in advance in the work item. A work item designating means for newly creating the work item, storing the work item in the work item storage means, and designating the work item when the work item is not stored in the storage means; A work record input means for inputting a work record of a designer for the specified work item to the storage means; and when the designer attempts to shift to another work item, ends the work record for the current work item or A design support apparatus by a computer, comprising: a recording end stop means for temporarily stopping; and sequentially inputting and managing design work. 7. An apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising display means for displaying said list of work items. 8. A work item that is the same as or similar to the currently specified work item is retrieved from the information stored in the storage means, and the work record of the work item is displayed as reference data. 8. The computer-aided design support apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising reference data display means. 9. A detecting means for detecting an operation state of a designer,
Work state estimating means for estimating the work state of the designer based on the detected operation state of the designer, wherein the work state is recorded in the storage means in association with the work record. A computer-aided design support apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 8. 10. A computer-based design support system to which a plurality of computer-based design support devices according to any one of claims 6 to 9 are connected. A common storage means for integrating and storing records is provided, and the common storage means has a common work item storage means for storing work items common among the design support devices by the plurality of computers, whereby the plurality of computers are stored. A computer-aided design support system for sharing design information of a computer-aided design support device.