JPH117460A - Progress state management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a progress stage management system capable of managing the progress state of processing and grasping the overall flow, current state or the like of the processing at a glance. SOLUTION: The progress stage management system 1 displays a step item column ('FEM element division model', etc.), connection between step items (notation of →), an input item column corresponding to each step item ('definition of element division method', etc.), an end check column (square), a file name display column, and a file state column () on a display part 1a. The system 1 allows the step item column to function as a button, and when the button is depressed, a file in the file name display column is opened. When the end check column or the file state column is operated, a mark (' ') is displayed on the column, updating data corresponding to the display contents of the screen are generated and a working file is updated or a new working file is prepared while adding the updating data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a progress management system for managing the progress of a process, particularly when the process is performed on a schedule such as several days or weeks.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a new product is developed and its performance is analyzed or evaluated, the product model may be virtually created on a computer to perform various analysis processes. The progress or the result of the analysis process for such a new product is reported to a PDM (Product Data Dat) for facilitating cooperation between the design department, the production department, and the sales department.
a Management) system.

For example, for piping incorporated in an outdoor unit of a room air conditioner, a process of creating a surface model from a wire frame model of the piping and a method of dividing piping elements are defined, and the FEM is defined by the definition information and the surface model. Processing such as creation of an element division model, creation of an eigenvalue analysis model, eigenvalue analysis, creation of an excitation response analysis model, and excitation response value analysis are performed. This process requires a great deal of time, and may require a period of several days or weeks before a series of processes is completed.

[0004]

However, in order to manage the progress of the above-mentioned processing, conventionally, only the file version management function has been used. For example,
The file describing the FEM element division model, the file describing the eigenvalue analysis model, the file describing the result of the eigenvalue analysis processing, etc. are only version-controlled, and the overall flow of the processing and the current situation can be viewed at a glance. Could not figure out. Therefore, especially when a worker is changed in the middle, it is not possible to immediately grasp the stage to which the worker before the change was performing by looking at the version control information, and it is not easy to restart. was there. Further, when it is desired to change the condition at a certain stage in the series of processes and redo the process, there is also a problem that it is not possible to quickly know which file corresponds to the stage.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a progress management system capable of managing the progress of a process and grasping the overall flow of the process and the current status at a glance. And

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a progress status management system according to the present invention comprises: means for displaying, on a screen, a table describing process items and items to be added thereto; Means for operating an item displayed on the screen; means for reflecting an operation performed on the item on the screen and updating or creating a progress status file based on the content of the operation. It is characterized by having.

With the above arrangement, items of the process and items to be added to the process are displayed on the screen.
It is possible to grasp at a glance the overall flow of the processing and the current situation.

[0008] In particular, a stage item column representing a stage of the process,
Connection between stage items, input item columns corresponding to stage items,
Means for displaying, on a screen, an end check column for each input item column, a file name display column for specifying a file corresponding to a stage item, and a file status column indicating the work status of the file, and the stage item column serving as a button Means for opening a file having the file name displayed in the file name display column when this is operated, and displaying a mark in the end check column when the operation is performed on the end check column Means, means for displaying a mark in the file status check field when an operation is performed on the field, means for generating update data corresponding to the content displayed on the screen, and progressing in consideration of the update data. Means for updating the status file or creating a new progress file.

With the above configuration, on the screen, a stage item column representing the stage of the process, a connection between the stage items, an input item column corresponding to the stage item, an end check column for each input item column, and a stage item are displayed. Since a file name display field for specifying the corresponding file and a file status field indicating the work status of the file are displayed, it is possible to more specifically and easily grasp the overall flow of the process, the current status, and the like. Can be. Also, for example, even in a case where the worker is changed in the middle, by checking the end check column and the file status check column, it is possible to immediately determine to what stage the worker before the change was performing the processing. You can know and restart easily. Furthermore, if you want to change the conditions at a certain stage in the series of processing and redo the processing,
By clicking, for example, on the stage item column of that stage, the file of that stage can be opened, a predetermined change process can be performed, and subsequent processes can be executed. The progress file when such a change is made can be held as an updated progress file or as a new progress file.

[0010] Among the files corresponding to the step items, for the files that require calculation, the progress of the calculation may be displayed. Further, another terminal may be able to view the progress file via a network. Also, while displaying a progress indication file or a registration instruction notation for instructing registration of a part of data in the file, the display is made to function as a button, and when this is operated, the progress status file or the file in the file is displayed. Some data may be stored in the product data management database.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a series of processes for analyzing a refrigerant piping system of an outdoor unit of a room air conditioner will be described as work (process) contents, and the progress thereof will be managed.

FIG. 1 shows a progress management system 1, a piping vibration analysis device 2, and a product data management database 3 according to this embodiment, and are displayed on a display unit 1a of the progress management system 1. It is an explanatory view showing the contents. FIG. 2 shows the contents displayed on the display section 1a in more detail.

The display section 1a of the progress management system 1
A stage item column representing the stage of the process (work), a connection between the stage items, an input item column corresponding to the stage item, an end check column for each input item column, a file name display column for specifying a file corresponding to the stage item, And a file status field indicating the work status of the file, a calculation progress status display field, a work end notation, and a PDM registration notation are displayed on the screen. Hereinafter, this display screen is called a progress table.

[0014] As shown in the figure, a step item column indicating a step of a process (work) includes a “wire frame model”, a “surface model”, a “FEM element division model”, "Eigenvalue analysis model", "Eigenvalue analysis", "Excitation response analysis model", "Excitation response value analysis", "Experiment", and "Forced displacement function creation"
There is.

In the figure, the connection between the step items is realized by an arrow connecting the step item columns or an arrow connecting the step item and the input item column.

The input item fields corresponding to the step items include:
As shown in the figure, "Definition of element division method", "Definition of rigid body element", "Definition of material properties", "Definition of physical properties", "Definition of boundary conditions", "Setting of eigenvalue analysis conditions" ,
There are “Definition of excitation input condition”, “Definition of calculation condition”, “Creation of forced acceleration function”, and “Creation of forced velocity function”.

In the figure, the end check column for each input item column corresponds to □ displayed on the left side of each input item column. For example, by operating the mouse (not shown) to position “⇒” on the screen in the target column and clicking on the end check column, the mark (“ ) Is displayed. The input processing with this mark indicates that the input operation has been completed.

In the figure, the file name display column for specifying the file corresponding to the stage item corresponds to the “file name” written on the right side of each stage item column and a horizontally long rectangular frame on the right side thereof. The input of a file name can be performed by positioning a cursor (not shown) in a rectangular frame and inputting characters using a keyboard.

In the figure, the file status column indicating the status of the file operation corresponds to “completed”, “work in progress”, “not started”, and ◎ on the left side of each. By operating the mouse (not shown) in this file status column and positioning “⇒” in the target column and clicking, the ◎
The center of the column is displayed in black. For example,
When the black square in the left of “Complete” indicates that the creation of the file has been completed. For files that require calculation processing, the status is "Completed", "Calculating", and "Not started". If calculation is in progress, the center of the ◎ to the left of "Calculating" is automatically displayed in black. When the calculation is completed, the center of the ◎ on the left side of “Done” is automatically displayed in black.

The calculation progress status display columns are provided corresponding to the columns of “eigenvalue analysis” and “excitation response value analysis”.
This display field is 0-100 in the horizontal direction below the horizontal rectangular frame.
%, For example, 5% of the total calculation amount
When the calculation progress information indicating that 0% of the calculation has been performed is given, the portion up to the 50% notation portion is displayed in a predetermined color. The above-described calculation progress information can be generated when the progress management processing unit 1b receives information from the arithmetic processing unit 2c of the analysis device 2 described later.

The progress table described above is based on HTML (Hy
per Text Markup Language). In the stage item column, a symbol indicating "anchor" and a file name or URL are embedded in the HTML text so as to enable a link to a file or the like. That is, the step item column is made to function as a button, and when this is operated, an operation of opening a file having the file name displayed in the file name display column can be performed. In addition, work end notation,
The PDM registration notation also functions as a button.

The progress management processing section 1b of the progress management system 1 generates update data corresponding to the display contents of the progress table. Specifically, as described above, by operating a mouse or the like, a desired file is opened and the file is corrected, or when the file is completed, “Complete” is marked in the file status column, Further, when the input process for a certain input item is completed, a mark is displayed in the end check column. By such a process, the display content of the progress table is changed, and the changed content is updated with the update data. Become. When the work end notation (“End” in the figure) is operated, the progress management processing unit 1 b updates the progress status file or creates a new progress status file in consideration of the update data. Is stored in the progress database 1c.

Data conversion unit 1 of progress management system 1
d extracts data useful for management of production information such as an analysis history from the progress file when the PDM registration notation (“Register to PDM” in the figure) is operated, and analyzes the analysis result from the analysis database 2b described later. The data is obtained, converted into a predetermined format, and the like, and the data is stored in the product data management database 3.
The product data management database 3 is a PDM (Produ
ct Data Management) system.

The analysis device 2 is a device for performing pipe vibration analysis, and includes a pre / post processing unit 2a and an analysis database 2
b and an arithmetic processing unit 2c. An existing method may be used for the pipe vibration analysis performed by the analysis device 2, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. The pre / post processing unit 2a is a functional unit that acquires definition information input by an operator for input items (eg, “definition of element division method”) and performs analysis condition setting processing and the like. Also,
The analysis result is stored in the analysis database 2b.

As described above, in the case of the progress management system according to this embodiment, the screen displays the stage item columns representing the stages of the process, the connection between the stage items, the input item columns corresponding to the stage items, Since an end check column for each input item column, a file name display column for specifying a file corresponding to the stage item, and a file status column indicating the work status of the file are displayed, the overall flow of the process and the current The situation can be grasped at a glance.

Therefore, for example, even in the case where the worker is changed in the middle, the worker before the change has been able to perform the process by looking at the end check column and the file status check column. You can know immediately
Easy restart. Further, when the user wants to change the condition at a certain stage in the series of processes and redo the process, the user clicks on the stage item column of that stage to open the file at that stage and execute a predetermined change process. After that, the subsequent processing can be executed. Further, the progress file at the time of such a change can be held as an updated progress file or as a new progress file.

Further, data useful for management of production information such as an analysis history is extracted from the progress status file created as described above and given to the product data management database 3, so that the PDM system is more improved. Can be something.

If the terminals in the design department and the manufacturing department are connected to the progress management system 1 via a network (for example, an intranet), each terminal can easily see the progress file. Also,
In the above embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to the piping analysis process has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this piping analysis process and can be used for other processes. By the way, such a progress management system can be configured by a computer (including peripheral devices such as a display) and a program that causes the computer to function as the system.
In this case, the above program can be stored in a recording medium such as a CD-ROM.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, the progress of the processing can be easily managed, and the processing can be easily restarted or the processing can be redone by changing the middle stage. To play.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a progress management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing contents of a display screen in the progress management system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 progress management system 1a display unit 1b progress management processing unit 1c progress database 1d data conversion unit 2 analyzer 2a pre / post processing unit 2b analysis database 2c arithmetic processing unit 3 product data management database

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A means for displaying, on a screen, a table describing items of a process and items to be added thereto, means for operating an item displayed on the screen, and an operation performed on the item. Means for reflecting an operation on the screen and updating or creating a progress file based on the content of the operation. 2. A stage item column representing a stage of a process, a connection between the stage items, an input item column corresponding to the stage item, an end check column for each input item column, and a file name display for specifying a file corresponding to the stage item. Means for displaying a file status column indicating the work status of the file on the screen, and the step name column functioning as a button, and when this is operated, the file name displayed in the file name display column is displayed. A means for opening a file, a means for displaying a mark in the end check box when an operation is performed on the box, and a mark in the box when the file status check box is operated. Means for displaying
Progress status management, comprising: means for generating update data corresponding to display contents of a screen; and means for updating a progress file or creating a new progress file in consideration of the update data. system. 3. The progress management system according to claim 2, wherein the progress of the calculation is displayed for a file requiring calculation among the files corresponding to the step items. 4. The progress management system according to claim 2, wherein the progress status file is configured so that another terminal can view the progress status file via a network. 5. A progress status file or a registration instruction notation for instructing registration of a part of data in the file is displayed, and this display is made to function as a button. 5. The progress management system according to claim 2, wherein a part of the data in the file is stored in a product data management database.