JPH1040402A - Graphic editor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily select a target graphic without pointing out the graphic itself with a pointing device or the like when selecting a specified graphic out of complicatedly entangled graphics. SOLUTION: Concerning a compound graphic composed of plural graphics displayed on the screen of a display device 7, a range is designated by a pointing device 2 so as to include the target graphic. A graphic editing part 8 extracts the graphic data of all the graphics existent inside the designated range, and a window processing part 10 displays the selection list of these graphic data on the window of the display device 7. At this time, the respective graphic data are composed of graphic numbers, graphic attributes and graphic coordinate data. Any graphic data are selected out of the selection list so that the target graphic can be selected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus.
One of the functions relates to a graphic editing device mounted on a personal computer or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a part of a function for creating a document, there is a figure function for creating or editing a figure. Among these graphic functions, the graphic editing function is used to move,
It has various editing functions such as copy and delete.

However, when a specific graphic must be selected when the graphic to be edited is complicated, it has conventionally been necessary to use a pointing device or the like to indicate the target graphic on the screen. Therefore, conventionally, detailed operations and skilled operation of a pointing device have been required.

[0004] A conventional figure selection method will be described with reference to FIG. For example, consider a case in which the composite graphic 101 shown in FIG. 16A is corrected to the composite graphic 102 shown in FIG. As shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 16B, the composite figure 101 has a figure of an outer circle 101a, an inner shadow 101b, a middle shadow 101c, and an outer shadow 101d.

In this case, a line as the middle shadow 101c is selected by a pointing device or the like, and the middle shadow 10c is selected.
Although it is necessary to delete 1c, it is very difficult to select only the middle shadow 101c because the inner shadow 101b and the outer shadow 101d are close to the middle shadow 101c.

To solve such a problem, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-31
Japanese Patent No. 4232 discloses a configuration of a graphic creating apparatus which makes it easy to select a target graphic by giving the graphic a width. In this configuration, when a point on the drawing is designated by the keyboard, the figure located closest to the designated point position or the figure located closest to one of its characteristic points is determined as the selected figure, and the figure is edited. Is executed.

[0007]

However, in the configuration of the above publication, as a first problem, basically, it is necessary to point to a graphic on the screen, and when the graphics overlap each other, the user is not allowed to select the graphic. It is often difficult. In other words, the conventional problem when the target graphic is complicated still remains. When the target graphic is close to another graphic, it is very difficult to select the target graphic.

A method of selecting a target graphic by enlarging the target graphic is conceivable, but it is difficult to select a graphic if the graphic is still small even if the enlargement processing of the graphic function is used. Skilled pointing device operation is required. In addition, it is possible to repeat the enlargement display operation many times so that a target figure can be selected. However, there is a problem that it takes much time and effort.

The second problem is as follows. That is, it is customary to take an editing action (deformation, correction, etc.) after selecting a certain figure. However, if a correction is made by referring to another figure located at a distance from the selected figure, another correction is performed. You have to scroll the screen to display the graphic on the screen. Therefore, the figure selected by the user becomes invisible on the screen, and it is necessary to store the position of the figure selected by the user.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems. It is an object of the present invention to display, in a window, each graphic data of a graphic constituting a composite graphic to be edited in a list format. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a graphic editing apparatus capable of easily selecting a target graphic.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a graphic editing apparatus, comprising: a display device for displaying a composite graphic composed of a plurality of graphics on a screen; An input device for designating a range for a complex figure;
A processing device for extracting graphic data indicating a geometric attribute of the graphic within the designated range and displaying the list of the graphic data on a screen of the display device. It is characterized in that a figure to be edited is selected by selection.

According to the above arrangement, a range is specified for a composite graphic composed of a plurality of graphics displayed on the screen of the display device by the input device so as to include the graphic to be edited. Then, the processing device extracts the graphic data of the graphic within the range, and displays the graphic data on the screen in a list format.

The user can select a target graphic simply by selecting graphic data corresponding to the graphic to be edited from the list. Here, since the graphic data indicates the geometric attribute of the graphic, it is easy to know which graphic is the target graphic. This eliminates the need to point to the figures themselves using a pointing device or the like, as in the past, so that even if the figures overlap or are complex and closely related to each other, complex graphics can be used without the need for advanced techniques. Can be easily selected.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, when selecting graphic data in the list, a graphic corresponding to the graphic data of the selection candidate is selected. Is characterized by a display form (for example, a track handle) different from that of FIG.

According to the above arrangement, a mark corresponding to the graphic data selected by the user as a selection candidate is displayed with a mark such as a track handle added thereto. You can clearly see whether you are paying attention to the figures. Therefore, since the figure data can be selected while visually checking, it is possible to prevent the wrong figure from being selected.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration described in the second aspect, the graphic editing apparatus is characterized in that the display form is a display form in which a figure corresponding to the graphic data of the selection candidate blinks. I have.

According to the above configuration, the graphic itself corresponding to the graphic data selected by the user is blinked and displayed with a temporal movement. Therefore, when the graphic data is selected from the list, which graphic is selected. You can see more clearly if you are paying attention to. Therefore, figure data can be selected while visually checking, and selection of an incorrect figure can be prevented.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first, second, or third aspect, the input device inputs a unique name, and the processing device outputs the selected graphic data. , And the data of the unique name is added.

According to the above arrangement, since the unique name data is added to the selected graphic data, the user can freely name the selected graphic data. Since graphic data indicates geometric attributes such as coordinate data and graphic properties, it may be difficult to find graphic data corresponding to a target graphic when there are a plurality of graphics of the same type. Even in such a case, since the graphic data itself can be given a name, the graphic data can be easily handled. That is,
It is possible to clearly determine what figure the selected figure data corresponds to.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first, second, third, or fourth aspect, the processing apparatus stores the selected figure data (for example, mark data). A graphic unit stored in the storage unit is retrieved and displayed on the screen of the display device in a list format. When graphic data in the list is selected, a graphic corresponding to the selected graphic data is displayed. It is characterized by calling.

According to the above configuration, by calling the graphic data stored in the storage unit, a graphic corresponding to the graphic data can be called and used. For example, if a second graphic other than the first graphic corresponding to the graphic data stored in the storage unit is being edited and attention is to be paid to the first graphic, the above-described calling operation is easily performed. Can be changed to a screen on which the first graphic is displayed. That is, even if the thought is deviated to the second graphic, the viewpoint can be returned to the first graphic instantly.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the fourth aspect, in addition to the configuration of the fourth aspect, the processing device includes a storage unit for storing the selected graphic data, and the processing unit is configured to store the selected graphic data based on the input unique name. The feature is that a figure is called.

According to the above configuration, by calling the graphic data stored in the storage unit, the graphic corresponding to the graphic data can be called and used.
Similarly to the structure of the fifth aspect, even if the thought is diverted to the second graphic, the viewpoint can be returned to the first graphic instantly. In addition, since a unique name may be input at the time of calling, a figure can be called more easily.

[0024]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[First Embodiment] The first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The figure editing apparatus according to the present embodiment is applied to a document creation function mounted on a personal computer.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the figure editing apparatus. The graphic editing apparatus includes an input device such as a keyboard 1 and a pointing device 2, a processing device including an input data processing unit 3, a graphic processing unit 4, a display processing unit 5, and a display control unit 6, and a display device 7. .

Keyboard 1 and pointing device 2
Inputs input information necessary for editing a figure or the like in response to an operation by a user. The keyboard 1 is provided with character keys for inputting characters, up and down cursor keys for moving a cursor up and down, and the like.

The input data processing unit 3 extracts necessary data such as coordinate data, for example, based on input information obtained from the keyboard 1 and the pointing device 2, and the graphic processing unit 4 which is a characteristic part of the present embodiment. To send to.

The graphic processing unit 4 includes a graphic editing unit 8, a graphic data processing unit 9, a window processing unit 10, a temporary graphic data storage unit 11, and a graphic data list management unit 12. The operation of each component of the graphic processing unit 4 will be described in detail later. The graphic data processing unit 9 performs the central processing of graphic editing, and the data processed by the window processing unit 10 and the temporary graphic data storage unit 11 And the data temporarily processed by the graphic data list management unit 12 are sorted according to the processing.

The display processing unit 5 creates display data based on the data processed and transmitted by the graphic processing unit 4.
The display control section 6 controls and drives the display device 7 in accordance with the display data to output a display.

Hereinafter, the operation of the graphic processing unit 4 will be described by taking as an example a case where the drawing of the cherry (the composite graphic 21) in the illustration of FIG. 2 is corrected.

First, in order to designate a composite figure 21 that needs to be edited from the illustration, the start point 22 is clicked on the pointing device 2 and dragged to the end point 23 to designate a selection area 24 including the composite figure 21. I do.

Based on the coordinate data of the start point 22 and the end point 23 specified by the pointing device 2, the graphic editing unit 8
Detects all the figures included in the coordinate range of the designated selection area 24. At this time, the figure in the selection area 24 is, as shown in FIG.
b, middle shadow 21c and outer shadow 21d.

The graphic editing unit 8 processes the graphic data of each graphic into the data structure shown in Table 1 and sends it to the graphic data processing unit 9. Each figure data has a figure number for managing a series of figures, an attribute of each figure, and coordinate data. The coordinate data for displaying the list is graphic coordinate data for managing graphic data.

[0034]

[Table 1]

The graphic data processing unit 9 passes these graphic data to the window processing unit 10 and
Performs processing such that the graphic data is displayed on the screen of the display device 7 in a list format. By this processing, for example, a window shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the screen of the display device 7.

In the case of the window display example of FIG. 4, a list of graphic data of Table 1 processed by the graphic editing unit 8 is displayed on the selection list display unit 31 on the window. By moving the focus 31a in the selection list display unit 31 using the keyboard 1 and the pointing device 2, the user selects graphic data corresponding to the target graphic from the selection list as candidates.

The graphic editing unit 8, graphic data processing unit 9, and graphic data list management unit 12 extract graphic data selected as candidates and store them in the temporary graphic data storage unit 11. Then, the graphic data processing unit 9 displays a track handle on the graphic corresponding to the graphic data selected as a candidate.

A method of selecting graphic data will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 shows a transition state of the focus 31a when the down cursor keys on the keyboard 1 are sequentially pressed as an example. FIG. 6 shows FIG.
Shows the track handle on the screen displayed corresponding to the graphic data surrounded by the focus 31a.

When the window shown in FIG. 4 is first displayed, the focus 31a indicates the graphic data at the top of the selection list display section 31 as a selection candidate (g1), and the outer circle 21a is surrounded on the screen. A track handle 41 consisting of four points is displayed (FIG. 6A).
reference). Thereafter, when the down cursor key is pressed once, the focus 31a moves down one position on the window (g
2) On the screen, 2 formed at both ends of the inner shadow 21b
A track handle 42 consisting of dots is displayed (FIG. 6).
(B)).

When the down cursor key is pressed again in order, the focus 31a is further moved down by one (g3), and a track handle 43 consisting of two points formed at both ends of the middle shadow 21c is displayed on the screen. (See FIG. 6C). Similarly, when the down cursor key is pressed, the focus 31a moves to the bottom (g4), and the outer shadow 2 is displayed on the screen.
A track handle 44 composed of two points formed at both ends of 1d is displayed (see FIG. 6D).

As described above, the focus 31a is moved using the keyboard 1 to indicate the graphic data displayed on the selection list display section 31 as selection candidates. When the selection is made using the pointing device 2, the graphic data may be directly indicated. For example, if the figure data at the bottom of the selection list display section 31 is pointed by the pointing device 2 in the screen state of (g1) in FIG. 5, the focus 31a is moved from the position of (g1) to the position of (g4) at once. Moving.

Using the selection method described above, graphic data corresponding to the graphic to be edited is selected as a selection candidate, and after confirming that a track handle is displayed on the graphic, the mark button 32 shown in FIG. Press. Then, the graphic data processing unit 9 performs a marking process, and causes the mark list display unit 33 to display graphic data selected from the selection list as mark data. After this, the OK button 34
When is pressed, the graphic editing unit 8, graphic data processing unit 9, and graphic data list management unit 12 extract this mark data and store it in the mark data buffer of the temporary graphic data storage unit 11. Here, the graphic on the screen corresponding to the mark data is called a mark graphic.

The data structure of the mark data is shown in Table 2 below.

[0044]

[Table 2]

The mark data basically has the same data structure as the graphic data shown in Table 1, and is designed so that the structure of the internal data string can be shared. The difference from the data structure of the graphic data is that, in the case of graphic data, a graphic number is indicated, whereas in the case of mark data, a mark number is stored to correspond to a case where a plurality of marks are made. The mark graphic attribute and the mark graphic coordinate data have the same data format as the graphic attribute and the graphic coordinate data in Table 1.

The operation of the figure editing apparatus until window display is performed will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In S1, the control waits for an input from the keyboard 1 and the pointing device 2. When the input is performed, it is determined whether or not a figure selection operation has been performed (S2).
If a figure selection operation has been performed in S2, it is determined whether or not the operation is a start point operation for area designation (S3). If it is determined in S3 that the operation is the start point operation, the start point flag is turned ON (S4). When the start point operation is completed and it is determined in S3 that the start point operation is not performed, the start point flag is confirmed (S3).
5) If the start point flag is ON in S5, it is determined whether or not the operation is an end point operation for area designation (S6). If it is determined in S6 that the operation is the end point operation, the area designation operation is completed.

Next, it is determined whether or not there is a figure in the area specification (S7). If there is a figure in S7, all the figures in the area specification are detected (S8). Thereafter, the graphic data of these graphics is processed into a list structure, stored in the semiconductor memory (temporary graphic data storage unit 11) (S9), and a window display as shown in FIG. 4 is performed (S10).

Next, based on the flowchart of FIG.
The flow in the window display of FIG. 4 will be described.

When the window shown in FIG. 4 is displayed, input from the keyboard 1 and the pointing device 2 is awaited (S11), and it is determined whether the OK button 34 has been pressed (S12). If the OK button 34 is pressed in S12, this window closes and the mark processing ends. On the other hand, if the OK button 34 has not been pressed in S12, it is determined whether the mark button 32 has been pressed (S13).

If the mark button 32 is not pressed in S13, it is determined whether or not there is a key control in the selection list display (S14). If there is a key control in S14, it is determined whether the key control is performed by the up and down cursor keys (S15). If the cursor key is the up / down cursor key in S15, the focus 31a in the selection list display section 31 moves in the direction in which the cursor key is pressed (S1).
6). Then, a track handle is displayed on the figure corresponding to the figure data indicated by the focus 31a, and the track handle moves with the movement of the focus 31a (S
17).

On the other hand, if the mark button 32 is pressed in S13, it is determined whether or not there is a key control in the mark list (S18). If there is key control in S18, the selected mark data is stored in the mark data buffer (S19).

As described above, the graphic editing apparatus of the present embodiment specifies the range of the composite graphic composed of a plurality of graphics displayed on the screen of the display device 7 by using the pointing device 2 to specify the range. The graphic editing unit 8 extracts the graphic data of all the graphics within the designated range, and the window processing unit 10 displays the selection list of the graphic data on the window of the display device 7.
When the graphic data in the selection list is selected, the graphic data processing unit 9 performs a marking process, and selects a graphic to be edited.

Therefore, when a target figure is selected from complex complex figures, the present embodiment is compared with a conventional configuration in which the aim of the figure itself must be determined and designated by a pointing device or the like. In the form, you can select from the graphic data displayed in the selection list,
A desired figure can be easily selected. In addition, even a fine figure can be selected without fail.

Further, when a target figure is selected from the selection list, a track handle is displayed on a figure corresponding to the figure data which is a selection candidate in the selection list. You can clearly judge whether you are doing. Therefore, even if figures are overlapping or complicatedly close to each other, they can be selected while visually checking them, so that erroneous operations can be prevented.

In the case of a display device capable of color display other than the track handle, a configuration may be adopted in which a graphic corresponding to the graphic data which is a selection candidate is displayed in a specific color.

[Embodiment 2] The following will describe Embodiment 2 of the present invention with reference to FIGS. For the sake of convenience of explanation, the same members as those shown in the drawings of the above-mentioned embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the first embodiment, the track handle is used to determine which graphic data on the screen is the graphic data which is a selection candidate in the selection list on the window. Sometimes it is difficult to understand just by expressing it with a handle.

Therefore, in the second embodiment, the figure corresponding to the figure data which is a selection candidate in the selection list is made to blink so that it is possible to clearly see which figure on the screen is focused. I have.

That is, in the first embodiment, the graphic data processing unit 9 performs processing to display a figure corresponding to the graphic data selected from the selection list with a track handle added thereto, but in the second embodiment. Processing is performed so that the figure itself is blinked and displayed. This blink uses a built-in timer of the computer. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a blinking figure corresponding to FIG. When the lower cursor key of the keyboard 1 is pressed and the focus 31a is moved as shown in FIG. 5 as in the first embodiment, the screen displays are shown in FIGS.
Transition to (d). That is, the outer circle as the graphic on the screen is shown as a flashing graphic 51 (see FIG. 9A), similarly, the inner shadow is a flashing graphic 52 (see FIG. 9B), and the middle shadow is a flashing graphic 53 (see FIG. 9B). 9 (c)), the outer shadow is a blinking figure 5
4 (see FIG. 9D).

Next, a display operation of a blinking figure will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, in the present embodiment, S17 in FIG. 8 is replaced with S21 to S25 in FIG. That is, after the focus 31a (see FIG. 4) in the selection list display unit 31 is moved in S16 through the steps S11 to S15 described in the first embodiment, the process proceeds to the step S21 without going through the step S17. move on.

First, a system timer is read in S21, and a basic clock of time data to be blinked is extracted. Thereafter, it is determined whether a predetermined time of, for example, about 0.5 seconds has elapsed (S22). When the predetermined time has elapsed in S22, the graphic corresponding to the graphic data on which the focus 31a is placed is deleted (S23). . Next, it is again determined whether or not a predetermined time of, for example, about 0.5 seconds has elapsed (S24), and the graphic that has disappeared in S23 is displayed (S25). Then, the process returns to the input waiting state in FIG. 8 (S11). In this manner, the blinking process of the figure is performed.

As described above, the graphic editing apparatus according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which the graphic itself corresponding to the graphic data listed as a selection candidate in the selection list is blinked and displayed. This is different from the track handle display of the first embodiment.
Since the means of blinking that changes with time is used, it can be more visually appealed that the candidate is a selection candidate.

Third Embodiment A third embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 8, 11, and 12. For the sake of convenience of explanation, the same members as those shown in the drawings of the above-mentioned embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the first and second embodiments, when the mark data is managed in the mark list in the window, only the mark data is used. In some cases, it is difficult to understand which mark figure corresponds to the mark data.

Therefore, in the third embodiment, a unique environment is provided to the user by giving a unique name to these mark figures.

That is, the window processing unit 10 prompts the user to input characters, and the graphic data processing unit 9 adds unique name data composed of character data input by the user using the keyboard 1 to the mark data to add a unique name. The mark data is created, and the temporary figure data storage unit 11 stores the mark data with the unique name.

The operation of inputting a unique name will be described based on the example of the window display with unique name input shown in FIG. This window with a unique name input is obtained by adding a unique name button 35 and a unique name input frame 36 to the window shown in FIG.

As described in the first embodiment, when target graphic data is selected from the selection list display section 31 and the mark button 32 is pressed, the mark data is displayed on the mark list display section 33. A figure corresponding to the mark data is a mark figure. After that, when the unique name button 35 is pressed, characters can be input in the unique name input frame 36, and the user can freely enter a unique name as the unique name of the mark figure here. The input unique name is additionally displayed on the mark list display unit 33, and is stored in the mark data buffer of the temporary figure data storage unit 11 as unique-named mark data 33b.

Table 3 shows mark data 33b with a unique name.
Shows the data structure of. This data structure is obtained by adding unique name data to the data structure of the mark data in Table 2.

[0072]

[Table 3]

Next, the operation of inputting a unique name will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, in the present embodiment, steps S31 to S34 in FIG. 12 are inserted after the step S19 in FIG.

First, it is determined in S31 whether the unique name button 35 shown in FIG. 11 has been pressed. If the unique name button 35 has not been pressed in S31, the process returns to a state of waiting for input from the keyboard 1 or the pointing device 2 ( If the unique name button 35 is pressed in S11) and S31, the unique name input frame 36 is displayed, and the cursor is moved to the unique name input frame 36 (S32). Next, a unique name is inputted (S33), and the mark data buffer 33b with the unique name is stored in the mark data buffer according to the data structure of Table 3 (S34). Thereafter, the process returns to the input waiting state (S11).

As described above, the graphic editing apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured to add unique name data to the mark data selected in the first and second embodiments. Therefore, for example, even when a plurality of the same arcs are marked, it is possible to easily distinguish which arc the marked arc is. Thus, it is possible to clearly determine what kind of figure the selected mark data is. The mark data usually indicates coordinate data and the properties of a figure, but by adding a unique name, the mark data itself can be given a name, so that the mark data can be easily handled.

[Fourth Embodiment] The following will describe a fourth embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. For the sake of convenience of explanation, the same members as those shown in the drawings of the above-mentioned embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

When a target graphic is edited by referring to another graphic after selecting the target graphic, if the target graphic is not on the screen, it is necessary to scroll the screen to the position of the target graphic. In some cases, the figure selected earlier may go out of the screen. In this case, conventionally, when the screen is returned to the previous figure, the screen must be scrolled again.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, even after the screen is scrolled to another reference graphic using the mark graphic,
The structure is such that it can be immediately returned to the position of the mark figure.

That is, the graphic data processing unit 9 extracts the mark data as shown in Table 2 stored in the temporary graphic data storage unit 11 and sends it to the window processing unit 10. The window processing unit 10 displays a mark data jump window shown in FIG. 13 in which mark data is displayed in a list format.

Using the keyboard 1 and the pointing device 2, mark data (here, mark data 33b with a unique name) corresponding to the target mark figure is selected from the mark list display section 33 of FIG. Thereafter, when the jump button 37 is pressed, the information is passed through the input data processing unit 3, the graphic editing unit 8, and the graphic data processing unit 9, and the graphic data processing unit 9 sends the target mark from the graphic data list management unit 12 to the target mark. Select data. The graphic data processing unit 9 passes the selected mark data from the graphic data processing unit 9 to the display processing unit 5, and displays a target mark graphic.

The operation until the mark data jump window is displayed will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In order to jump / call the mark figure, the mark number, the mark figure attribute, and the mark figure coordinate data are retrieved from the mark data buffer (S41), and the window shown in FIG. 13 is displayed. (S42).

Next, the call operation of the mark figure will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, while waiting for input from the keyboard 1 or the pointing device 2 (S51), it is determined whether or not the jump button 37 has been pressed (S52).
If the jump button 37 has not been pressed in S52, S
At 53, it is determined whether or not there is a key control in the mark list, and then it is determined whether or not the key control is performed by the up and down cursor keys (S54). If it is the up / down cursor key in S54, the selected mark data is read from the mark data buffer (S55).

On the other hand, if the jump button 37 is pressed in S52, it is determined whether or not there is a designated mark figure (S56). If there is a mark figure, it jumps to the selected mark figure. A track handle is displayed on the mark figure (S57).

As described above, the graphic editing apparatus according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which a mark graphic is called using the mark data stored in the temporary graphic data storage unit 11 in the first embodiment. This is effective when referring to another graphic or temporarily storing the position, and is a powerful auxiliary function for graphic editing. For example, it can be used when editing and correcting not the marked mark figure but another figure or the like, and wants to return attention to the marked figure previously marked. As a result, the viewpoint can be instantaneously returned to the target figure even if the thinking is diverted to another figure.

[Fifth Embodiment] The following will describe the fifth embodiment of the present invention. For the sake of convenience of explanation, the same members as those shown in the drawings of the above-mentioned embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In calling a mark figure, the fourth embodiment is used.
In the above, the mark data list is used to call, but in the fifth embodiment, the mark graphic can be called based on the unique name added to the graphic by the user. As the unique name, the name given in the third embodiment can be used as it is.

That is, the graphic data processing unit 9 extracts the mark data with proper noun shown in Table 3 stored in the temporary graphic data storage unit 11 in the third embodiment and sends it to the window processing unit 10. Window processing unit 10
Displays a mark data jump window shown in FIG. 13 in which mark data with proper nouns are displayed in a list format.

This call operation is the same as that of the fourth embodiment except that the mark data of the fourth embodiment is changed to mark data with proper nouns. Therefore, in addition to the calling effect of the fourth embodiment, an effect is obtained in which a mark graphic can be easily called / jumped by a unique name.

[0091]

As described above, the graphic editing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a display device for displaying a composite graphic composed of a plurality of graphics on a screen and a range designation for the composite graphic. An input device for performing the operation, and a processing device for extracting graphic data indicating a geometric attribute of a graphic within a specified range, and displaying the list of the graphic data on a screen of the display device. By selecting the figure data in the figure, the figure to be edited is selected.

Thus, since it is only necessary to select the graphic data corresponding to the graphic to be edited from the list, it is possible to easily select the target graphic without requiring advanced techniques. Play.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, when selecting the graphic data in the list, a graphic corresponding to the graphic data of the selection candidate is selected. This is a configuration in which the display mode is different from that of the graphic of FIG.

A graphic editing apparatus according to a third aspect is characterized in that, in addition to the configuration according to the second aspect, the display mode is a display mode in which the graphic corresponding to the graphic data of the selection candidate blinks. I have.

According to the second and third aspects of the present invention, since graphic data can be selected while visually checking, it is possible to prevent an erroneous graphic from being selected.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first, second, or third aspect, the input device inputs a unique name, and the processing device outputs the selected graphic data to the selected graphic data. , The data of the unique name is added.

Thus, since the graphic data itself can be given a name, it is possible to easily determine the selected graphic data from similar graphic data.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first, second, third, or fourth aspect, the processing apparatus further includes a storage unit for storing the selected graphic data. In this configuration, the graphic data stored in the storage unit is taken out and displayed on the screen of the display device in the form of a list, and when graphic data in the list is selected, a graphic corresponding to the selected graphic data is called.

Thus, since the figure corresponding to the figure data can be called and used, there is an effect that the viewpoint can be instantly returned to the stored figure even if the thought is diverted to another figure.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the fourth aspect, in addition to the configuration of the fourth aspect, the processing device includes a storage unit for storing the selected graphic data, and the processing unit is configured to store the selected graphic data based on the input unique name. Then, the figure is called.

As a result, it is sufficient to input the unique name at the time of calling, so that there is an effect that the figure can be called more easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a graphic editing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a method of designating a selection area by the graphic editing device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a figure included in the selection area.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a window display example of a graphic selection process and a marking process.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a transition state of focus in a selection list display unit in the window.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a track handle added to a figure corresponding to the figure data surrounded by the focus.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation until the window is displayed.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating operations of a graphic selection process and a marking process.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a blinking graphic corresponding to graphic data surrounded by a focus in the graphic editing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a figure blinking operation.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a window with a unique name of the graphic editing apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a unique name input operation.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a mark data jump window of the graphic editing apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an operation until the mark data jump window is displayed.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a mark figure calling operation.

16A is an explanatory view showing a display screen of a conventional graphic editing apparatus before correction, and FIG. 16B is an enlarged view of FIG.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen after correction by the graphic editing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 keyboard 2 pointing device 7 display device 8 graphic editing unit 9 graphic data processing unit 10 window processing unit 11 temporary graphic data storage unit 12 graphic data list management unit 21 composite graphic

Claims (6)

[Claims] A display device for displaying a composite graphic composed of a plurality of graphics on a screen; an input device for specifying a range for the composite graphic; and a geometric attribute of a graphic within the specified range. A processing device for extracting the graphic data to be displayed and displaying the list of the graphic data on the screen of the display device, wherein a graphic to be edited is selected by selecting the graphic data in the list. Figure editing device. 2. The graphic form according to claim 1, wherein, when graphic data in the list is selected, a graphic form corresponding to the graphic data of the selection candidate is displayed in a different display form from other graphic forms. Graphic editing device. 3. The graphic editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said display form is a display form in which a graphic corresponding to graphic data of a selection candidate blinks itself. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said input device inputs a unique name, and said processing device adds data of said unique name to selected graphic data.
Or the graphic editing device according to 3. 5. The processing device includes a storage unit for storing the selected graphic data, retrieves the graphic data stored in the storage unit, displays the data on a screen of a display device in a list format, and displays the list data in the list. 5. The graphic editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a graphic corresponding to the selected graphic data is called when graphic data is selected. 6. The graphic editing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said processing device includes a storage unit for storing the selected graphic data, and calls a graphic based on the input unique name.