JPS63263571A - Catalogue editing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently attain the prescribed interval allocating designation of a succeeding square block or a character type by correcting a square block, character type allocating position to allocate the cross-section line of an arbitrary square drawn each time a square block and a character type allocation completion is executed or a cross-section line drawing position based on the allocated square block and character type. CONSTITUTION:After a square block or character type drawing to an indicator 14 is completed by a square block drawing means 1b or a character type drawing means 1c, a cross section line drawing position correcting means 1d corrects the drawing position of the cross section line based on the square block or character type drawing position to draw the lattice point of the cross-section line drawn to an indicator 14 with a cross section line drawing means 1a by the square block drawing means 1c or the character type drawing means 1c or dependent on the square block or the character type to draw the lattice point of the cross section line drawn to the indicator 14 with the cross section line drawing means 1a by the square block drawing means 1b or the character type drawing means 1c. Thus, with the corrected cross section as a guide the square block or the character type can be successively allocated at a cross section line interval and the square block or the character type can be lined up and allocated efficiently.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a catalog editing system for electronically editing a printed catalog using a CAD image.

(Prior Art) FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a catalog editing system of Jourai. Reference numeral 11 denotes input means, which is composed of, for example, a keyboard and a tablet.

12 is an image information storage means, which stores product image information (
(Photo 0 characters 1 drawing), ruled line information (hit ruled line, living ruled line)
and the decomposition magnification of the product image. 13 is a system controller, which includes display control means 13a and mask data creation means 13b.

It has ruled line information extraction means 13c. Reference numeral 14 denotes a display means, for example, a high-resolution bitmap display. Reference numeral 15 denotes a mask creating means, which is composed of a diamond cutter or the like for cutting a mask material, for example, beer film, and cuts the beer film with high precision according to the mask data sent from the mask data creating means 13b. Reference numeral 16 denotes a block board drawing means composed of, for example, a pen plotter, which draws hit ruled lines as live ruled lines and color strips or doubles on the block board of a desired size according to the extracted ruled line information. draw. Note that the ruled line information may be registered once in a storage medium, such as a floppy disk, and then provided to the mask creation means 15 from the floppy disk. Reference numeral 17 denotes an image output means such as a laser beam printer that outputs image data as a dot image, and outputs the layout image displayed on the display means 14 by the display control means 13a as a binary image onto recording paper. 18
is a grid line drawing means, for example, 5 mm, 3 mm from the designated position of the layout area displayed on the display means 14.
Draw the corner grid lines.

A dividing line drawing means 19 draws a dividing line for dividing the layout area displayed on the display means 14 into the number entered numerically from the input means 11. Reference numeral 20 denotes an erase means for erasing the grid lines or dividing lines drawn on the display means 14.

Next, the operation of allocating square blocks will be explained with reference to FIGS. 5(a) to 5(d).

FIGS. 5(a) to 5(d) are schematic diagrams illustrating the operation of allocating square plates. Components that are the same as those in FIG. 4 are given the same reference numerals.

In these figures, M is the menu area, stencil size specification to specify the size of the printing plate, grid line specification to specify the size of grid lines, 1 parting line specification to specify the number of dividing lines, 1 created dividing line or grid. It is configured such that it is possible to specify a movement specification to move the created square block 1, etc. to erase the line of sight.

First, the operator specifies the plate size according to the size of the catalog to be created, for example, A4 size
When specified by , the display control means 13a displays the layout area E inside the printing plate 14a of the display means 14, as shown in FIG. 5(a). Here, the operator performs a designation operation to draw grid lines that serve as a guide for allocating photographs or cutouts.

First, when the grid line of the menu area M is designated by the manual means 11 and desired [11 m square, for example, 5 mm square], the grid line drawing means 18 is drawn in the layout area as shown in FIG. Draw a 5 mm square grid line on the E-plane. Here, if it is determined that it is difficult to layout with the drawn 5 mm square grid lines, specify the grid lines of the menu area M using the input means 11, and set the desired mm square grid lines.
For example, if 3 mm square is specified, the grid line drawing means 18 draws a 3 mm square grid line on the layout area E-plane, as shown in FIG. 5(C). Note that if the grid cannot be laid out at 1 mm square at first, it is sufficient to specify other grid lines in the menu area M and enter a numerical value using the input means 11.

If you wish to draw grid lines from any position in the layout area E, specify a desired point, for example, point P, using the manual means 11 and perform the same operation as described above.
) You can draw grid lines as shown in (). Also, if you want to delete the grid lines that you have created, you can specify the deletion in menu area M and the first display screen will be displayed.
The screen can be displayed as shown in the following. Note that after creating a square block with grid lines drawn, if you pick the created square block using the input means 11 and specify clear in the menu area M, the grid lines inside the square block will be erased and the layout position will be changed. It becomes possible to clarify the

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Since the conventional catalog editing system is configured as described above, for example, the grid line drawing means 18 draws a grid line of 5 mm square on the layout area E-plane of the display means 14. do,
After specifying the drawing position of the square plate, when specifying the position where the next square plate is to be laid out, use the layout area E- of the display means 14.
If it becomes necessary to lay out square grid lines at a pitch different from the pitch of the 5 mm square grid lines displayed on the surface, display means 1
It is necessary to roughly specify the 5 mm square grid line displayed in 4 as a guide, or to specify the drawing start point of the 3 mm square grid line again, which is very complicated and reduces the square plate layout efficiency. There were problems such as a significant drop in performance.

Further, in the case where the grid line drawing means 18 draws a 5 mm square grid line on the layout area E-plane of the display means 14 and specifies the drawing position of the square block, the position where the next square block is to be laid out is specified, In addition, if it becomes necessary to allocate at 5 mm intervals from the already drawn square block, and if the drawing position of the previous square block is not on the drawn grid line, specify the new drawing position of the grid line. When 1□ square plates are laid out at predetermined intervals, a very complicated operation is required in proportion to the number of square plates to be laid out, which poses a problem that significantly impedes catalog editing efficiency.

This invention was made in order to solve the above problem, and each time the drawn grid line of any mm square is completed, the grid line of an arbitrary mm square is changed to the assigned credit sales single character type allocation position or the assigned credit sales single character type allocation position. The present invention aims to provide a catalog editing system that can efficiently specify the layout of subsequent square blocks or character types at predetermined intervals by correcting the grid line drawing position based on the square block two character types.

[Means for solving problems]

The catalog editing system according to the present invention includes a grid line drawing means that draws grid line information that becomes the background of a catalog layout area on a display device from a specified position based on grid line millimeter angle information inputted by a designated person; A color plate drawing means for drawing a corner plate serving as a photo layout position based on an arbitrary diagonal point specified using the grid line drawn by the eye line drawing means as a guide; A character type drawing means for drawing a character type to be laid out in a document based on an arbitrary diagonal point specified as a guide, and a square plate or character type on a display using a color plate drawing means or a character type drawing means. After the drawing is completed, the grid points of the grid lines drawn on the display by the grid line drawing means are set based on the drawing position of the square plate or character type drawn by the color plate drawing means or the character pattern drawing means, or the grid lines are Grid line drawing position correction that corrects the drawing position of the grid lines according to the square plate or character type drawn by the color plate drawing means or the character type drawing means based on the grid points of the grid lines drawn on the display by the drawing means The means are provided.

[Operation] In the present invention, the grid line drawing means draws the grid line information that becomes the background of the layout area of the catalog on the display device from the specified position based on the specified input grid line millimeter angle information. The color plate drawing means uses the drawn grid lines as a guide to draw a square plate that is the photo layout position based on any specified diagonal point, and the character type drawing means uses the drawn grid lines as a guide. Draw a character type that will be the layout position of the document based on an arbitrary diagonal point. After the color plate drawing means or character type drawing means finishes drawing the square plate or character type on the display, the grid line drawing position correction means changes the grid points of the grid lines drawn on the display by the grid line drawing means into colors. Based on the drawing position of the square plate or character type drawn by the plate drawing means or character type drawing means, or the grid points of the grid lines drawn on the display by the grid line drawing means, the color plate drawing means or character type drawing means The drawing position of the grid lines is corrected depending on the square block or character type drawn by.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a catalog editing system showing an embodiment of the present invention, and the same components as in FIG. 4 are given the same reference numerals.

In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a system controller, which is composed of a grid line drawing means 1a, a square block drawing means 1b, a character type drawing means 1c, a grid line drawing position correction means 1d, etc. of the present invention, and the grid line drawing means 1a is used for inputting Based on a drawing command inputted from the means 2, a specified square grid of mm squares is drawn on the display means 14. The color plane drawing means 1b draws a square plane of a specified size on the display means 14 based on, for example, two diagonal points and a drawing type (square plane drawing) specified by the human power means 2. The character type drawing means 1C draws a character type of a specified size on the display means 14 based on, for example, two diagonal points and a drawing type (character type drawing) specified and inputted from the human power means 2. The grid line drawing position correction means 1d is a display means 14 using the color plate drawing means 1b or the character type drawing means 1C.
After drawing the square block or character type, the grid line drawing means 1
The grid points of the grid lines drawn on the display means 14 by a are displayed based on the drawing positions of the square blocks or character shapes drawn by the color plate drawing means 1b or the character pattern drawing means 1c, or by the grid line drawing means 1a. The grid points of the grid lines drawn in 14 are drawn on the color plate drawing means 1b or the character type drawing means 1C.
The drawing position of the grid lines is corrected depending on the square block or character type drawn by. 3 is a program memory in which programs necessary for catalog editing and catalog layout data drawn on the display means 14 are stored in advance. The human power means 2 includes a pointing device 2a and a keyboard 2b.

Note that the grid line drawing means 1a automatically corrects the coordinate values of the position coordinates indicated near the grid points drawn on the display means 14 onto the line connecting the grid points.

Next, the grid line drawing position correction operation according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2(a) to 2(h).

FIGS. 2(a) to (h) are schematic diagrams for explaining the grid line drawing position correction operation according to the present invention, and FIGS. 5(a) to (d)
) are given the same reference numerals.

Figure (a) shows the first square plate specification screen, M is the menu area, and after the square plate command is specified, the square plate specification input point Q
1. This shows a state in which Q2 is indicated by, for example, the pointing device 2a shown in FIG.

FIG. 5(b) shows the first square plate drawing screen, in which the color plate drawing means 1b is displayed in the layout area E based on the square plate designation input points Q+, , Q2 on the square plate designation screen shown in FIG. This shows the square version drawn inside.

FIG. 2C shows a correction reference point input screen in which the correction drawing reference point Q3 of the grid lines drawn on the display means 14 is designated by the human power means 2.

The figure (d) is the first grid line correction drawing screen, and the figure (C) is the first grid line correction drawing screen.
This figure shows a state in which the grid line drawing position correction means 1d corrects and draws the grid lines that were drawn by the grid line drawing means 1a in FIG. .

Figure (e) shows the second square block drawing screen, and the grid line drawing means 1
Pointing device 2 is placed on the grid line that a was drawing.
Color plate drawing means 1 based on the coordinate information specified by a.
b shows the state in which the square plate 5 is drawn.

The figure (f) is the second grid line correction drawing screen, and the figure (e) is the second grid line correction drawing screen.
This figure shows a state in which the grid line drawing position correction means 1d corrects and draws grid lines of mm square designated from each side of the square block 5 drawn on the second square block drawing screen shown in FIG.

FIG. 1G shows a second square plate designation screen, where R1, R2, S, and S2 are square plate designation input points, which are designated by, for example, the pointing device 2a shown in FIG. 1.

Figure (h) shows the third square plate drawing screen. After the square plate command in the menu area M is selected on the square plate designation screen shown in figure (g), the square plate designation human effort points R, , R2 and S,
In S2, the color plate drawing means 1b draws the square plate 6 in the layout area E.
, 7 are drawn.

As shown in FIG. 2(a), the grid line drawing means 1a draws a mm square designated within the layout area E on the display means 14,
For example, in a state where a grid line of 3ml and 11 squares is drawn, the square block command in the menu area M is instructed by the manual means 2, and then the pointing device 2a is operated to specify the square block, as shown in FIG. 2(b). Manpower point Q1. When Q2 is input manually, the square block drawing means 1b draws the square block K in the layout area E of the display means 14.

However, as shown in FIG. 2(a), a case may occur in which the square plate specified human effort point Q2 does not fit on the grid points of the grid lines drawn on the display means 14 by the grid line drawing means 1a.

Therefore, correction of the grid lines drawn on the display means 14 is specified so as to serve as a guide for allocating the next square block to the square block K at predetermined intervals.

First, as shown in FIG. 2(C), when a correction drawing reference point Q3 for correcting the drawn grid lines is manually set,
The grid line drawing position correcting means 1d corrects and draws the grid lines drawn by the grid line drawing means 1a in FIG. 2(a) using the corrected drawing reference point Q3 as a reference, as shown in FIG. 2(d). Place the lines L, L2 on the square block on the grid lines. Similarly, one character type and square block are drawn using the grid lines drawn on the display means 14 as a guide.

On the other hand, in order to be able to reduce the square layout next time after color plane drawing, in the present invention, the grid lines drawn by the grid line drawing means 1a are corrected and drawn on the display means 14 as follows.

That is, at the same time that the square block 5 as shown in FIG. 5(e) is drawn by the square block drawing means 1b, as shown in FIG. 1
4, the grid lines drawn by the grid line drawing means 1a are corrected and drawn so that they are equally spaced from each side of the square block 5. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2(g), the next square block drawing position is determined from the grid points of the grid lines, for example, at the square block designation input points R1, R2, and 31. S2 can be instructed. Based on this instruction, a square plate 6.7 is drawn as shown in FIG. 2(h).

Next, the grid line drawing position correction operation according to the present invention will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure for correcting the grid line drawing position according to the present invention. In addition, (1) to (7)
indicates each step.

The system waits for a grid line drawing command to be input from the input means 2. When the grid line drawing command is input from the input means 2, the rnf specified in the layout area E of the display means 14 is displayed.
The grid line drawing means 1a draws the grid lines of the fl angle (2)
. Next, when an instruction is input as shown in FIG. 2(a), the system waits for a drawing command designation to be input. 3)
, When a drawing command is specified, the device waits for a drawing position designation input using the pointing device 2a4). - When a drawing position is specified and input, a square block or character type according to the decoded drawing command is input. Step (3
) The square block drawing means 1b or character type drawing means 1c draws at the position specified by (5). Next, wait for the correction reference point to be input from the manual means 2 (6), and when the correction reference point is input from the input means 2, the grid points of the grid lines drawn in step (2) are set as the correction reference point. The grid line drawing position correction means 1d redraws the grid lines on the display means 14 as shown in FIG. 2(d) based on the correction reference points 7), and the control ends.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides a grid line drawing means for drawing background grid line information in a catalog layout area on a display device from a specified position based on grid line millimeter angle information inputted by a designated person; A square block drawing means that draws a square plane to be a photo layout position based on an arbitrary diagonal point specified using the grid line drawn by the eye line drawing means as a guide; A character type drawing means that draws a character type to be laid out on a document based on arbitrary diagonal points designated as guides, and a square plate or character type drawing means on a display device using a square plate drawing means or a character type drawing means. After the drawing of the character type is completed, the grid points of the grid lines drawn on the display device by the grid line drawing means are displayed based on the drawing position of the square block or character type drawn by the square block drawing means or the character pattern drawing means. A grid line drawing position that corrects the drawing position of the grid lines according to the grid points of the grid lines drawn on the display device by the eye line drawing means in accordance with the square blocks or character types drawn by the square block drawing means or the character pattern drawing means. Since a correction means is provided, the document layout position or photo layout position (7) of the catalog to be printed is provided, so that the square plate corresponding to the character type or photo layout position corresponding to the document layout position to which grid lines are allocated to guide the specification of the document layout position or photo layout position (7) The drawing position can be corrected according to the layout position of the grid, and square blocks or character types can be sequentially allocated at grid line intervals using the corrected grid lines as a guide. It has an excellent advantage of being able to be allocated.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a catalog editing system showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2(a) to (h)
is a schematic diagram illustrating the grid line drawing position correction operation according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a flowchart explaining the grid line drawing position correction operation procedure according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional catalog editing system. , Figure 5(a)
-(d) are schematic diagrams illustrating the layout operation of square plates. In the figure, 1 is a system controller, 1a is a grid line drawing means, 1b is a square block drawing means, 1c is a character type drawing means, and 1d
2 is a manual means, 3 is a program memory, and 4 is a display means. lli D (%J N Fig. 4, J uJ IIIu+ tIW

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a catalog editing system that draws catalog layout information on a display device while selecting a catalog creation layout menu created in advance, the catalog layout information is drawn on the display device based on specified input grid line millimeter angle information. A grid line drawing means for drawing grid line information serving as the background of the area from a specified position, and a photo layout position based on a specified arbitrary diagonal point using the grid line drawn by the grid line drawing means as a guide. A square block drawing means for drawing a square block, and a character type for drawing a character type to be the layout position of a document based on an arbitrary diagonal point specified using the grid lines drawn by the grid line drawing means as a guide. After the drawing means and the square block drawing means or character pattern drawing means finish drawing the square block or character pattern on the display, the grid points of the grid lines drawn on the display by the grid line drawing means are Based on the drawing position of the square block or character type drawn by the square block drawing means or the character pattern drawing means, or the grid points of the grid lines drawn on the display by the grid line drawing means, the square block drawing means or 1. A catalog editing system comprising: a grid line drawing position correcting means for correcting the drawing position of the grid lines according to the square block or character type drawn by the character pattern drawing means.