JPH11265403A - Hyperlink drawing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hyperlink drawing system by which another related drawing can be quickly called from one picture during design work and the efficiency of a design job is improved by facilitating mutual reference between drawings. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a plotting means, display means for displaying a plotted drawing, a selecting means for selecting any arbitrary graphic element on the displayed drawing, and a link means for displaying the relation information of that graphic element by selecting the graphic element. When it is desired to refer to the other related drawing, by selecting the required graphic element 9 on a drawing 8 displayed on a screen 7 of the display means, the other drawing is called and referred to.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drawing system in which a hyperlink function is introduced into CAD.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a design operation, when an operation is performed on one drawing, there is a case where it is necessary to refer to another related drawing. In such a case, designers have been searching for necessary drawings by relying on their own memories and drawing lists.

[0003]

However, it is troublesome to search a drawing by relying on the memory of the designer or the drawing list, and it takes much time and effort to call the drawing. In particular, it is difficult to use data created by others.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves such a problem in the design work, and allows a related drawing to be quickly called from one drawing during the design work, thereby facilitating cross-referencing between the drawings. It is an object of the present invention to provide a hyperlink drawing system that can improve the efficiency of work and facilitate finding inconsistencies between drawings.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a hyperlink drawing system, comprising: drawing means; display means for displaying a created drawing; selecting means for selecting an arbitrary graphic element on the displayed drawing; And link means for displaying the related information of the graphic element by selection of.

[0006] The designer creates a design drawing by the drawing means, and the created drawing is displayed on the screen of the display means. In the data of required graphic elements such as points, lines, planes, and characters on the displayed drawing, the location information (directory and file name, etc.) of the relevant drawing to be called from is written.

If, during the design work, it is desired to refer to another drawing related to a certain graphic element on the displayed drawing,
A graphic element is selected by the selection means. Then, a dialog box for selecting and confirming a related drawing is displayed on the screen of the display means by the link means, and if the drawing data to be displayed is selected and confirmed, a desired related drawing is displayed on the screen of the display means. .

As a method of displaying the related drawings, not only the drawings are switched and displayed, but also the display can be displayed in another new window, or can be displayed over the current drawing.

[0009] By using the hyperlink drawing system of the present invention, a designer can quickly call another related drawing from one drawing during design work by simply selecting a graphic element on the drawing. The cross-reference between drawings can be facilitated, and the design work can be made more efficient. Further, inconsistencies between drawings can be easily found.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The hyperlink drawing system of the present invention uses a CAD device. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a configuration of a CAD apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The CAD apparatus includes a computer 1, a storage device 2, a keyboard 3 for input, a display 4 for displaying drawings, a plotter 5 for outputting drawings, and a mouse 6.

The storage device 2 of the computer 1 is provided with a drawing data file for storing data for drawing creation, and a program file for storing a program for performing drawing creation processing and a hyperlink program. The CPU of the computer 1 reads required programs and data from these files and performs drawing processing.

Here, the keyboard 3 is used as the data input means. However, digitized data is input from the drawing using a digitizer, or data already recorded on the recording medium as a result of design work or the like. Other input methods can be used, such as reading and using.

At the time of design work, a designer inputs necessary drawing data to a CAD device and performs a drawing processing operation to create a design drawing. Then, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, the created drawing 8 is displayed on the screen 7 of the display 4.
Is displayed.

In the data of required graphic elements such as points, lines, planes, and characters on the displayed drawing 8, the location information (directory and file name, etc.) of the relevant drawing to be called therefrom is also written.

If the user wants to refer to another drawing related to a certain graphic element on the displayed drawing 8 during the design work, the user can select a call command of the related drawing from a menu or the like on the screen 7 to display the related drawing. Graphic elements such as points, lines, surfaces, and characters having location information are displayed in a conspicuous manner by changing colors, brightness, fonts, adding underlines, and the like. Therefore, the designer uses the mouse 6 to select a graphic element.

For example, if the drawing 8 is a plan view, and the user wants to refer to the cross-sectional view along the cross-section cutting position indicating line 9 on this plan view, the designer uses the mouse 6 to move the cursor 10 on the screen 7. Is moved to indicate the section cutting position display line 9.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3, a dialog box 11 for selecting and confirming a related drawing is displayed on the screen 7. When the drawing data of the sectional view is selected and confirmed in the dialog box 11, the dialog box 11 is displayed. A cross-sectional view to be referred to is displayed and can be referred to.

As a method of displaying a related drawing, not only the drawing is switched and displayed, but also the drawing can be displayed in another new window or can be displayed over the current drawing. In addition to the reference, it is also possible to copy necessary information by performing drag and drop or the like.

Specific examples of utilization of related drawings include, for example, the following in the design of buildings. -Call the floor plan of the floor directly above or below the floor from the floor plan of a certain floor.・ Specify the room name TEXT on the general plan view and select a menu option to call up the detailed plan view, cross-sectional detail view, developed view, and corresponding part of the finish list of the room.・ Call the general floor plan of the same floor from the detailed plan view. -Call the corresponding part of the fitting list by designating the fitting code of the fitting key plan. -Specify the drawing name TEXT in the drawing list and call that drawing.・ Specify the detail sheet code of the detailed plan view and call that detail sheet. -Recall the floor plan of the structure or the duct drawing of the equipment from the plan view of the design.

As described above, by using the hyperlink drawing system, a designer can quickly call another related drawing from one drawing during design work only by selecting a graphic element on the drawing 8. Thus, cross-referencing between drawings can be facilitated and the design work can be made more efficient. Further, inconsistency between drawings can be easily found.

[0022]

As described above, according to the hyperlink drawing system of the present invention, a related drawing can be quickly called from one drawing only by selecting a graphic element on the drawing during a designing operation. In addition, cross-referencing between drawings is facilitated to improve the efficiency of design work, and inconsistency between drawings is easily detected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a configuration of a CAD apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a drawing on a display.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a dialog box for selecting and confirming a related drawing on a display.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Computer 2 Storage device 3 Keyboard 4 Display 5 Plotter 6 Mouse 7 Screen 8 Drawing 9 Section cut position display line 10 Cursor 11 Dialog box

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Drawing means, display means for displaying a created drawing, selecting means for selecting an arbitrary graphic element on the displayed drawing, and a link for displaying related information of the graphic element by selecting the graphic element And a hyperlink drawing system.